Massa was main the inaugural race in Singapore from pole place when Piquet intentionally crashed at Flip 17 on lap 14 to deliver out a security automobile.
That benefitted Alonso, who had made an earlier pit cease than his rivals.
Through the safety-car interval, Ferrari botched Massa’s pit cease and he left the pits with the gasoline hose connected to the automobile, by chance knocking over a crew member.
He rejoined the monitor in direction of the again of the sector and completed thirteenth, outdoors the factors.
Hamilton, who got here third, elevated his championship lead over Massa to seven factors.
On the time, Piquet described the shunt into the wall as a “easy mistake”.
Nevertheless, when Renault dropped him throughout the 2009 season, he revealed he had been requested by the crew to intentionally crash and his actions led to an investigation which resulted in Renault crew principal Flavio Briatore and chief technical officer Pat Symonds being banned from F1 for a number of years.
Alonso was cleared of wrongdoing and the FIA discovered no proof he was conscious of the plan.
Briatore is now government adviser to the Alpine crew, whereas Symonds is a part of the Andretti Cadillac F1 programme.
