{"id":506399,"date":"2026-02-27T00:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T00:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/506399\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T00:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T00:11:09","slug":"oscar-piastri-to-test-supercars-next-week-session-behind-closed-doors-australian-gp-mclaren-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/506399\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Piastri to test Supercars next week, session behind closed doors, Australian GP, McLaren, news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aussie superstar Oscar Piastri is set to swap vehicles in a top-secret Supercars session next week ahead of the Australian F1 Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Fox Sports, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every practice, qualifying session and race in the 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship\u2122 LIVE in 4K. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/sport\/motorsport\/formula-one\/oscar-piastri-swaps-mclaren-for-supercar-in-secret-test\/news-story\/7874022826db97df7af86c6205930396\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">news.com.au,<\/a> Piastri will be given the chance to drive Supercars star Cameron Waters\u2019 Ford Mustang at Melbourne\u2019s Calder Park.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The session has been set up by Monster Energy, with Waters and Piastri sharing the energy drink as a sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>News.com.au revealed that the session will be behind closed doors ahead of next weekend\u2019s season opening Grand Prix. McLaren are reportedly keen to shield the Australian from the media spotlight after the event\u2019s of last season.<\/p>\n<p>Piastri\u2019s Supercars foray is intriguing given he has said on the record that a potential appearance at the Bathurst 1000 appeals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d love to have a go, because they look like a bit of a beast of a car to try and tame,\u201d Piastri said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the F1 drivers want to go racing in Monaco, and all the V8 Supercar drivers want to go racing in Bathurst. It\u2019s definitely the main one I\u2019d want to drive at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Piastri will take Cam Waters\u2019 Ford Mustang for a spin next Tuesday.Source: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aussie superstar Oscar Piastri is set to swap vehicles in a top-secret Supercars session next week ahead of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[42655,1724,64,22306,63,689,936,81870,254296,82683,2057,3738,653,2105,34866,927,806,805,803,804,673,677,85,670,660,169623,12000,2062],"class_list":{"0":"post-506399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-anton-de-pasquale","9":"tag-asia","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-aussie-superstar","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","14":"tag-bahrain","15":"tag-bathurst","16":"tag-calder-park","17":"tag-closed-doors","18":"tag-europe","19":"tag-fox-sports","20":"tag-fox-sports-news","21":"tag-getty-images-inc","22":"tag-joe-portlock","23":"tag-monaco","24":"tag-motor","25":"tag-motor-sports","26":"tag-motosport","27":"tag-motosports","28":"tag-new-south-wales","29":"tag-oceania","30":"tag-sports","31":"tag-sydney","32":"tag-victoria","33":"tag-victory-drought","34":"tag-western-asia","35":"tag-western-europe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}