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Oscar Piastri
Piastri in 2024
Born Oscar Jack Piastri
6 April 2001 (age 23)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Australian
2024 team McLaren-Mercedes[1]
Car number 81
Entries 44 (44 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 2
Podiums 9
Career points 365
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 3
First entry 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix
First win 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix
Last win 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Last entry 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix
2023 position 9th (97 pts)
Previous series
2021 FIA Formula 2
2020 FIA Formula 3
2018–2019 Formula Renault Eurocup
2017 F4 British
2016–2017 F4 UAE
Championship titles
2021 FIA Formula 2
2020 FIA Formula 3
2019 Formula Renault Eurocup
Awards
2021, 2023 FIA Rookie of the Year
2020–2021, 2023 Autosport Rookie of the Year
2021 Anthoine Hubert Award
Website oscarpiastri.com
Oscar Jack Piastri (born 6 April 2001) is an Australian racing driver, currently
competing in Formula One for McLaren. Piastri has won two Formula One
Grands Prix across two seasons.
Born and raised in Melbourne, Piastri began his career in radio-controlled
racing before moving into karting aged nine. Graduating to junior formulae in
2016, Piastri won his first championship at the 2019 Formula Renault
Eurocup with R-ace GP. He then won both the 2020 FIA Formula 3 and 2021
Formula 2 championships back-to-back with Prema, becoming the sixth driver
in history to win the GP2/Formula 2 championship in their rookie season. Piastri
is the only driver in history to win Formula Renault, Formula Three and Formula
Two—or equivalent—championships in successive seasons.
A member of the Alpine Academy from 2020 to 2021, Piastri signed
with McLaren in 2023 to partner Lando Norris, following a contract dispute
with Alpine. He made his Formula One debut at the Bahrain Grand Prix,
achieving his first career podium in his rookie season at the Japanese Grand
Prix. Retaining his seat for 2024, Piastri achieved his maiden career win
in Hungary, becoming the fifth Australian driver to win a Formula One Grand
Prix, repeating this feat in Azerbaijan.
As of the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Piastri has achieved two race wins, three
fastest laps and nine podiums in Formula One. Piastri is set to remain at
McLaren until at least the end of the 2026 season.[1]
Personal life
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Oscar Piastri was born to Chris and Nicole (née MacFadyen) Piastri
in Melbourne, Australia. He grew up in the inner-city suburb of Brighton with
three younger sisters; Hattie, Edie and Mae.[2] He
claims Italian, Yugoslavian and Chinese heritage from his father's side as well
as Scottish and Irish heritage from his mother's side.[3][4] He was privately
educated at Haileybury College Melbourne and then Haileybury and Imperial
Service College in England as a boarding pupil on a sports scholarship.[5][6]
[7]
Chris Piastri served as his son's mechanic during Oscar's early racing years in
Australia and is the founder and owner of HP Tuners, a vehicle diagnostics
automotive software company.[8] He is a keen Richmond Tigers supporter.[9] As
well as supporting Australia's national cricket team, he follows the Delhi
Capitals in the IPL, after a post on his X profile asking for recommendations of
which team to support.[10] As of July 2024, Piastri is dating Lily Zneimer, an
engineering graduate whom he met whilst at boarding school. The pair began
dating the year before Piastri graduated from boarding school in 2019.[11]
