Oscar Piastri News, Rumors, & NASCAR Updates

Late pit strategy lifts Ty Gibbs to NASCAR victory and IndyCar heads to the streets of Toronto

Ty Gibbs used a late two-tire call to win at Iowa, while Carson Kvapil prevailed in double overtime for his second straight O’Reilly Series victory

16 HOURS AGO • Associated Press

Denny Hamlin leads NASCAR points race ahead of Iowa's short-track weekend

Denny Hamlin leads the NASCAR Cup points race, while Justin Allgaier sits atop the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series standings entering Iowa

AUGUST 4 • Associated Press

NASCAR's Corey Heim wins Brickyard 400 and a rare off week for auto racing's Big Three

Before an unusual off week for auto racing’s Big Three, Corey Heim scored his second Cup Series win at Indianapolis, Lando Norris capitalized on Oscar Piastri’s misfortune to win i...

JULY 28 • Associated Press

Gearbox Failure Piastri suffered a gearbox failure and finished 20th in the Hungarian Grand Prix Formula 1 race at the Hungaroring on Sunday afternoon.

Impact An aggressive start from P3 on the grid would see Piastri vault into the early lead. He would control the opening stint of the race up until his lap 34 pit stop. He would rejoin into heavy traffic and have a clash with Carlos Sainz that would put him off his rhythm. He would lose the lead to Lando Norris as a result and ride P2 late in the race. However, his car with slow with 15 laps to go and come to a stop on the course with a gearbox failure. He would be hit with a disappointing DNF in Budapest.

JULY 27 • ROTOWIRE

NASCAR heads to the Brickyard and F1's Antonelli and IndyCar's Palou continue hot streaks

NASCAR returns to Indianapolis after Joey Logano broke through for his first Cup win of the year

JULY 21 • Associated Press

P5 in Belgium Piastri finished fifth in the Belgian Grand Prix Formula 1 race at the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit on Sunday afternoon.

Impact Piastri would start sixth on the grid and would benefit from an early safety car to promote to P4. However, things would get difficult on lap 8 when contact with Charles Leclerc would cause damage to the McLaren. The Stewards would rule it a racing incident and no penalties were issued. Piastri would manage his wounded race car the rest of the way and lose one spot late to finish P5 in Belgium.

JULY 19 • ROTOWIRE

Blaney survives overtime as Cup Series returns to North Wilkesboro

Ryan Blaney wins the third round of the Cup Series in-season challenge

JULY 14 • Associated Press

Opening Lap Collision Piastri finished 11th in the British Grand Prix Formula 1 race at the Silverstone Circuit on Sunday afternoon.

Impact The McLaren youngster would start eighth on the grid and get off to a strong launch at the lights out. However, he would get into some heavy traffic in turn 6 of the opening lap and be sandwiched between both Racing Bulls drivers. Contact during that scrap would damage Piastri's front wing. An unscheduled pit stop to replace wings would drop him back in the field and the recovery drive would begin. Retirements and safety cars would help aid his move back up through the field to an eventual P11 by the checkered flag.

JULY 7 • ROTOWIRE

P4 at Red Bull Ring Piastri finished fourth in the Austrian Grand Prix Formula 1 race at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on Sunday afternoon.

Impact The McLaren youngster would start seventh on the grid and make one spot on the opening lap by overtaking teammate, Lando Norris. Piastri would then execute a clean, two-stop strategy and engage in running battles with both Ferraris throughout the grand prix. At one point he would even make contact with Charles Leclerc while battling for position. After Piastri's second stop of the day, he would get around Leclerc to forge a strong P4 in Austria.

JUNE 29 • ROTOWIRE

Corey Heim earns first Cup Series win and Antonelli leads F1 into Austria

Corey Heim rallied from early adversity to capture his first Cup Series victory in only his 13th start, leading Bubba Wallace across the line for a 23XI Racing sweep of the top two...

JUNE 23 • Associated Press

P5 in Barcelona Piastri finished fifth in the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix F1 race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Sunday.

Impact Starting seventh on the grid, Piastri would struggle with grip the entire race but make some headway none-the-less. The young McLaren driver would lose an early-race battle with Charles Leclerc but a fast pit stop on lap 14 would get him pointed back towards the front. Piastri would benefit from the late-race retirements of Leclerc and Kimi Antonelli and would promote to P5 at the checkered flag.

JUNE 15 • ROTOWIRE

Denny Hamlin rallies for second straight worst-to-first win and F1's Antonelli extends win streak

Denny Hamlin rallied from the rear for his second straight worst-to-first Cup Series win, while Kimi Antonelli stretched his F1 win streak to five

JUNE 9 • Associated Press

P4 in Monte Carlo Piastri finished fourth in the Monaco Grand Prix Formula 1 race at The Circuit de Monaco on Sunday afternoon.

