{"id":518657,"date":"2026-03-04T18:53:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/518657\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:53:20","slug":"f1-news-oscar-piastri-reacts-to-first-supercars-laps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/518657\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: Oscar Piastri reacts to first Supercars laps"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOscar Piastri drove a Gen3 Mustang on Tuesday. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n

The McLaren F1 star jumped behind the wheel of the Cam Waters Mustang as part of a promotional activity with shared sponsor Monster Energy.<\/p>\n

The \u2018test\u2019 was held under a strict lockdown with footage set to be released by Monster at a later date.<\/p>\n

Piastri did, however, give some insight into his first Supercars experience today.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt did happen, yes,\u201d he said when quizzed on the outing by Speedcafe.<\/p>\n

\u201c[My] first time driving a race car with a roof on it, which was cool.<\/p>\n

\u201c[It is] incredibly different to an F1 car. It was nice to able to look at kerbs and go, \u2018I can hit that\u2019 and not, \u2018if I hit that I\u2019m going to break either my back or something on the car\u2019. That was kind of cool.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust a very different experience \u2013 much lower grip, less downforce, less power. A bit more going on when you\u2019re in the car.\u201d<\/p>\n

As enjoyable as the drive was, Piastri was clear that any ambition to actually race in Supercars would be parked until after his F1 career.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment I\u2019m very much focussed on F1 and with the calendar that we have, there\u2019s certainly not going to be a Bathurst co-drive any time soon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut who knows? When I retire, maybe I\u2019ll think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n


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