Think you know Oscar Piastri? Think again. After we put Yuki Tsunoda, Zhou Guanyu and Daniel Ricciardo through their paces, it was the young Australian’s turn to experience our unusual quickfire interview. From driving test skills to the F1 legends who would make his ultimate F1 team, and unexpected gifts to dreams of spending a day as an astronaut, he lifts the lid on all of these topics and more…
Can you describe yourself in three words?
Describe myself in three words… I would say relaxed, calculating and chilled!
What made you fall in love with F1?
Firstly, the noise. When I grew up the cars were obviously sounding a bit different to what they do now, so I loved that. But in terms of actually driving, myself, I just really like driving anything! So, that’s where the kind of passion for it came. I just liked motorsport in general, as opposed to purely F1. But yeah, I just enjoy driving cars!
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When and where did you first drive something?
So, the first time I would have driven anything would have been when I was about seven or eight. I used to race remote control cars from when I was about six, but they don’t work very well when it rains! I think actually it was raining, the RC car race got cancelled, so my dad [asked] if I wanted to go to a rental karting place. I went there a few times when it was raining – it was indoors, so it was alright – and then it kind of went from there and I got my own.
How many times did it take you to pass your driving test?
Just one! I did it first time. I feel like it’s kind of embarrassing if you don’t get it first time as a racing driver, but I was good, I was first time.
