@motors.everything: THE CRASH THAT WASN’T AN ACCIDENT. 🇸🇬💥 Singapore, 2008. Formula 1’s first night race had already become unpredictable. Fernando Alonso had started only 15th after a qualifying problem. Then, on lap 13, his Renault teammate Nelson Piquet Jr crashed into the wall at Turn 17. At the time, it looked like a simple mistake. It wasn’t. The crash brought out the Safety Car at exactly the right moment for Alonso, who had already made an early pit stop. The race was completely reshuffled. Alonso suddenly found himself in contention for a victory that had looked almost impossible from 15th on the grid. He went on to win. Almost a year later, the truth emerged. Piquet revealed that he had been instructed to crash deliberately in order to trigger the Safety Car and help Alonso’s strategy. Renault later admitted that there had been a conspiracy to cause the crash. Alonso was found to have had no knowledge of the plan. What initially looked like one strange accident became one of the biggest scandals in Formula 1 history. A crash. A Safety Car. A race won. And a secret that would not stay hidden. Follow @motors.everything for more stories from motorsport history. 🏁 #crashgate #singaporegp #fernandoalonso #f1 #formula1 #Motorsport

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