Felipe Massa 2008 case: first hearings set by English court

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A year and a half after the Brazilian's first move to annul the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, British courts have scheduled the first hearings to address the matter.

A year and a half after taking the initial legal steps to claim the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship, the English court has set the first hearings for Felipe Massa's case, related to that year’s Singapore Grand Prix.

Between October 28 and 31, representatives from the International Automobile Federation (FIA), Formula One Management (FOM), and Bernie Ecclestone will be present to address the legal aspects of the case.

Felipe Massa's decision to take the championship to court came after Bernie Ecclestone, in an interview with F1-Insider, admitted that he and Max Mosley (then FIA president) were aware of Nelsinho Piquet's intentional crash in Singapore before the end of the 2008 season and that they would not take action to “avoid tarnishing the image” of F1.

Felipe Massa's defense argues that the Brazilian was the victim of a conspiracy by the FIA and FOM, not concerning Piquet’s crash, but the subsequent actions, with the organizations deliberately failing to take action even after learning about the incident.

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