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

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.

Details of Oscar Piastri's McLaren contract emerge that will make him one of the highest-paid F1 drivers on the 2025 grid

On Tuesday McLaren announced a new “multi-year” contract extension for Oscar Piastri, whose current contract was s

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.

McLaren believe Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri can co-exist without problems as the team goes into the new season as favourites.

Despite that run of success, Piastri dismissed any notions of a “Red Bull-style cycle of dominance” ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

McLaren look strong heading into the 2025 Formula 1 season, but sometimes a strong team can lead to big problems as internal rivalries eventually spin out of co