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Scott Bailey

'Stronger' Piastri has world champion traits: ex boss

Hometown hero Oscar Piastri is looking forward to the new F1 season getting underway in Melbourne. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

When Oscar Piastri landed in Europe as a 15-year-old for his first junior world karting championship, his new team boss immediately noticed three things.

"From the first test you could see the boy had something about him, because he was simply very good at speed," Ricky Flynn told AAP.

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