Felipe Massa is pursuing $82 million in damages as a result of losing the 2008 Formula 1 world championship to Lewis Hamilton.

The Brazilian claims the outcome of that year’s Singapore Grand Prix, a race now known to have been interfered with, changed the outcome of the title, with Lewis Hamilton taking victory.

What is at the heart of Felipe Massa’s legal challenge?

Exactly how Massa’s legal team intends to attack the case is not known, though the Brazilian’s grievance is. He has stated that there is evidence that key figures within the sport knew that there were concerns surrounding the outcome of the Singapore GP, and as such it should have been investigated – and potentially annulled.

He believes that, by doing nothing, the likes of former FIA president Max Mosley and the sports’ c

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