FIA hearing in London

Michael Schumacher will have to go to London and not Paris next Tuesday to defend himself against the charge that he tried to…

Michael Schumacher will have to go to London and not Paris next Tuesday to defend himself against the charge that he tried to knock Jacques Villeneuve out of the European Grand Prix last month.

The International Automobile Federation (FIA) have moved the hearing to London because of the lorry drivers' strike in France. Meanwhile, Italian state prosecutor Maurizio Passarini will sum up the case against Frank Williams and five other men in Imola today, as the trial continues over the death of Ayrton Senna.

Nine months after it began Passarini will make his demands for sentencing to magistrate Antonio Costanzo.

Williams, his technical director Patrick Head and the Formula One team's chief designer at the time, Adrian Newey, face manslaughter charges - along with three race officials.

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The case against the six is of alleged negligence, over the car and the circuit respectively, and all face a maximum sentence of five years in jail. A verdict is not expected before December.