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Massa's $90m ‘crashgate' lawsuit opens in London court

Oct.30 Felipe Massa's long-awaited legal action against Bernie Ecclestone, the FIA, and Formula One Management (FOM) officially began this week at London's Royal Courts of Justice – coincidentally on Ecclestone's 95th birthday. The 44-year-old Brazilian is seeking recognition as the rightful 2008 world champion and tens of millions in damages for lost earnings, arguing that the sport's governing bodies failed to act properly following Nelson Piquet Jr's deliberate crash at the 2008 Singapore GP. Massa's lawyers claim the FIA 'violated its regulations by failing to promptly investigate' the incident, asserting that he 'would have won the Drivers' Championship that year had the proper...
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