Oscar Piastri Biography

Australian F1 driver & Considered one of the most outstanding driver of his generation. Let's read about the Oscar's Piastri family, education, career and private life.

Karting Sep 7, 2024 0 14 Add to Reading List

Name	Oscar Jack Piastri
Parents	Nicole MacFadyen and Chris Piastri
First Victory in F1	2024 Hungarian Grand Prix
Height	5'8" feet
Team	McLaren

Age of Oscar Piastri:

Oscar Piastri age is as he born on April 6, 2001 in Melbourne, Australia.

Oscar Piastri childhood

Family of Oscar Piastri:

Oscar is a son of Nicole MacFadyen and Chris Piastri, the owner of a motorsport technology company. His father supported him from the beginning of his career in karting. He has three younger sisters and grew up in a suburban neighborhood close to the center of Brighton.

He claims to have 5 ancestries from his parents, Scottish and Irish ancestry from his mother’s side and Italian, Yugoslavian and Chinese ancestry on his father's side.

Oscar Piastri parents

Education of Oscar Piastri:

He completed his schooling from Haileybury private educational institute. Later he got sports scholarships from Haileybury and Imperial Service College in England and studied as a boarding student.

Beginning of Career:

Oscar Piastri’s initial forays into the world of motorsport took place when he started karting at the age of 10. Very soon, he was making his mark and gaining recognition by participating in the local and national championships in Australia. Chris Piastri was Oscar’s mechanic in Australia during the early years of his son Oscar’s racing career.

Enrolment in International Karting:

He made his first foray into international competition in the international karting category starting in 2016. In that same year, Oscar secured his first major sponsorship from HP Tuners (an automotive diagnostic software company founded and owned by his father).

Debut in Single Seater:

Oscar enrolled in the UAE Formula 4 Championship with the Dragon F4 team as a single seater. He achieved two podiums and finished sixth in the championship. In 2017, Oscar Piastri took part in the TRS Arden Junior Racing team for the British F4 championship, where he took six wins and six pole positions, finishing runner-up behind Jamie Caroline.

Oscar Piastri image

Formula 3 and Formula 2:

He made his debut in that series in 2019 racing for the R-ace GP team in the Formula Renault Eurocup, won 5 races there and claimed the championship of the series. This victory made him interesting for Alpine's junior driver programme, which later became a crucial factor in his career trajectory.

In 2020, he moved to the Prema Racing machine in Formula 3 and managed to become a champion in the debut season even when the rivals were strong. The following stage, he stepped up to Formula 2, still with the Prema team. This achievement allowed him to win the formula 2 championship in the very first year of participation Communication with his achievement with Piastri there shocked the formula circuit. One more achievement of Piastri was that he became the only driver to win the championship in formula 3 and formula 2 in successive years, further raising expectations of his future in formula 1.

Formula 1:

Due to his achievements in the lower categories, Oscar Piastri was recruited into the young driver program of the Alpine team and became the reserve driver of the team in 2022.

Starting with McLaren:

Following the conclusion of the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Alpine agreed to let him leave his contract earlier in order to test with McLaren. In his first ever race of the season, the Bahrain Grand Prix, he finished 18th on the grid but struggled with electrical issues and came into retirement. He made his debut in scoring, placing 8th in the Australian GP, his home race.

Oscar Piastri in abu dhabi championship

He had better and consistent results at the end of the season, including the British GP where he qualified 3rd and finished 4th, and his first podium in Formula 1 – the third place at the Japanese GP. Also, he took the win of the bunch of riders at the finish of the Qatar GP and got the second podium of the featured races. But he also had some problems, for instance the US GP where he had to retire and the Sao Paulo where he was unable to score points due to a crash. Piastri extended his contract with McLaren until the end of 2026 on 20 September 2023.

More Achievements of Oscar Piastri:

He ended up ninth overall in the Drivers’ Championship with 97 points and received ovations with gratitude, although he still had room for improvement in that he needs to use his available race pace and a better control of his tyres. He began the new season by qualifying eighth for the Bahrain Grand Prix and completing a race there. He then completed the eight positions at the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix and at the Australian Grand Prix where he finished fourth. He was also able to score additional points in Japan, China and in the sprint races in China and Miami, the non-feature race in Miami was however another disappointment as he clashed with Carlos Sainz Jr. and finished out of the points.

He was particularly impressive in Austria where he raced his way to the 2nd position in the sprint race and the 2nd position in the feature race for his third podium in Formula 1.

5th Australian win Formula 1:

He climbed to 2nd in Britain, but after a last minute change in tyre strategy, he ended up 4th. He started the Hungarian Grand Prix in the lead and then took his first win thanks to a switch in tactics by the team, thus becoming the 5th Australian to win a Formula 1 race, despite issues related to team orders for driver Lando Norris. At last, in Belgium, Piastri came third in the race but was upgraded to second place as George Russell was disqualified.

Oscar Piastri in Hungarian Grand Prix

An intelligent, orderly and technically orientated driver, who is very systematic in all aspects of his career development and thus came to Formula 1. First class driver who can race, cope with pressure and control himself. Such a generation of drivers is rare.

Private Life:

He is a fan of the Richmond Tigers and Australian cricket team as well as of Delhi Capitals in the IPL, whose team he decided to go for after seeking suggestions on his X profile.He pictures himself as a quiet and shy boy but very career focused young person.

Summary:

A racer from Australia who competes in the vroom vroom my-car-goes-fast-axis. He was introduced to the karting world at a very early age, then quickly progressed through the single-seater categories. He has won his generation’s most outstanding advantage-winning the Formula 3 title in 2020 followed by the Formula 2 title in 2021. A year later, he stepped into the limelight of F1 racing as a works driver for the McLaren competition. His maiden victory came at the 2024 Hungarian GP where he became the 5th Australian ever to win an F1 grand prix.