Felipe Massa’s lawsuit in search of damages for lacking out on the 2008 F1 world title will go to a British courtroom this week.
The Brazilian has filed a lawsuit in opposition to F1 administration, former chief govt Bernie Ecclestone and the FIA, disputing the outcomes of the 2008 world championship.
Massa will argue that his well timed motion in response to the ‘Crashgate’ scandal on the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix would have resulted in him being topped world champion.
The 2008 world title was received by Lewis Hamilton, who took the world championship from Massa by one level on the ultimate lap of the ultimate race of the season.
It later emerged that Renault’s Nelson Piquet Jr. had deliberately crashed in Singapore, bringing out the security automotive and serving to teammate Fernando Alonso win.
Renault boss Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds had been suspended for his or her involvement, however the bans had been later revoked and each males have since returned to work within the F1 paddock.
Massa believes that a direct investigation on the time would have resulted within the cancellation or adjustment of the Singapore Grand Prix and handed him the world title he so narrowly missed out on.
The previous Ferrari F1 driver is in search of damages of round £64 million on the Royal Courtroom of Justice.
Massa’s controversy got here after former F1 chief govt Bernie Ecclestone admitted in an interview with German publication F1-Insider that he and then-FIA president Max Mosley knew about “crashgate” however took no motion to guard F1’s picture.
Ecclestone claimed his remarks had been mistranslated and dismissed Massa’s authorized motion, insisting: “There is no such thing as a approach on this planet that anybody can change or cancel that race.”
The trial begins Wednesday and a verdict may very well be handed down as early as Friday.
