LAWYERS who worked on the Saudi takeover of Newcastle are confident Lewis Hamilton will be stripped of his 2008 F1 title in a legal bid by Felipe Massa.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Brazilian missed out on the world championship by a single point.<\/p>\n

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And he feels he was the victim of a deliberate crash earlier in the season by Nelson Piquet Jr, which saw Massa drop from first to 13^{th<\/sup> at the Singapore GP.<\/p>\n}

Massa started his legal action in August over a \u201cconspiracy\u201d regarding what is now known as \u201cCrashgate.\u201d<\/p>\n

And a deadline for F1 chiefs to respond passed earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Massa believes the Singapore race should have been cancelled, especially when Piquet Jr admitted his crash was deliberate in 2009.<\/p>\n

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And Massa\u2019s lawyer is feeling confident of success in court, claiming everything will come to light.<\/p>\n

Bernardo Viana is working with a legal team including Nick De Marco, a barrister specialising in sport.<\/p>\n

He assisted Newcastle\u2019s legal battle with the Premier League following 2021\u2019s takeover by Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund.<\/p>\n

And Viana's team believe there is more undisclosed information over \u201cCrashgate\u201d to come, which will vindicate Massa\u2019s claims and result in the 2008 F1 trophy being his.<\/p>\n

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Viana told Motorsport.com: \u201cThe objective is to bring the trophy home. It\u2019s not financial.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo get there, several measures will be taken with different aims, some to obtain information and others to obtain statements.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want everything that happened in 2008\/09 to come to light.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand that there is even more information that has not been made public.<\/p>\n

\u201cFelipe has nothing against Hamilton, absolutely nothing. This case is against what was done by the previous leadership at FOM and FIA.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have nothing against Hamilton.\u201d<\/p>\n

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