Oscar Piastri

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Aussies all make the same joke about Piastri (NEWS.com.au)

Oscar Piastri has survived the carnage to come away with his first Formula One points at the Australian Grand Prix.

Pace in clean air was solid, got stuck behind Yuki for a while but happy to get my first F1 points.” Piastri didn’t finish and was 15th in his first two races, while Norris was 16th and 17th to open the season. While McLaren moved up to fifth on the constructors with the points in Melbourne, Piastri admitted he was under no illusions as to where the team were at in the pecking order after Alpine had huge gaps but crashed out amid the carnage. After going pointless in the first two races, it was a much needed day for the team in papaya. Piastri crossed the line in ninth but was promoted to eighth after Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was handed a five-second penalty for causing the carnage on the restart before the final red flag. Two red flags in the final three laps brought Piastri up to ninth across the line as the race ended in anticlimactic fashion as the cars essentially crossed the line behind the safety car.

Oscar Piastri hails 'great' result after 'crazy' race at Australian Grand ... (ESPN)

Oscar Piastri was left beaming from ear to ear after finishing eighth in his maiden Australian Grand Prix and recording the first points of his fledgling ...

"It's obviously not been a great first two races for the whole team, for largely things out of our control. "Definitely happy to get my first points on the board, especially here at home. He again made up a spot when Alexander Albon crashed his Williams on lap nine, bringing out the first red flag of the grand prix.

'Happened to be in the points': Piastri's frank admission as Aussie ... (Fox Sports)

'Happened to be in the points': Piastri's frank admission as Aussie avoids chaos in historic debut.

Pace in clean air was solid, got stuck behind Yuki for a while but happy to get my first F1 points.” “Esteban pulled a pretty big gap on me, it took me a while to get past Yuki, but I think at one point of the race we were somewhat similar in pace but I think at the moment, they’re a bit of a step ahead of us,” Piastri conceded. “Crazy race, happened to be in the points at the end of it.

'Absolute mayhem' mars Piastri F1 breakthrough (Wide World of Sports)

And in a remarkable twist, the McLaren rookie finished in the points courtesy of Alpine's two drivers, Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon, crashing out of the race ...

While Piastri was a member of the Alpine academy, and was an Alpine reserve driver for the 2022 Formula 1 world championship, he also had a deal with McLaren after signing as Daniel Ricciardo's replacement. The race finished under a yellow flag as Max Verstappen cruised to his first Australian Grand Prix win. ['Shock' as rugby league icon rushed to hospital](https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/news-2023-the-mole-maroons-legend-sam-backo-in-hospital/ff6d67aa-96d0-4dd3-b078-0e2946ff4c4e) [Australian Grand Prix](https://wwos.nine.com.au/motorsport/f-1-australian-grand-prix-2023-live-race-results-winner-albert-park-melbourne-highlights-news-latest-updates/343eada8-a6bf-4f43-bf19-46abc2e078b4) And in a remarkable twist, the McLaren rookie finished in the points courtesy of Alpine's two drivers, Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon, crashing out of the race in the dying stages. [Australian Grand Prix](https://wwos.nine.com.au/australian-grand-prix) rocked by three red flags and eight retirements, hometown prodigy [Oscar Piastri](https://wwos.nine.com.au/motorsport/oscar-piastri) collected his maiden Formula 1 points on Sunday evening.

'A crazy race': How Oscar Piastri's first home grand prix unfolded (The Age)

The Melbourne crowd went wild as Oscar Piastri overtook Yuki Tsunoda, pulling ahead of the Japanese driver's Alpha Tauri as he rounded turn nine of the ...

Piastri went into the pit to fight for a spot in the top 10, swapping out his hard tyres for soft. A red flag – the first of the race – was called after gravel from the crash between Lance Stroll and Alex Albon was pushed on to the track on lap 9. When the hometown hero overtook Tsunoda the Melbourne crowd was in raptures. Like the majority of the drivers on the grid, Piastri used the early return to the pits to his advantage, swapping to hard tyres. Piastri slipped back to 12th, overtaken by Alpine’s Esetban Ocon, whose straight-line speed was too quick for the Australian. ](/link/follow-20170101-p5cx9o)He was on medium tyres and said he made “good” moves up the track.

Oscar Piastri scores first Formula 1 points as Aussie rookie finishes ... (Daily Mail)

Oscar Piastri claimed his first points in Formula 1 at the end of a chaotic Australian Grand Prix on Sunday with only 11 cars completing race.

