Devastated Oscar Piastri explains why he crashed out before Australian Grand Prix started - The home hero devastatingly smashed his McLaren into the wall on his lap to the starting grid ...

Oscar Piastri is out of his home grand prix before it begins, following a snap and spin on his first reconnaissance lap.

Mark Webber has close ties to McLaren driver Oscar Piastri.

Max Verstappen was left fuming after a mechanical failure caused him to crash in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix before setting a lap time.

Oscar Piastri’s shock crash during the warm-up lap before Sunday’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix was an embarrassing moment the young Aussie will have nightmares over.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri crashed out of the Australian Grand Prix before it even began on Sunday as the hometown hero's reconnaissance lap went awry ahead of ​the season-opening race at Albert Park.

Follow live coverage of the 2026 Australian Grand Prix. Oscar Piastri is out of the 2026 Australian Grand Prix ahead of the start, after the McLaren driver and defeated 2025 title ...

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Oscar Piastri crashed out of the Australian Grand Prix before it even began. Piastri crashed on his reconnaissance lap less than an hour before the first race of the 2026 Formula 1 season was set to ...

Four-time world champion Max Verstappen said Saturday he had never experienced anything like the crash that left him 20th on ...