Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Gasar farko ta kakar 2008 a Ostiraliya ta ga Piquet ya fara 21st kuma ya lalata motarsa a cikin karo a zagaye na farko, kafin daga karshe ya yi ritaya a zagaye na 31. Wannan daidai ne sakamakon da mahaifinsa ya samu a tserensa na farko a gasar Grand Prix ta Jamus ta 1978. A gasar Malaysian Grand Prix ya fara daga 13th a grid kuma ya gama 11th. Ya fara gasar Bahrain Grand Prix daga 14th amma ya yi ritaya tare da matsalar gearbox bayan tsayawarsa ta biyu. Piquet ya cancanci zama na 10 don Grand Prix na Spain a Barcelona, yana shiga cikin farkon zaman cancantar 10 na farko a cikin aikinsa. Koyaya, tserensa ya ƙare a zagaye na bakwai bayan ya yi karo da Sébastien Bourdais a ƙoƙarin wucewa. Gasar Grand Prix ta Turkiyya ta gan shi ya cancanci 17th kuma ya gama tseren 15th. Matsalolinsa sun kara tsanantawa tare da wasu 'yan wasan da ba su gama ba, lokacin da ya fadi a Monaco
bayan da ya kasa shawo kan yanayin danshi, kuma ya juya yayin da yake bin abokin aikinsa Alonso a Kanada, kafin daga karshe ya yi ritaya a zagaye na 42 tare da lalacewar birki.