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Piastri: “No-brainer” to signal new McLaren F1 contract
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Piastri: “No-brainer” to signal new McLaren F1 contract

By Miles Cooper March 14, 2025
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Piastri: “No-brainer” to signal new McLaren F1 contract

Oscar Piastri says it was a “no-brainer” for him to conform to a long-term contract extension with the McLaren Method 1 staff.

Regardless of Piastri’s contract not expiring till the top of the 2026 season, he and McLaren made quick work of agreeing a brand new multi-year deal that may lengthen the Australian’s keep for an undefined variety of seasons.

The brand new deal ensures each Piastri and Norris stay connected to the world champion outfit properly into the 2026 laws cycle, stopping different groups from sniffing round McLaren’s driver pairing and inflicting distractions.

In his first response to his new deal forward of the Australian Grand Prix, Piastri stated extending his keep on the Woking staff felt “pure” given the staff’s upward trajectory, which has yielded his first two grand prix wins final 12 months.

“I used to be already signed up for this 12 months and the following, however it felt like only a very pure development to signal for even long run,” Piastri stated forward of his dwelling race in Melbourne.

“Clearly, final 12 months was an unimaginable 12 months for the staff. I believe my two years for the staff has been fairly unimaginable, ranging from the place we had been after I joined to being constructors’ champions.

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“Now it made loads of sense in my thoughts to try to proceed that and construct with the staff. Me and Lando are each there for a very long time now, Andrea [Stella, team principal] is on a long run contract. Zak [Brown, CEO] and key technical employees as properly.

“So for me, it looks like a no brainer, and suppose it was reciprocated from the staff as properly.”

Piastri arrived at his dwelling race with what many observers expect the automotive to beat. However as Australian followers and media are build up pleasure, the 23-year-old is maintaining his expectations in examine.

“I do know what you need me to say, and everybody’s headline could possibly be that, however we’ll see,” he stated. “Nobody actually is aware of what to anticipate. Testing went fairly properly however you do not know the place all people sits.

“However Melbourne is a very completely different monitor to Bahrain, the climate goes to be completely different to Bahrain and completely different each hour, by the look of issues, so it may be an attention-grabbing weekend.

“We’re anticipating to be someplace up the entrance, whether or not that is proper on the pointy finish, we’ll wait till Saturday, I believe.”

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