 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Piquet aive pasi pekumanikidzwa kwakawedzera kubva kuchikwata chake cheRenault mukati megore ra2008, uye paive nekufungidzira kuti acharasikirwa nenzvimbo yake yemakwikwi kana asina kuvandudza. Renault haana kuita chinhu kudzvinyirira runyerekupe, achimukurudzira pachena kuti avandudze mushure meTurkey Grand Prix uye achiratidza mushure meMonaco kuti akanga asina chivimbo. Pasinei nekumanikidzwa, Piquet akawana mapoinzi ake ekutanga muF1 nekupedza nzvimbo yechinomwe pa2008 French Grand Prix achipfuura mukwikwidzi wake wepasi rose kaviri Fernando Alonso mumatambo mashoma ekupedzisira. MuBritain Grand PrixMuSilverstone, Piquet pane imwe nguva akanga ari panzvimbo yechina, apfuura waaitamba naye uyo akanga ane matai ekare. Piquet akafamba achishandisa mvura ndokubva atenderera panzira panzira yechi36 pamwe chete nemamwe makwikwi makuru sezvo mamiriro ekunze ainaya zvakanyanya. Zvisinei, mumakwikwi gare gare, paGerman Grand Prix, akapedza mberi kweFerrari yaFelipe Massa kuti atore nzvimbo yechipiri kuna Lewis Hamilton weMcLaren uye pokutanga kwake. Akanga ari mutyairi oga pane imwe nzira yekumira iyo, nerubatsiro rwechikamu chekuchengetedza motokari, yakawana nzvimbo dzinoverengeka. MuJapan Grand Prix, akapedza ari wechina. 