00:00 Former driver Felipe Massa said he's filed a lawsuit in London against auto
00:06 racing governing body the FIA, series owner Formula One management and Bernie
00:11 Ecclestone to try and claim the 2008 World Championship title. Massa added
00:17 that he was also seeking damages reportedly between 60 to 150 million
00:21 pound. That amount included the prize money that he would have lost and
00:25 potential deals he would have obtained as a Formula One champion. The 42 year
00:30 old was a runner-up to Lewis Hamilton who at the time claimed his first World
00:34 Championship. His allegations relate to the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix where
00:40 Nelson Pickett jr. crashed deliberately to help then Renault teammate Fernando
00:45 Alonso win the race. Massa's filing says he wants a declaration that the FIA
00:50 acted in breach of its own regulations in failing to investigate the
00:54 circumstances of the crash promptly in 2008.
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