FIA take legal action against ex-driver Streiff


Former French racing driver Philippe Streiff speaks to journalists as he leaves the CHU hospital emergency unit in Grenoble, French Alps, where seven-times former Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher is hospitalized January 3, 2014. REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

PARIS (Reuters) - Formula One's governing body took legal action against French former F1 driver Philippe Streiff on Thursday for comments he made about an investigation into compatriot Jules Bianchi's horrific crash.

The statement said International Automobile Federation (FIA) president Jean Todt and FIA medical commission president Gerard Saillant, also both French, were dismayed to learn of his published remarks.

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