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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.
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 ...
Former driver Felipe Massa said he's filed a lawsuit in London against auto racing governing body the FIA, series owner Formula One Management and Bernie Ecclestone to try and claim the 2008 title.
Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur says it would be "strange" to change the result of the 2008 world championship 15 years after events.
Its debut, in 2008, resulted in the infamous “Crashgate” scandal that rocked the sport and continues to trigger storylines today.A dark cloud over F1 was not a dark cloud over Singapore, though.
The Singapore Grand Prix [a] is a motor racing event which forms part of the Formula One World Championship. The event takes place on the Marina Bay Street Circuit and was the inaugural night race and first street circuit in Asia designed for Formula One races.
28 September – Singapore held a leg of the 2008 Formula One World Championship, called the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix; it was the first time the F1 Grand Prix was held in Singapore, and the first F1 race held at night. End September – Singapore slips into the Global Financial Crisis.