Oscar Piastri biography: 13 things about racing driver born in Melbourne, Australia

Who is Oscar Piastri?

Oscar Jack MacFayden Piastri is an Australian racing driver born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. His mother Nicole MacFayden Piastri is of Scottish and Irish descent while his father Chris Piastri is of Italian, Yugoslavian and Chinese descent.

Oscar is 5’10” tall and he speaks English and Japanese. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He grew up in Brighton, Melbourne.
2. He was privately educated at Haileybury College Melbourne in Brighton East, Melbourne.
3. He went to the Haileybury and Imperial Service College in Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom as a boarding pupil on a sports scholarship.
4. He has three  younger sisters namely Hattie MacFayden Piastri, Edie MacFayden Piastri and Mae MacFayden Piastri.
5. In 2003, his father and Keith Prociuk co-founded HP Tuners, an automotive serve and collision repair and consumer services company based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, United States.
6. In 2011, he started his karting career.
7. In 2014, he made his professional racing debut.
8. In 2016, he graduated to junior formulae and moved to the U.K. to further his racing career.
9. In 2018, he and Lily Zneimer started dating.
10. In 2019, he graduated from boarding school and won the Formula Renault Eurocup, which was his first championship.
11. From 2020 to 2021, he was a member of the Alpine Academy, a driver development programme based in Enstone, Oxfordshire, England.
12. In 2023, he signed with McLaren Racing Limited, a motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England, and made his Formula One debut at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Sakhir, Bahrain.
13. On April 6, 2025, he turned 24.

TIMELINE

2024

• On December 8, 2024, he finished 10th at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and became the fourth driver in history to complete every lap of a Formula One season.

2025

• On March 11, 2025, McLaren announced a multi-year contract extension with him until at least the end of the 2028 season.