Lawyers for former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa have started legal action against Formula One bosses and the governing FIA seeking substantial damages resulting from an alleged 'conspiracy' that denied him the 2008 championship.
The Letter Before Claim said the Brazilian, now 42, was robbed of the title through actions at the highest level that cost him tens of millions of euros in lost earnings and bonuses.A Letter Before Claim is a required formal legal notice before court proceedings can be initiated.There was no immediate response from the FIA and Formula One to a Reuters request for comment. Formula One is currently on an August shutdown.
It warned that, without a satisfactory response to his potential claims, Massa intended to"pursue legal action in order to seek compensation for the harm he has suffered as well as recognition that, but for those unlawful acts, he would have been awarded the 2008 Championship." The crash triggered the safety car and benefited Piquet's Spanish team mate Fernando Alonso, who won the race.
Massa sought legal advice after former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone told a German website in March that he and former FIA president Max Mosley knew at the time that Piquet crashed deliberately but had not acted."If the most important people from Formula One and the FIA knew in 2008 and didn’t do anything, you think that was fair? It’s not fair."
"I still feel sorry for Massa today," he added."He was cheated out of the title he deserved, while Hamilton had all the luck in the world and won his first championship."
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