8. Helping a teammate
2008 Singapore Grand Prix didn’t start well for Fernando Alonso. His qualifying laps were awful and he ended up 15th on the starting grid. However, as he was entering the pit on lap 12, his teammate Nelson Piquet Jr had an accident, forcing a safety car on the track.
Alonso got out of the pit just in front of it, meaning he was now able to catch up with the rest of the drivers, who were all bunched up behind the safety car. Alonso went to win the race, but a year later, Piquet Jr admitted that he was instructed by the team to have a crash. This led to several Renault team officials to be banned from Formula One.
