Before the Singapore incident, Renault F1 had not won a race for almost two years (the last Grand Prix won was on 8 October 2006, the Japanese Grand Prix), and were said to be close to quitting the sport.
在新加坡事故之前，雷諾車隊已經兩年沒有贏得任何勝利（最後一勝是2006年10月8日的日本大獎賽），且被認為即將退出這項運動。