Rookie Piastri follows Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo in a line of Australian drivers in Formula 1.
For the past two decades, Australian F1 fans have rooted for Australians Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo.Oscar PiastriHowever, Piastri has never before raced at this week's F1 venue Albert Park, or even in any single-seater category in Australia.
However, Piastri has never before raced at Albert Park, or even in any single-seater category in Australia, having left for England as a teenager to pursue his Formula 1 dream. He used to play cricket and Aussie Rules Football on the ovals in Albert Park, and he attended the 2015 F1 event as a ‘grid kid’, for then Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat, having been nominated by the local motorsport body.
“The improvement of car performance should start in Baku,” said team principal Andrea Stella on Thursday. A near-B-spec car is anticipated before the summer break, with another major update after the recess, as part of McLaren’s long-term aim to have a top four car.Peter Fox“It’s the start of the season, we're two races in,” said McLaren CEO Zak Brown. “It is not nearly as bad as it looks from the first two races, but it's not clearly as good as it needs to be.
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