![]() Having gone professional and competed in various Australian races and championships in 2014, Piastri began competing in European and other CIK-FIA sanctioned karting championships with Ricky Flynn Motorsport the following year. Piastri started racing remote controlled cars at a national level before beginning his karting career in 2011. He has Italian, Yugoslavian, and Chinese heritage. ![]() ![]() Chris Piastri served as his son's mechanic during Oscar's early racing years in Australia and is now the founder and owner of HP Tuners, a vehicle diagnostics automotive software company. He attended Haileybury College Melbourne and later Haileybury and Imperial Service College in England as a boarding pupil on a sports scholarship. He grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton. Oscar Piastri was born to Chris and Nicole ( née MacFadyen) Piastri in Melbourne, Australia. He is the first driver in history to win the Formula Renault Eurocup, Formula 3, and Formula 2 championships (or equivalent) in successive rookie years. 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. Piastri 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. Oscar Jack Piastri (born 6 April 2001) is an Australian racing driver currently competing in Formula One for McLaren. Piastri at the 2023 Australian Grand Prix
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