Oscar Piastri has signed a brand new contract with McLaren which the staff say will hold him with them “for the long run”.
The 23-year-old Australian, who received two grands prix final yr on his strategy to fourth on the planet championship in his second season in Formulation 1, was already contracted to the top of 2026.
Piastri’s outcomes, mixed with team-mate Lando Norris’ second place within the drivers’ championship, secured the constructors’ title for McLaren final yr for the primary time since 1998.
McLaren Racing chief government officer Zak Brown mentioned: “Not solely is Oscar an extremely proficient driver, however his work ethic and cultural match inside the staff made it a no brainer to increase his time in papaya.
“We have got the perfect driver line-up on the grid, and up to now two seasons, we have seen how a lot of an asset to the staff Oscar is each on and off monitor.
“He was completely elementary in including to our legacy with the 2024 constructors’ championship final season, so we’re all excited to see what we will do within the years to return as we proceed to struggle for world championships collectively.”
Piastri mentioned: “It is an amazing feeling realizing that I am a part of McLaren’s long-term imaginative and prescient. The staff had the idea in me after we signed in 2022, and the journey we have gone on over the previous two seasons to assist return McLaren to the very high of the game has been unimaginable.
“There are such a lot of proficient and particular folks working at McLaren who’ve helped me to turn into a Formulation 1 race winner very early in my profession. Due to this fact, I am very proud to be persevering with to symbolize this legendary staff for a few years to return.”
McLaren’s assertion was intentionally obscure on the precise size of Piastri’s contract, however the language within the launch mixed together with his earlier contract suggests he’s now dedicated to the staff till at the least the top of 2028.
Norris final yr signed a brand new contract that the staff mentioned would commit him to McLaren at the least till the top of 2026.
Brown, staff principal Andrea Stella and technical director, aerodynamics, Peter Prodromou have all just lately signed longer contracts with McLaren.
Stella mentioned Piastri’s new contract was “an emblem of our perception and belief in him as a driver”.
The Italian added: “He has continued to show how spectacular he’s when it comes to his expertise, willpower and work ethic as a driver and his contribution to our staff and tradition as an individual.
“Alongside Lando, we now have what we’d like locked in for the long run to maintain pushing ahead.”
