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Oscar Piastri Australian Motorsports Racing Driver

Oscar Piastri was born in Melbourne, Australia, to Chris and Nicole (née McFadden) Piastri. He has three younger sisters; Hattie grew up in the inner city suburb of Brighton with Edie and Mae. Oscar Jack Piastri is an Australian racing driver, currently competing in Formula One for McLaren. Piastri has won two Formula One Grands Prix in two seasons.

Born and raised in Melbourne, Piastri began his career in radio-controlled racing before switching to karting at the age of nine. After graduating to the junior formula in 2016, Piastri won his first championship in the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup with R-Ace GP. He then won consecutive 2020 FIA Formula 3 and 2021 Formula 2 championships with Prema, becoming the sixth driver in history to win a GP2/Formula 2 championship in his rookie season.

Piastri is the only driver in history to have won the Formula Renault, Formula Three, and Formula Two or equivalent championships in consecutive seasons. As of the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix, Piastri has achieved two race wins, three fastest laps, and nine podiums in Formula One. Piastri will remain at McLaren until at least the end of the 2026 season.

Piastri started the 2024 season by qualifying and finishing eighth at the Bahrain Grand Prix, followed by the Saudi Arabian and Australian Grand Prix. and scored further points in the Japanese and Chinese Grand Prix.