Heinz-Harald, the most successful Jordan driver in the team's history, has already held discussions with his lawyers and is expected to open legal proceedings against Jordan following this weekend's German Grand Prix.
Apart from the wrongful dismissal charge he is also expected to sue for the damage done to his reputation as a Formula One driver.

On Saturday, the German told the News of the World, "What has been alleged is completely untrue. Obviously Eddie Jordan felt it was within his rights to use a certain part of the contract. But that is not substantiated whatsoever and we have refuted it completely. We asked him to withdraw the termination and he refused.
"We have no choice but to protect our rights and that's exactly what we are doing. It's an extremely serious situation because we have a Formula One driver who is not driving, even though he has 18 months of his contract to run."