Italy’s highest court has ruled that the manslaughter trial that followed the death of Ayrton Senna can be reopened.
Judges decided to annul the previous appeal verdict of not guilty, citing “material errors” as the reason.
That means Frank Williams, Patrick Head and Adrian Newey must face a new appeal procedure.
The court’s ruling comes exactly a month before the tenth anniversary of the legendary Brazilian’s death at Imola on 1 May 1994.
However, the date for a new hearing is yet to be set because, under Italian law, a written explanation must first be published.
Williams, Head and Newey were all cleared of manslaughter by a Bologna court in 1997 and the verdict was upheld on appeal in 1999.