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F1 on September 29: Jones wins title, Donnelly survives, Crashgate erupts
Three landmark Formula 1 moments: Alan Jones’s world title, Martin Donnelly’s dramatic crash and Renault’s Singapore scandal.
28 September 2026 1 min read 2 views
September 29 recalls three episodes that marked Formula 1. In 1980, Alan Jones secured the world title, capping a dominant season with Williams and taking Australia to the top of the championship.
In 1990, Martin Donnelly was involved in a horrific crash during testing at Jerez and survived against the odds. Ten years later, in 2008, the Singapore Grand Prix set the stage for the Crashgate affair, one of the most talked-about scandals in modern F1.