Australian driver Oscar Piastri has signed a new offer with McLaren to maintain him at the Components One team until 2026.
Piastri joined McLaren as reserve driver final 12 months and built his F1 debut this time at Bahrain just before he completed fourth at the British Grand Prix.
The 22-calendar year-old additional confirmed his potential with a next-area showing in the dash race at the Belgian Grand Prix and will now keep on alongside British racer Lando Norris at McLaren for the foreseeable long run.
‘I am thrilled to be extending my partnership with McLaren for a lot of decades. I want to be combating it out at the entrance of the grid with this staff and I am enthusiastic by the eyesight and foundations that are currently becoming laid to get us there,’ Piastri claimed.
‘We’ve relished some good moments with each other in my rookie time, but I’m energized to work jointly with anyone at MTC above the coming a long time to develop some fantastic moments.’
Oscar Piastri has signed a new deal with McLaren to retain him at the F1 staff right until 2026
It signifies Piastri (left) will continue alongside Lando Norris (right) for the foreseeable potential
The Aussie also took to X, the platform previously recognized as Twitter, with a cheeky assertion that a lot of F1 fans observed as a reference to the large drama surrounding his change from Alpine to the British workforce.
When Fernando Alonso departed the French outfit past calendar year, the team declared Piastri was getting his seat – only for the then-reserve driver to decline and switch to McLaren.
‘Stress-cost-free deal announcement like constantly,’ Piastri wrote, accompanied by a smiling and winking emoji.
McLaren chief govt Zak Brown stated: ‘I’m delighted to be continuing our partnership with Oscar by means of to the end of 2026.
‘He’s an incredible talent and an asset to the team so it is really great to be committing to each other in the extended phrase.
‘Oscar is currently proving what he can do out on track and has been instrumental in the turnaround we’ve had so considerably this time.’