Ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa faces a wait to find out if his £64 million legal claim against former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One Management, and its governing body the FIA, can go ahead.

The Brazilian claims he is the rightful winner of the 2008 world championship, which he lost to Lewis Hamilton by a single point after a deliberate crash by a third driver at the Singapore Grand Prix earlier in the season.

Massa is bringing claims for breach of contract or duty, with his lawyers saying Mr Ecclestone knew the crash involving Nelson Piquet Jr was deliberate, and that he and the FIA failed to investigate it.

Mr Ecclestone, the FIA and Formula One Management are defending the claims, and asked the High Court in London to throw out the case.

On Friday, after a three-day hearin

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