In the weeks before the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix, back in October of 2023, McLaren CEO Zak Brown looked me square in the eye and made a straightforward declaration about the team’s driver pairing of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

McLaren star Oscar Piastri has opened up on the prospect of severe weather disrupting the upcoming Australian Grand Prix. The 2025 Formula 1 campaign gets under way in Melbourne this weekend, where Max Verstappen will begin his bid to win a fifth consecutive world drivers' title.

The 23-year-old Australian put pen to paper on an extension to his existing deal, which was due to run to the end of 2026, though the exact length of these fresh terms is unknown

After helping McLaren to a constructor's championship in 2024, Oscar Piastri was rewarded with a multi-year contract worth nearly $26 million per year, according to Racing News 365. The new deal replaces Piastri's contract that ran through 2026 and was set to pay him over $7 million per season.

It’s a great feeling knowing that I’m part of McLaren’s long-term vision,” Piastri said in a statement. “The team had the belief in me when we signed in 2022, and the