In the weeks before the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix, back in October of 2023, McLaren CEO Zak Brown looked me square in the eye and made a straightforward declaration about the team’s driver pairing of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

McLaren have re-signed Oscar Piastri on a new contract extension, two full seasons before his current deal was due to expire.

Australian racer cites long-term contracts for key McLaren F1 staff among "natural" reasons to stay with the team

WOKING, England — Oscar Piastri has signed a “multi-year” contract extension with McLaren, the F1 team said Tuesday. The announcement came five days before the first race of the new season at Piastri’s home Australian Grand Prix.

McLaren has sent its latest statement of intent to rival Formula 1 teams aiming to pick it apart as it announced an early contract renewal for Oscar Piastri. The news that the Australian has committed his future by penning a fresh multi-year contract – wording which suggests he will at least be at the squad until 2028 – means McLaren is putting its money where its mouth is.

After helping McLaren to a constructor's championship in 2024, Oscar Piastri was rewarded with a multi-year contract worth nearly $26 million per year, according to Racing News 365. The new deal replaces Piastri's contract that ran through 2026 and was set to pay him over $7 million per season.

Oscar Piastri said Thursday it was a "no-brainer" to commit his long-term future to McLaren while playing down expectations of victory at his home Grand Prix in Australia this week. His teammate Lando Norris has also been tied down long-term,