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Oscar Piastri in a papaya McLaren team top and cap at the drivers’ parade, 2026 Chinese Grand Prix
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McLaren Australia No. 81

Oscar Piastri

Driver profile, career milestones and the Piastri models featured at DIECASTMODELS.MT.

Oscar Piastri in numbers

Grand Prix wins
9
Pole positions
6
F1 debut
2023
Car number
81

Career wins and poles as of the 2026 Mexico City Grand Prix. Sources: Wikipedia.

Profile

The driver

Nationality
Australian
Born
6 April 2001, Melbourne, Australia
F1 debut
2023 (McLaren)
Team
McLaren
Car number
81
Grand Prix wins
9
Pole positions
6

Oscar Piastri was born in Melbourne, Australia, on 6 April 2001.

He won the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2020 and the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2021, both with Prema.

He made his Formula One debut with McLaren in 2023, won his first Grand Prix in Hungary in 2024, and finished third in the 2025 championship.

He races for McLaren with car number 81.

Career

Milestones

  1. 2001

    Born in Melbourne

    Born on 6 April 2001 in Melbourne, Australia.

  2. 2020

    FIA Formula 3 champion

    Wins the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Prema.

  3. 2021

    FIA Formula 2 champion

    Wins the Formula 2 title in his rookie season, again with Prema.

  4. 2023

    Formula One debut

    Makes his debut with McLaren in Bahrain and takes his first podium in Japan.

  5. 2024

    First Grand Prix win

    Wins in Hungary, then in Azerbaijan.

  6. 2025

    Title contender

    Takes seven more wins and his first pole, in China, and finishes third in the championship.

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