F1 Crashgate
The incident happened in the year following f1s spygate scandal in which mclaren were severely punished for receiving key design documents relating to ferraris cars and it was a significant.
F1 crashgate. Given that and the high profile nature of those involved it is unsurprising that when crashgate as it quickly became known broke it did considerable damage to the image of formula one in a year. On lap twelve of the singapore grand prix alonso blinked first and was the first driver who came into the pits for fresh tyres. The renault formula one crash controversy dubbed crashgate by some in the media was a sporting scandal caused when renault f1 driver nelson piquet jr deliberately crashed during the 2008 singapore grand prix to give a sporting advantage to his renault teammate fernando alonso. May 6 2020 former f1 driver felipe massa revealed that the current fia president jean todt knew about crashgate when the incident happened.
Todt was a member of the board for ferrari at the time 2008. Instead it gained immortality as the scene of. He may have been out of the sport for a few years now but how could anyone forget flavio briatore. The renault formula 1 crash controversy called crashgate by the media was a sport scandal starring by renault f1 team in the 2008 singapore grand prix.