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Oscar Piastri
- Team McLaren
- Date of birth 06/04/2001
- Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
- Debut Bahrain, 2023 (McLaren)
“We go again”. It’s a sentence that’s become McLaren media release bingo when attributing sound bites to Oscar Piastri’s latest race and his outlook towards the next one. It’s obvious, economical and not particularly revealing, but it’s completely in character for a driver for whom pragmatism is everything. Piastri expects to be at the front of races, fighting for podiums, wins, titles. What’s the big deal?

Piastri became a bigger deal in 2024, taking wins in Hungary and Azerbaijan that showcased the speed, decisiveness and cunning that underpinned his junior CV. After scoring points in every race, fourth in the championship was a complete season for any driver, let alone for a sophomore in a team engaged in a long-awaited title fight.
Two years in, there’s no mystery about Piastri’s quality. Might it take him all the way to the top? To answer that question with Piastri’s signature brevity, yes.