Impact The McLaren youngster started seventh on the grid and was able to promote one spot immediately due to the Max Verstappen mechanical failure. Piastri ran a long opening stint and would pit out of P4 on lap 48. He would be hit, like many others, with a 5-second penalty for speeding on pit lane. However, he had enough pace and with the help of other retirements was able to secure a strong P4 in the Monaco Grand Prix.

JUNE 8 • ROTOWIRE

Hamlin trims Reddick's lead in Cup Series standings with thrilling recovery at Nashville

Denny Hamlin recovered from an early penalty to lead 57 laps and win in a dramatic three-wide finish at Nashville

JUNE 2 • Associated Press

Collision and Penalty Piastri finished 11th in the Canadian Grand Prix Formula 1 race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Sunday afternoon.

Impact Things would get off to a poor start for Piastri in Canada. The team would opt to start the race on intermediate tyres although the track was quickly drying out. This strategy fumble would cause Piastri to pit at the end of lap 1 for slick tyres but he would lose a lot of track position. Later in the race the McLaren youngster would collide with Alex Albon and put the Williams driver out of the race. The stewards would assess a 10-second time penalty to Piastri and that would mire him in the field. He would make a couple late overtakes but could only achieve P11 by the checkered flag.

MAY 25 • ROTOWIRE

Third in Miami Grand Prix Piastri finished third in the Miami Grand Prix Formula 1 race at the Miami International Autodrome on Sunday afternoon.

Impact The McLaren youngster would start seventh on the grid after a somewhat disappointing qualifying session. Piastri would get off to a strong start and work his way up the order throughout the grand prix. Good pit strategy would get him in position to challenge for a podium spot and he would secure it on the penultimate lap by overtaking Charles Leclerc after an unfortunate spin. That would put Piastri in P3 and give McLaren a double podium day in Miami.

MAY 3 • ROTOWIRE

NASCAR's Carson Hocevar earns first Cup win and F1 returns with Antonelli on top

NASCAR heads to Texas this week after Carson Hocevar earned his first Cup victory with a last-lap move at Talladega, Corey Day captured his first O’Reilly Auto Parts Series win in...

APRIL 28 • Associated Press

Tyler Reddick extends hot streak, matches Dale Earnhardt's win total as NASCAR heads to Talladega

Tyler Reddick continued his surge with a fifth win, overtaking Kyle Larson to become the fourth driver to claim five victories through nine races

APRIL 21 • Associated Press

NASCAR rolls into Kansas City following Ty Gibbs' first career Cup Series win

Ty Gibbs broke through for his first career Cup Series win, edging Ryan Blaney in an overtime finish at Bristol

APRIL 14 • Associated Press

Tyler Reddick leads standings entering Bristol as Cup Series unveils new 750-hp package

Tyler Reddick leads the Cup standings entering Bristol as NASCAR debuts a new 750-hp package at the World’s Fastest Half-Mile

APRIL 7 • Associated Press

Chase Elliott holds off Denny Hamlin for first 2026 win and F1 starts five-week hiatus

Chase Elliott secured his second Martinsville win, passing Denny Hamlin and taking control with 68 laps remaining

MARCH 31 • Associated Press

Runner-up Finish in Japan Piastri finished second in the Japanese Grand Prix Formula 1 race at the Suzuka Circuit on Sunday.

Impact The McLaren youngster would make some aggressive moves at the lights out and would seize the lead from Kimi Antonelli. Piastri would lead the opening 22 circuits until the safety car would be deployed for a heavy Oliver Bearman crash. During pit stops under the safety car, Piastri would lose the lead to Antonelli. From there, he'd chase the Mercedes driver all the way to the finish. It was Piastri's first podium result of the young season.

MARCH 29 • ROTOWIRE

Sets Pace in FP2 Piastri topped the timesheets in the second practice hour ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix, the McLaren driver leading the way from the Mercedes pair of Kimi Antonelli and George R...

Impact Friday's second session in Japan would go similar to the first. Charles Leclerc would put down the early fast lap in the session but it would soon evolve into another battle between Mercedes and McLaren. Piastri would post a day's best lap of 1:30.133 to beat Antonelli by one-tenth. That would hold up until the checkered flag and give McLaren some encouraging news as they seem to be gaining some ground on the Mercedes duo. Piastri looks like a podium threat for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix.

MARCH 27 • ROTOWIRE

F1's George Russell leads 1-2 finish for Mercedes and NASCAR rolls into Las Vegas

The Formula One season opened with George Russell earning his sixth career victory after an early duel with Charles Leclerc, finishing ahead of teammate Lando Norris for a Mercedes...

MARCH 10 • Associated Press

"I have a heart": Oscar Piastri's sister, Hattie, issues clarification for Australian GP selfie after the McLaren driver's disastrous day Oscar Piastri's sister, Hattie, has issued a clarification after a photo of her in front of her brother's garage at the Australian Grand Prix made it to social media.

MARCH 9 • SPORTSKEEDA.COM

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