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The 2008 Singapore Grand Prix was the fifteenth race of the 2008 Formula One season, and took place on 28 September 2008.The race was Formula One's first night race. [14] On the race weekend, despite Alonso being close to the top in practice, Renault had a poor qualifying session and started well down the grid, with Fernando Alonso starting in fifteenth place, and Nelson Piquet Jr. alongside ...
This was also the first time Singapore hosted a Formula One race, as the last Singapore Grand Prix was a Formula Libre event in 1973. The 61-lap race was won by Fernando Alonso for the Renault team from 15th on the grid after his teammate deliberately crashed on lap 14 to bring out the safety car after his first pit stop.
Renault Formula One auto racing driver Brazil's Nelson Piquet Jr.'s car is lifted by a crane while fans watch and take pictures at the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix on the Marina Bay City ...
Singapore hosted its first Grand Prix in 2008, with a contract for the next five years. The race, held on a street circuit designed by KBR, was Formula One's first night race. [50] The practice and qualifying sessions also took place at night. [51] The European Grand Prix took place at the Valencia Street Circuit in 2008, changing from the ...
Formula One risks disarray in the unlikely event of Felipe Massa winning a threatened legal claim for the 2008 world championship, according to Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff.
Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur says it would be "strange" to change the result of the 2008 world championship 15 years after events.
After losing his drive, it emerged that he had, under instruction from senior members of the team, crashed deliberately at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to help his teammate, Fernando Alonso, win the race. The resulting scandal became one of the most significant in motor sport history, and ultimately saw a permanent end to Piquet Jr's career in ...
Briatore was suspended for instructing Nelson Piquet Jr. to crash during the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. Once banned for life by Formula 1, Flavio Briatore is back in an executive role for Alpine ...