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Oscar Piastri
- Team
- McLaren
- Country
- Australia
- Podiums
- 5
- Points
- 246
- Grands Prix entered
- 35
- World Championships
- 0
- Highest race finish
- 1 (x1)
- Highest grid position
- 2
- Date of birth
- 06/04/2001
- Place of birth
- Melbourne, Victoria
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WATCH: How Oscar Piastri stormed the junior categories and became an F1 winner
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McLaren boss Stella insists he’d be ‘extremely worried’ if Norris hadn't questioned team order to let Piastri past
MONDAY MORNING DEBRIEF: Why did McLaren pit Norris before Piastri – and did they really need to?
FIA post-race press conference – Hungary
Biography
Born in Melbourne, just a stone’s throw away from the Australian Grand Prix venue, a young Oscar Piastri’s dreams of one day racing in Formula 1 were ignited by the sport’s star drivers roaring around his local streets, otherwise known as Albert Park.
But it would take huge commitment and sacrifice to turn that dream into a reality, with a move to Europe – made by the likes of fellow countrymen Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo before him – the only way to go up against the best and catch the attention of the sport’s decision-makers.
Using success on the Australian karting scene as a springboard, Piastri continued to learn the craft in championships across Europe, before getting his first taste of single-seater competition as a 15-year-old – two podium finishes in F4 UAE a sign of things to come.
From there, success flowed. British F4 runner-up. Formula Renault champion. F3 champion. F2 champion (by more than 50 points). Piastri did not simply climb the junior single-seater ladder, he charged up it to knock loudly on the F1 door.
So impressive was Piastri that two F1 teams squabbled over his services for 2023, adding a new dimension to the driver market and so-called ‘silly season’. McLaren, and not long-time backers Alpine, won out and their rookie repaid them in spades, taking two podiums in a highly impressive debut campaign.
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