Oscar Piastri

Oscar Jack Piastri (born 6 April 2001) is an Australian racing driver, currently competing in the Formula 1 for McLaren and former member of the Alpine Academy. He won the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup, the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship and the 2021 Formula 2 Championship, the latter two at the first attempt.
After spending a year as the Alpine F1 reserve driver, Piastri was set to make his debut at Alpine in , replacing Fernando Alonso who moved to Aston Martin. Hours after Alpine announced their lineup to include Piastri, he tweeted that he was unaware of any agreement to drive with the team next year, thus dropping a bombshell on Alpine and creating an awkward situation.
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==Formula One Career==
Piastri joined the Renault Sport Academy in January 2020. After securing the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2020, Piastri was rewarded for his efforts by the Renault F1 Team with a young drivers test in Bahrain on 31 October 2020 along with fellow Renault Sport Academy drivers Christian Lundgaard and Guanyu Zhou. In the 2021 season Piastri would find himself a part of the rebranded Alpine Academy alongside Zhou, Lundgaard, Victor Martins and Caio Collet.
On the 16th of November 2021 it was announced that Piastri would be the Reserve Driver for the Alpine F1 Team and the McLaren F1 Team for the 2022 Formula 1 Championship Season.
=== 2023 ===
Piastri experienced a tough start to his Formula 1 career, with several qualifying and race results outside the top 10, though he scored his first career points with an 8th place finish at the Australia Grand Prix in his home city of Melbourne. Through a combination of being a rookie and having the same issue of the car not suiting him as much as his teammate like his predecessor Daniel Ricciardo, he has generally not quite matched the pace of teammate Lando Norris. In the British Grand Prix, after upgrades to the McLaren he scored a career high race start with P3 and a race finish of P4. Piastri first podium P3 Japanese Grand Prix and podium P2 Qatar Grand Prix
=== 2024 ===
Piastri podium Monaco Grand Prix Monaco, Austrian Grand Prix, Belgian Grand Prix, Italian Grand Prix and Singapore Grand Prix. First win Hungarian Grand Prix and Azebajian Grand Prix.
==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===Formula One Record===
Year 	Entrant 	Team 	Points 	Pos. 	Report
Youth Career 	Youth Career 	Youth Career 	Youth Career 	Youth Career 	Youth Career
2020 	Renault Academy 	Renault Academy	Renault Academy 	Renault Academy 	Renault Academy
2021–2022 	Alpine Academy 	Alpine Academy 	Alpine Academy 	Alpine Academy 	Alpine Academy
Senior Career	Senior Career 	Senior Career 	Senior Career 	Senior Career 	Senior Career
 	BWT Alpine F1 Team	 	Reserve DriverMotorsport.com: Oscar Piastri named Alpine F1 Team reserve driver for 2022, https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/piastri-alpine-f1-team-reserve-driver/6787024, accessed on 15 November 2021	Reserve DriverMotorsport.com: Oscar Piastri named Alpine F1 Team reserve driver for 2022, https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/piastri-alpine-f1-team-reserve-driver/6787024, accessed on 15 November 2021	Reserve DriverMotorsport.com: Oscar Piastri named Alpine F1 Team reserve driver for 2022, https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/piastri-alpine-f1-team-reserve-driver/6787024, accessed on 15 November 2021
 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	Reserve DriverMotorsport.com: Oscar Piastri named Alpine F1 Team reserve driver for 2022, https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/piastri-alpine-f1-team-reserve-driver/6787024, accessed on 15 November 2021	Reserve DriverMotorsport.com: Oscar Piastri named Alpine F1 Team reserve driver for 2022, https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/piastri-alpine-f1-team-reserve-driver/6787024, accessed on 15 November 2021	Reserve DriverMotorsport.com: Oscar Piastri named Alpine F1 Team reserve driver for 2022, https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/piastri-alpine-f1-team-reserve-driver/6787024, accessed on 15 November 2021
 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	 	 	Report
 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	 	 	Report
 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	 	 	Report
===Career Statistics===
===Race Wins===
Win Number	Grand Prix
1 	2024 Hungarian Grand Prix
2 	2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
===Career Results===
==References==
Category:Drivers
Category:Oscar Piastri
Category:2001 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian Drivers
Category:Alpine Drivers
Category:McLaren Drivers
Category:Current Drivers
Category:2023 Début Drivers