<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Umjaho wokuqala wesizini ka-2008 e-Australia wabona uPicquet eqala engu-21 futhi alimaza imoto yakhe ngokushayisana emjikelezweni wokuqala, ngaphambi kokuthi ekugcineni athathe umhlalaphansi emjikelezweni wama-31. Lokhu kwakuwumphumela ofana ncamashi nalowo uyise awuthola emncintiswaneni wakhe wokuqala eGrand Prix yaseJalimane ngo-1978. EMalaysia Grand Prix waqala endaweni ye-13 ku-grid futhi waqeda endaweni ye-11. Waqala i-Bahrain Grand Prix kusuka endaweni ye-14 kodwa washiya ngemuva kwenkinga yebhokisi lamagiya ngemuva kokuma kwakhe kwesibili. UPiquet wafaneleka endaweni yeshumi kwiSpanish Grand Prix eBarcelona, ebamba iqhaza esigabeni sokuqala sokuhlolwa kwabayishumi abahamba phambili emsebenzini wakhe. Kodwa-ke, umjaho wakhe waphela emzuliswaneni wesikhombisa ngemuva kokushayisana noSébastien Bourdais emzamweni wokudlula. I-Grand Prix yaseTurkey yambona efika endaweni ye-17 futhi eqeda umjaho endaweni ye-15. Izinkinga zakhe zabuye zaba zimbi kakhulu ngenxa yokwehluleka ukuqeda, lapho ewela eMonaco  <response>: ngemva kokwehluleka ukubhekana nezimo ezinomswakama, futhi waphenduka ngesikhathi elandela umlingani wakhe u-Alonso eCanada, ngaphambi kokuthi ekugcineni athathe umhlalaphansi emzuliswaneni wama-42 ngenxa yokuhluleka kwamabhuleki. 