Oscar Piastri excited to drive Monaco in ‘unimaginable’ livery

Australian Oscar Piastri returns to Monaco the place he has stood on the rostrum earlier than.

The McLaren rookie twice stood on the rostrum within the principality in 2021, on his option to successful the Components 2 drivers’ championship.

He returns to the well-known avenue circuit as a Components 1 driver and says preparation for his first Monaco Grand Prix has gone nicely.

Regardless of some promising performances, Piastri has solely been in a position to end in a points-scoring place as soon as this 12 months.

However the 22-year-old from Melbourne says he’s rising in confidence.

“Preparation for the race has gone nicely with loads of simulator work and I am studying increasingly in each session behind the wheel,” he stated.

“As a staff, we’re absolutely targeted on making the steps ahead to develop extra efficiency out of the automotive.”

Piastri’s 2021 efficiency round Monaco in his F2 automotive set him up for a cost on the championship.

Throughout the three races F2 held that weekend, Piastri completed second twice and eighth.

It was a strong haul of factors for the Australian, who was on the verge of successful his third consecutive championship, after successful Components 3 and Components Renault in 2020 and 2019.

“I am trying ahead to this weekend’s race as I return to Monaco for the primary time since my double podium through the 2021 F2 Championship,’ he stated.

“It is going to be an attention-grabbing and satisfying problem to deal with the Monte Carlo circuit in an F1 automotive.”

McLaren will probably be operating a particular livery for the Monaco Grand Prix.

Referred to as the Triple Crown (a reference to motor racing’s three largest races — Monaco Grand Prix, Indianapolis 500 and the 24 hours of Le Mans), it celebrates McLaren’s sixtieth anniversary of racing.

The multi-colour look is a tribute to victories the staff has had in all three races.

“The Triple Crown livery appears to be like unimaginable, and I am unable to think about a greater option to expertise my first Monaco Grand Prix as a Components 1 driver,” Piastri stated.

“Bruce McLaren was a winner in Monte Carlo in 1962 and the McLaren staff have such wealthy historical past on the Monaco Grand Prix.

“I’ll really feel extremely proud lining up on the grid within the MCL60, carrying the identical colors because the three Triple Crown-winning race automobiles.”

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