A confident Oscar Piastri says he now feels ready to win Formula 1's ultimate prize with high-flying McLaren
McLaren's Oscar Piastri is adamant he is now ready to fight for the world championship as he enters his third season in Formula 1. Piastri has impressed from the moment he first climbed into a papaya-clad machine at the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix, and as McLaren turned around its fortunes the Australian too turned from a highly-rated prospect into an established frontrunner, coolly collecting his first two grand prix wins last year and finishing fourth in the championship.
If we can work on some of the things that we've set out to do in this off-season, then I'll have a lot of tools to be able to try and make that happen.
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