Oscar Piastri


Oscar Piastri is an Australian racing driver, member of the Renault Sport Academy and reigning Formula Renault Eurocup champion. He will compete in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Prema alongside Frederik Vesti and Logan Sargeant.

Career

Karting

Born in Melbourne, Piastri began karting in 2011, before going professional in 2014 to rack up multiple titles in various Australian championships. In 2015, Piastri began competing in European and other CIK-FIA sanctioned karting championships with Ricky Flynn Motorsport, with a highest placed finish of sixth in the 2016 World Championship in Bahrain.

Lower formula

In 2016, Piastri made his single-seater debut in selected rounds of the Formula 4 UAE Championship with Dragon F4, claiming two podiums to take sixth in the championship.
In 2017, Piastri was named as part of the TRS Arden Junior Team's line-up for the British F4 championship. There he claimed six wins and six pole positions to finish as runner-up to Jamie Caroline.

GP3 Series

In December 2018, Piastri partook in the post-season test at Yas Marina with Trident.

Formula Renault Eurocup

In 2018, Piastri made his debut in the championship, reuniting with Arden. Claiming three podiums, with a highest placed finish of second at the second race at Hockenheim, he finished the season ninth in the championship.
In December 2018, it was announced Piastri would switch to reigning team champions R-ace GP for the 2019 championship. He claimed his first victory in the series at Silverstone and repeated with a second win at the same venue a day later. He became the first driver to win three races in 2019 after taking victory at Spa-Francorchamps in July, and became the champion after taking a win and fourth place at the final round at Yas Marina.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

In October 2019, Piastri joined the post-season test with reigning team champions Prema Racing. In January 2020, the Italian outfit signed Piastri to contest the upcoming season.

Formula One

As reward for claiming the Formula Renault Eurocup title, Piastri joined the Renault Sport Academy in January 2020.

Racing record

Career summary

† As Piastri was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718DCPoints
2020Prema RacingRBR1
FEA
1		RBR1
SPR
8		RBR2
FEA
4‡		RBR2
SPR
5		HUN
FEA
2		HUN
SPR
2		SIL1
FEA
2		SIL1
SPR
Ret		SIL2
FEA
SIL2
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MUG
FEA
MUG
SPR
1st*94*

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
* Season still in progress.