Grosjean, who replaced Piquet as Fernando Alonso's team-mate, clipped the outside of Turn 17 and speared across the track before hitting the wall.
There was no hint of race-fixing this time because the accident happened in the opening practice session for Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix.
Renault's new boss Bob Bell, who took over after Flavio Briatore left the team in disgrace, had a rueful smile as he watched on from the pit wall.
Astonished Renault chiefs screamed: 'Seriously, that corner?' as the young French driver lost control.
'Sorry guys, I lost the car in Turn 17,' said a clearly upset Grosjean, who had complained of feeling unwell prior to the Friday practice.
The session was red-flagged for just over 10 minutes while the car was towed away.Grosjean, who walked away uninjured, was given his chance at Renault when Piquet was sacked for poor results after the Hungarian Grand Prix in July.
The 20-year-old holds dual nationality from France and Switzerland but competes under a French racing licence.
He was the 2007 Formula Three Euroseries drivers' champion and the inaugural GP2 Asia Series champion.
Not again: Romain Grosjean was left to answer another Renault incident after he crashed his car into THAT wall in Singapore
Scene of the crime: Nelson Piquet Jr's infamous Renault crash on turn 17 at the Singapore grand prix in 2008
Lift-off: Track officials remove Grosjean's Renault after he crashed during the first practice session
Smoking hot: Renault driver Romain Grosjean steps out of his vehicle after crashing during the first practice session of the Singapore F1 Grand Prix
Out of control: Grosjean clips the infamous wall in Singapore and spins out of control
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Flavio Briatore has sensationally quit the Renault Formula One team, following allegations of cheating at last year's Grand Prix in Singapore.
Renault said in a short statement that Briatore and Pat Symonds, the director of engineering, had both left the team ahead of a meeting on Monday with the sport's world ruling body, the FIA, to explain recent allegations of race-fixing.
"The team announces that its team chief, Flavio Briatore, and its director of engineering Pat Symonds have quit the team," the statement said.
Renault have been summoned to appear before the FIA's International Motor Sport Council in Paris on Monday to answer claims by Nelson Piquet Jr that he was asked by Renault to crash deliberately in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, so giving a race-winning advantage to team-mate Spaniard Fernando Alonso.
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