Massa agrees to skip Italian GP amid legal process over 2008 F1 title

Massa is one of several former drivers employed by the F1 organisation in ambassadorial roles, with the job involving attending a certain number of races per season in logoed shirts and undertaking tasks such as meet and greets in the Paddock Club.

Others to have similar arrangements are Mika Hakkinen, Jacques Villeneuve and David Coulthard.

However, matters became complicated after Massa started a legal process against F1 and the FIA related to…