- Oscar Piastri has signed a lucrative long -term agreement with McLaren
- The contract will see it keep the side until the end of the decade
- The head of McLaren, Zak Brown, was anxious to avoid competition for the Australian
Oscar Piastri has signed an agreement that the mail sport can reveal £ 20 million (au $ 41 million) a year to remain as the teammate McLaren of Lando Norris until the end of the decade.
What is officially called a 'several years' contract' transforms the financial fortune of the 23 -year -old Australian into a stroke and essentially puts it along with Norris, a great impulse for Pastri before the opening race of the season in his hometown of Melbourne on Sunday.
The Executive President of McLaren, Zak Brown, was anxious to consolidate his line of drivers with rivals interested in Piastri's poaching, whose existing agreement had to expire at the end of next year.
Christian Horner of Red Bull is among those who have expressed admiration for their talent, saying that he regretted not having taken his organization at an earlier situation.
The new piastri contract in The Reigning World Champions has built -in accumulatory clauses that could see that their profits increased even more, especially through bonds that would accumulate with the successes of the titles.
Both he and Norris are now linked to the Woking -based team during the peak years of their careers.
The star of Formula one from Austrlia, Oscar Piastri, has signed a new agreement to keep McLaren until the end of the decade
Piastri (left) agreed an agreement worth £ 20 million (au $ 41 million) a year to stay in the team based in Woking, placing it along with the teammate Lando Norris (right)
The executive president of McLaren, Zak Brown (right) was anxious to consolidate his alignment of drivers with rivals interested in Piastri's poaching (left)
Piastri moved from Australia to Europe at age 15 to overcome his dream of automobile careers, ending his school studies as a guest in Haileybury in Hertfordshire.
He won the titles of Formula Two and three and is widely seen as one of the most talented artists of the grid, taking two victories from the Grand Prix and 10 podiums in his two Formula One campaigns.
Piastri said: 'It's great to know that I am part of McLaren's long -term vision. I am excited to fight for the great awards and the fantastic achievements of last year have made me even more hungry. ''
Brown praised Oscar's ethics, adding: 'His cultural adjustment within the team made it obvious to extend his time in Papaya.
“We have the best line of drivers on the network, and in the last two seasons, we have seen how much active for the team's Oscar is on and off the track.”