‘A lot of emotions are not that helpful’: Oscar Piastri on his F1 world title dream

Oscar Piastri believes he was ‘moulded’ by having to grow up as a teenager in the UK far from his family and friends in Australia. Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA

Still what might be considered a stripling with features soft as yet unweathered by age and competition yet with an undoubted inner steel, Oscar Piastri presents a fascinating dichotomy. The young Australian is in a two-horse race to be Formula One world champion this year and his youth, personable nature and easy, dry wit belie a driver possessed of exceptional maturity and the clinical execution familiar in the sport’s greats.

Piastri has given every indication he could join them and the resolute determination of the man who would be king is palpable.