A gift before the start of the season: Piastri extended by McLaren

The first "big announcement" of this 2025 season has fallen before it even begins! This Tuesday evening in France, McLaren announced the extension of the contract ofOscar piastri, who will begin his third year with the English team this weekend on the sidelines of the Australian Grand Prix.

As it has been doing for some time now, the Woking team did not specify the duration of this new lease with the Aussie, but nevertheless assured that it covered "several years". A scenario reproduced in recent seasons when McLaren had extended Lando Norris a first time in 2023 before securing his services again with a new deal in January 2024A godsend for Oscar Piastri, just a few cables away from launching his 2025 campaign in front of his own people this weekend.

« It's a great feeling to know that I'm part of this long-term vision of McLaren., welcomes the child from Melbourne. The team believed in me when we signed in 2022, and the journey we have had over the last two seasons to help McLaren return to the top has been incredible. »

Many, many more years to come with the Papaya Army 🧡 pic.twitter.com/YBxXwWp2Al

- McLaren (@ McLarenF1) March 11, 2025

Piastri and McLaren swear loyalty to each other

With this extension of Oscar Piastri, McLaren confirms its ambition to settle at the top of the table of the F1. Now, the English team knows that it can rely on a formidable and efficient duo that allowed it to win its first Constructors' title last season after 26 years of drought.

« Not only is he an incredibly talented rider, but his work ethic and fit into the team culture meant there was no problem extending his run in papaya orange., savors the boss Zak Brown, happy to be able to project with him and Lando Norris.

We have the best duo on the grid and over the last two seasons we have seen what an asset Oscar is to the team, both on and off the track. He was absolutely fundamental in adding to our legacy with the Constructors’ title last season, so we are all looking forward to seeing what we can do in the years to come as we continue to fight for world championships together. »

“Piqued” at Alpine After the contract affair in 2022, the Australian discovered F1 in 2023. Since then, he has continued to climb the ladder, participating in his team's crazy rise in the standings over the last two years. If his beginnings had been delicate, due in part to McLaren's sporting situation, Oscar Piastri quickly proved his managers right to have signed him a few months earlier. After his first podiums in 2023, he took his first victories in 2024, first in Hungary and then in Azerbaijan where he had impeccable performance in resisting Charles Leclerc behind him. Now, he is in the long term with Woking, where he now dreams of the Drivers' title after the team title last year. Will 2025 be his year?

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