UK court allows Massa’s £64M F1 title lawsuit to proceed, alleging Renault’s 2008 crash plot.

A UK High Court judge has allowed ex-Formula One driver Felipe Massa’s £64 million lawsuit over the 2008 world championship to proceed to trial. Massa claims he was wrongfully denied the title after Nelson Piquet Jr.’s deliberate crash at the Singapore Grand Prix, orchestrated by Renault to aid Fernando Alonso. While the judge dismissed Massa’s request for a declaration that he should have won, he ruled Massa has a real prospect of proving claims of unlawful means conspiracy and inducement against F1, the FIA, and Bernie Ecclestone. The defendants argue the case is time-barred and lacks merit. The trial will examine whether top officials knew of or covered up the crash, though the 2008 championship result remains unchanged.