[Having retired in Bahrain in the season opener](/sport/formulaone/article-11823105/Oscar-Piastri-endures-NIGHTMARE-F1-debut-Aussie-rookie-forced-retire-just-14-laps.html) due to electrical issues, Piastri [finished 15th in Saudi Arabia](/sport/formulaone/article-11879087/McLaren-make-shock-decision-F1-star-Oscar-Piastri-upstages-teammate-Lando-Norris-Saudi-Arabia.html) as McLaren struggled to put out a competitive car. [replaced Daniel Ricciardo at McLaren](/sport/formulaone/article-11173713/Oscar-Piastri-replace-Daniel-Ricciardo-Formula-One-season-McLaren.html) after spending last season as the reserve driver for Alpine, arrived at Albert Park with slim hopes of securing the first points of his career in a struggling car. [Mark Webber, who finished fifth with Minardi](/sport/formulaone/article-11916109/Mark-Webber-insists-Oscar-Piastri-isnt-feeling-pressure-eve-Australian-GP.html) at the end a similarly incident-strewn race at Albert Park in 2002 on his debut. The young Australian started 16th on the grid but survived a chaotic race to score his first points in Formula 1 after a difficult start to the season [Oscar Piastri finished eighth at the end of a chaotic race in Melbourne](/sport/live/article-11925161/Australian-Grand-Prix-F1-2023-Live-Result.html) [Max Verstappen took the chequered flag behind the safety car](/sport/formulaone/article-11929697/Australian-Grand-Prix-Max-Verstappen-wins-chaotic-race-ends-safety-car.html) after the race was stopped with two laps to go for a third time following a major crash at the first corner.

Oscar Piastri sums up Australian Grand Prix perfectly in eight words ... (Daily Express)

Home favourite Oscar Piastri secured his first points in Formula 1 at a madcap Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

“Crazy race and the first race I’ve been involved in with three red flags. Hometown hero Oscar Piastri captured the essence of a madcap Australian Open Grand Prix after securing his first Formula 1 points in a welcome boost for struggling McLaren. Piastri, meanwhile, was running in 11th position before the second red flag but jumped up three places to mark a pleasing end to one of the most frantic races in recent memory.

Oscar Piastri steals eighth in crazy Australian Formula 1 debut (PerthNow)

Melbourne-born Oscar Piastri has finished eighth in his Australian Formula One Grand Prix debut, improving on the first two races of his career.

Piastri joined the F1 circuit as a reserve for Alpine in 2022 before the Melbourne-born driver secured a full-time seat with McLaren ahead of this season. Piastri finished 20th and 15th in the initial two races of the season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia as McLaren struggled to put out a competitive car. But the 21-year-old was promoted inside the top-10 after the restart resulted in more mayhem in the field, with a red flag called for the third time in the 58-lap race.

Amid chaos and confusion, the local boy drives and survives (The Age)

Whatever Oscar Piastri achieves in Formula 1, it is safe to say he will never experience anything like his first home grand prix.

If Westacott and other good judges are right about Piastri, we’ll be seeing a lot of the local boy before that contract runs out. Although both Piastri and his teammate Lando Norris finished in the points here, a long, difficult season still beckons. His first outing here brought back memories of the day in 2002 when Webber, driving a clunker of a Minardi, steered his way clear of a first-corner pile-up that took out eight cars and ended up scraping into the points. He says, ‘When I went forward to spray the champagne there were a few hundred people down there. For the dominant Dutchman, it was a case of ticking off some unfinished business from a diminishing list. This meant a 58-lap race came down to a frenetic, two-lap sprint to victory.

'What better place to do it?' – Piastri thrilled after charging his way to ... (Formula 1 RSS UK)

Oscar Piastri marked his first-ever F1 points in style as he claimed eighth position in a dramatic Australian Grand Prix, prompting some late cheers from ...

“I think to have both cars well and truly into the points… “I think in clean air, the pace was pretty solid for both me and [team mate] Lando [Norris]. “To get these points at this stage of the season is a really good result for myself and the team, and for me, just to get my first points on the board in F1 is a nice feeling.” What better place to do it than at home. For me, [I] just got stuck behind Yuki [Tsunoda] for too long and kind of got dragged out of the race, so a few things to improve from my side, but for now just happy to be in the points at home.” “I think we were there when it mattered and, whatever bad luck we had in the first two races, I think came out as good luck today, so we avoided all the carnage there at the end when we needed to be.

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