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Hamilton Distances Himself From Massa’s £64m F1 Lawsuit as Court Awaits Ruling

A High Court judge has reserved a decision on whether Felipe Massa’s claim over the 2008 season proceeds to trial.

Overview

  • Lewis Hamilton said he is not following the case and has no view on it, stressing it has nothing to do with him.
  • Mr Justice Robert Jay reserved judgment after a three-day preliminary hearing at London’s Royal Courts of Justice.
  • Felipe Massa is suing Bernie Ecclestone, the FIA and Formula One Management for about £64 million and an apology over alleged failures linked to the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
  • Massa’s legal team argues there was a conspiracy to keep quiet during 2008 that Nelson Piquet Jr’s Singapore crash was deliberate and affected the championship fight.
  • Lawyers for Ecclestone, the FIA and F1 say the claim is statute-barred and question the weight of a 2023 interview attributed to Ecclestone that he now disputes.