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Oscar Piastri experiments emerge in search for McLaren MCL40 breakthrough
Oscar Piastri has been restricted to two podium finishes in 2026.
OscarPiastri
81
Championship
7th
2026 season
Points
120
Wins
0
Podiums
2
Pole positions
0
Best finish
2nd
14 starts
About Oscar Piastri
- Born
- 6 Apr 2001 (25)
- Birthplace
- Melbourne, Australia
- F1 debut
- 2023
- World titles
- 0
Oscar Jack Piastri is an Australian driver from Melbourne who won three junior championships in successive years: the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup, then the FIA Formula 3 and Formula 2 titles in 2020 and 2021 as a rookie with Prema. After a year as Alpine's reserve, the FIA's Contract Recognition Board ruled in his favour in a dispute over his services, clearing the way for him to join McLaren for 2023.
Piastri scored a podium at Suzuka and won the Qatar sprint as a rookie, then claimed his first Grand Prix victory in Hungary in 2024 and another in Azerbaijan. In 2025 he won seven races, a record for an Australian in a single season, and led the championship for much of the year before finishing third, 13 points behind team-mate Lando Norris.
Junior career: 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup, 2020 FIA F3 and 2021 FIA F2 champion
2026 results
| Round | Grand Prix | Grid | Finish | Sprint | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australian GP | 5 | DNF | 0 | |
| 2 |  Chinese GP | 5 | DNF | 3 | |
| 3 |  Japanese GP | 3 | 2 | 18 | |
| 4 |  Miami GP | 7 | 3 | 22 | |
| 5 |  Canadian GP | 4 | 11 | 5 | |
| 6 |  Monaco GP | 7 | 4 | 12 | |
| 7 |  Barcelona GP | 7 | 5 | 10 | |
| 8 |  Austrian GP | 7 | 4 | 12 | |
| 9 |  British GP | 8 | 11 | 2 | |
| 10 |  Belgian GP | 6 | 5 | 10 | |
| 11 |  Hungarian GP | 3 | DNF | 0 | |
| 12 |  Dutch GP | 4 | 6 | 12 | |
| 13 |  Italian GP | 6 | 5 | 10 | |
| 14 | Spanish GP | 7 | 8 | 4 |
Teammate battle: Piastri vs Norris
Piastri news
Motorsport.com
Jolyon Palmer suggests Oscar Piastri needs F1 reset in blunt Lando Norris comparison
Former Formula 1 driver Jolyon Palmer has suggested that McLaren's Oscar Piastri may need a winter reset after a difficult 2026 campaign. Piastri heads into this weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix following an eighth-place finish…
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