Oscar Piastri: The Rookie
In the Driver’s Seat with the Next F1 Legend
Andrew van Leeuwen
- The
- meteoric
- rise
- of
- motorsports
- phenom
- Oscar
- Piastri
- has
- been
- the
- stuff
- of
- legends
- –
- so
- far.
- Three
- years
- and
- a
- record-breaking
- three
- straight
- titles
- across
- Formula
- Renault,
- Formula
- 3
- and
- Formula
- 2
- set
- up
- one
- of
- the
- most
- anticipated
- F1
- rookie
- seasons
- ever
- when
- the
- 21-year-old
- Melburnian
- joined
- the
- famous
- McLaren
- team.
- Being
- wooed
- over
- from
- Alpine
- to
- replace
- a
- struggling
- Daniel
- Ricciardo
- and
- help
- turn
- the
- team’s
- fortunes
- around
- only
- added
- to
- the
- weight
- of
- expectation.The
- grid
- was
- set,
- the
- world’s
- cameras
- were
- rolling,
- rabid
- fans
- filled
- the
- stands,
- but
- could
- the
- rookie
- deliver?
- What
- version
- of
- Oscar
- Piastri
- would
- emerge
- from
- the
- crucible?The
- storylines
- that
- unfolded
- during
- the
- 2023
- F1
- season
- only
- added
- to
- Piastri’s
- growing
- legend.
- He
- not
- only
- proved
- he
- deserved
- his
- seat
- alongside
- Lando
- Norris
- in
- McLaren
- papaya,
- but
- also
- that
- he
- could
- go
- toe
- to
- toe
- with
- the
- best
- drivers
- on
- the
- planet.
- Clawing
- his
- way
- up
- the
- driver
- standings
- with
- his
- signature
- poise
- and
- focus,
- and
- jaw-dropping
- comebacks,
- Oscar
- tallied
- an
- impressive
- points
- haul,
- two
- podium
- finishes
- and
- a
- budding
- rivalry
- with
- his
- teammate.
- Most
- of
- all,
- he
- let
- his
- growing
- legion
- of
- fans
- and
- F1
- diehards
- around
- the
- world
- know
- they
- were
- witnessing
- the
- making
- of
- a
- future
- champion.Premier
- motorsport
- journalist
- Andrew
- van
- Leeuwen
- gives
- us
- an
- insider’s
- look
- into
- Piastri's
- rise
- to
- F1
- stardom
- –
- from
- the
- moment
- his
- racing
- roots
- first
- took
- hold
- to
- the
- ups,
- downs
- and
- inevitable
- controversies
- that
- led
- to
- his
- arrival
- at
- McLaren
- –
- while
- also
- exploring
- the
- pressure
- of
- fame
- and
- fortune,
- the
- pageantry
- and
- rich
- history,
- that
- goes
- hand
- in
- hand
- with
- life
- on
- the
- biggest
- motorsports
- stage
- in
- the world.
