The verdict on Felipe Massa's lawsuit will have to wait.

      British legal proceedings are characterized by a thorough and consequently unhurried approach, and it seems the verdict in Felipe Massa's lawsuit against the FIA, FOM and Bernie Ecclestone will have to wait. We wrote about the preliminary hearings that concluded last week, but on Monday the position of the judicial officer presiding over the case became known: Judge Robert Jay officially confirmed that the delivery of the judgment has been postponed to a later date. Moreover, for now the question is only whether the preliminary hearings will be followed by a full trial in the High Court in London or whether the case will not proceed. The former Ferrari Brazilian driver is insisting on financial compensation in excess of £60 million for lost earnings he could have expected had he become world champion in 2008. We have outlined his arguments and the counterarguments put forward by the defence. In particular, lawyer David Kvest, representing Ecclestone's interests, called Massa's claims "an unfounded attempt to revisit the results of the 2008 championship." In any case, it is too early to say how and when the London proceedings might conclude. If the judge initially promised not to delay the handing down of his decision, and it has now been postponed indefinitely, one can assume that this case is not straightforward.