Overview
- Felipe Massa seeks about £64 million plus interest and a declaration that the FIA breached its rules by not promptly probing the deliberate crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
- Lawyers for Formula One Management, the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone argue the claim was brought too late and that Massa and Ferrari’s own errors in Singapore were decisive.
- The defence says the declaration sought would be unfair to Lewis Hamilton, who is not a party, and stresses that courts cannot rewrite final championship standings under FIA rules.
- Massa’s case leans on Bernie Ecclestone’s 2023 remarks suggesting leaders knew of the fix, which Ecclestone now says he does not remember or were mistranslated.
- Mr Justice Robert Jay is presiding over a three-day preliminary hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice, with a decision on whether the case proceeds expected after submissions conclude.