<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Emjahweni wokuqala wesizini ka-2008 e-Australia uPicquet waqala engu-21 futhi walimaza 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 zaba zimbi nakakhulu ngenxa yokwehluleka ukuqeda, lapho ewela ngaphandle  <response>: UMonaco ngemuva kokwehluleka ukubhekana nezimo ezimanzi, futhi waphenduka ngenkathi elandela umlingani wakhe u-Alonso eCanada, ngaphambi kokuthi ekugcineni athathe umhlalaphansi emjikelezweni wama-42 ngenxa yokwehluleka kwamabhuleki. 