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Piastri crashes on way to the grid, out of Aussie GP!
©Formula1 Michael Delaney
08/03/2026 at 03:2908/03/2026 at 03:46 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. The cheers of a record-breaking Melbourne crowd were silenced in a heartbeat at Albert Park on Sunday as local hero Oscar Piastri suffered a devastating exit before the Australian Grand Prix could even begin. In a cruel twist of fate, the McLaren star’s home race ended in the concrete barriers during what should have been a routine reconnaissance lap. Approximately forty minutes before the lights were set to go out, Piastri emerged from the pits to the thunderous roar of a partisan crowd, prepared to start from a career-defining fifth on the grid. Disaster struck at the exit of...
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