Quick Info
| Profession | Racing driver |
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| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Date of Birth | 25/04/1981 |
| Age | 45 years |
| Birthplace | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
Latest News about Felipe Massa
07/03/2026
A High Court judge ordered the FIA, Formula One Management and Bernie Ecclestone to pay Felipe Massa £250,000 in legal costs. The costs related to the latest round of applications in his ongoing claim, which seeks damages over the 2008 championship lost to Lewis Hamilton by one point. The court did not grant his request to be retrospectively declared the 2008 world champion.
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Bio/Wiki
| Summary | Felipe Massa is a Brazilian former Formula One driver who competed in 15 seasons between 2002 and 2017, scoring 11 Grand Prix victories and 41 podiums, and finishing 2008 championship runner-up by one point. |
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| Post-F1 | After leaving Formula One he raced in Formula E, and in 2022 he was appointed President of the FIA Drivers' Commission. In 2024 he began legal action seeking damages over the 2008 championship, and the case was set to proceed to trial in 2026. |
Career
| Early career | He won the Formula Chevrolet title in 1999 and the Italian and European Formula Renault championships in 2000, then won the Euro Formula 3000 championship in 2001. |
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| Formula One | He made his F1 debut with Sauber in 2002 and joined Ferrari as a test driver in 2003. He returned to Sauber as a regular driver before rejoining Ferrari in 2006 alongside Michael Schumacher. He won his first race at the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix and the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix was his last win. He drove for Williams from 2014 to 2017 and retired at the end of 2017 after 269 Grands Prix, with his final race in Abu Dhabi. |
| Notable records | He was the first Brazilian driver to win his home Grand Prix since Ayrton Senna in 1993, a feat achieved at the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix. |
| Formula E | In 2018 he joined the Venturi Racing team in Formula E and later retired from the series at the end of the 2019/20 season. |
| Legal action over 2008 title | He sued the FIA, Formula One Management and Bernie Ecclestone over the 2008 'Crashgate' scandal. In March 2026 a High Court judge ordered them to pay him £250,000 in legal costs, while the court rejected his request to be declared the 2008 champion. |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. He was injured in 2009 when a torsion spring detached from Rubens Barrichello's car during practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix, and he missed the rest of that season. | |
| 2. He was offered a Formula 1 test with Sauber after winning the Euro Formula 3000 championship, which led to his F1 debut. | |
| 3. He was the only driver outside the Mercedes team to take a pole position during the 2014 to 2016 hybrid era. |
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