Oscar Jack Piastri was born on 6 April 2001 to Chris and Nicole (née MacFadyen) Piastri in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He grew up in the inner-city suburb of Brighton with three younger sisters; Hattie, Edie and Mae. [ 2 ]

1 day ago · McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia poses for a selfie with a fan as he arrives at the track ahead of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park, in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Heath McKinley ) Read More. 1 of 4.

2 days ago · McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia talks at a press conference during a Formula One pre-season test at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

1 day ago · In 2024 Melbourne’s Oscar Piastri turned heads in the world of motorsport as the boom youngster claimed two Formula 1 grand prix wins. Ahead of this year’s Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix, he tells Wheels of his 2025 plans to make fans truly sit up and take notice. ... Comparing Piastri with Australia’s two F1 champions, Sir Jack Brabham ...

2 days ago · Piastri enjoyed some rare downtime in Australia over the off-season, attending the Boxing Day Test and the Australian Open, before he cast his attention to pre-season F1 testing in Bahrain.

3 days ago · Another Oscar Piastri advert on the tram in Melbourne, Australia Not only did Piastri become a grand prix winner in 2024, but he played a vital role in helping the team clinch its first ...

3 days ago · Oscar Piastri has a genuine chance of winning his home grand prix this weekend, a feat not achieved by an Australian since the race was added to the Formula 1 world championship.

Out-and-out racer, driving for the multi world championship-winning McLaren Formula 1 Team. Winner of three consecutive championships: 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup Championship, 2020 FIA F3 Championship and 2021 FIA F2 Championship. Proud Melburnian and just the 15th Australian to have ever started an F1 Grand Prix.

Jun 4, 2001 · 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.

After hanging up his handset, Oscar became a leading light of the Australian Karting Scene in the middle of the last decade, finishing second in the 2014 Australian National Sprint Kart Championship (Junior Clubman Class), and then third in …