Who are Oscar Piastri’s parents? Here’s all you need to know about the Australian sensation
Oscar Piastri was born on 6th April, 2001 in Melbourne, Australia to Chris Piastri (father) and Nicole Piastri (mother). Oscar’s father owns a successful automotive software development company and encouraged him to pursue racing as a career from his early childhood.
Young Oscar was very passionate about cars and it was evident from his choice of bedtime stories, which were mainly car books. According to his parents, Oscar could even recite the horsepower, speed and other stats of his favourite models as a young boy.
Who are Oscar Piastri’s parents?
Oscar Piastri is one of the rising stars in F1 and had a tremendous first season with McLaren. Many have been asking ‘Who are Oscar Piastri’s parents’ on the internet and his family had a huge role in him getting into F1.
Oscar was introduced to go-karts while he was a small child by his father Chris Piastri. Chris even worked as Oscar’s technician in the early years of his son’s racing career.
Meanwhile, Oscar’s mother Nicole was equally supportive and completely backed her son’s career choice. The couple spent a lot of their savings to help Oscar fulfill his dream. According to Oscar’s father Chris, they spent close to US$ 6.5 million to get him from a young boy Down Under to a future F1 superstar.
This is some of the information available regarding who are Oscar Piastri’s parents.
How has Oscar Piastri’s professional career been so far?
Oscar Piastri made his full-time F1 debut this year and is currently driving for McLaren. He has done well at various levels of professional racing and deservedly got rewarded with a permanent F1 seat.
Before making his F1 debut, he notably won the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup with R-ace GP, and won the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship and 2021 Formula 2 Championship with Prema Racing. He is only the sixth driver to win the GP2/Formula 2 Championship in their rookie season, and the fifth driver to win the GP3/Formula 3 Championship and the GP2/Formula 2 Championship in consecutive seasons.
After winning the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2020, he took part in his first Formula One test in October with the Renault F1 Team, driving the Renault R.S.18 at Bahrain International Circuit alongside fellow academy drivers Christian Lundgaard and Zhou Guanyu. He remained part of the now-rebranded Alpine Academy in 2021 and drove the Alpine A521 in the post-season young drivers’ test at Yas Marina Circuit in December. After his Formula 2 title victory, Piastri was appointed Alpine F1 Team’s reserve driver for the 2022 season before getting a permanent F1 seat for McLaren in 2023.
He finished the 2023 season in 9th place but landed two podiums, two fastest laps and even won the Sprint race in the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix. The Australian signed a new deal with McLaren keeping him till 2026.
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