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PIC FROM PAST: Controversy hits Singapore

Do you recall the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, when F1 raced under lights for the first time? It marked the start of a new era for the sport as it expanded into another new market, with the annual night race having since gone on to establish itself as a true highlight of the calendar.Few could have expected the drama that would accompany that first race however, most of it centered around Renault's Nelson Piquet Jr [pictured]. The Brazilian crashed out early on in an incident that saw the Safety Car deployed, which enabled team-mate Fernando Alonso to pit early and adopt a strategy that would see him win despite qualifying down in 15th.The following season, it would emerge that Piquet had...
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