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McLaren Locks Up Budding Star Driver With Multi-Year Contract Extension

Ryan Phillips

McLaren Team driver Oscar Piastri during qualifying at Las Vegas Circuit.
McLaren Team driver Oscar Piastri during qualifying at Las Vegas Circuit. / Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images

McLaren has solidified its driver lineup for the foreseeable future.

On Tuesday, news broke that the F1 team had inked budding star driver Oscar Piastri to a multi-year contract extension that will last until the end of the 2028 season.

The 23-year-old Australian is now locked in for several years, along with 25-year-old teammate Lando Norris. Norris won't hit free agency until at least the end of the 2027 campaign.

Piastri joined McLaren before the 2023 season after a battle with Alpine over his services. He finished ninth in the driver standings for 2023, scoring 97 points netting two podiums and two fastest laps. He broke out in 2024, winning two races and earning eight podiums while netting 292 points and finishing fourth. Thanks to his work with Norris, McLaren won the constructors' championship.

McLaren is a favorite heading into 2025, so locking in their driver lineup into the future is a smart move.

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RYAN PHILLIPS

Ryan Phillips is a senior writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has worked in digital media since 2009, spending eight years at The Big Lead before joining SI in 2024. Phillips also co-hosts The Assembly Call Podcast about Indiana Hoosiers basketball and previously worked at Bleacher Report. He is a proud San Diego native and a graduate of Indiana University’s journalism program.

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