Oscar Piastri stands among GOATs Ayrton Senna and Lewis Hamilton with 8 consecutive podiums for McLaren
Image credit: Oscar Piastri/Instagram
Oscar Piastri is currently far ahead of the competition in the 2025 Formula 1 Driver Standings with five wins in nine races. The 24-year-old McLaren driver has now joined the greats like Ayrton Senna and Lewis Hamilton in holding eight consecutive podiums at McLaren.
Except for the season opener in his home country, Australia, Piastri has won a podium in all the remaining eight Grands Prix so far.
Oscar Piastri wins 8 consecutive podiums for McLaren
Oscar Piastri has joined the likes of the late F1 star Ayrton Senna and the current Ferrari F1 driver Lewis Hamilton by bagging eight consecutive podiums as a McLaren driver. The official X handle of Formula 1 highlighted the fact recently.
Senna attained the feat in 1988 when he won the Drivers' Championship at McLaren.
Senna and his McLaren teammate Alain Prost had won fifteen of the sixteen races that year, leaving out only the Italian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton recorded nine consecutive podium finishes in his debut season in 2007 with McLaren, but he didn't win the Drivers' Championship that year. It was Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen who won the championship and, interestingly, he was the last one to do so for Ferrari. Currently, Hamilton is driving for Ferrari and is yet to win his debut race as part of the team.
When Piastri's achievements were highlighted on X, the Formula 1 fans only had praise for the young McLaren driver, who is only in his third season. A fan reacted to the tweet about Piastri, 'Future World Champion for sure.' Another wrote, 'Among the GOATs.' One more said, 'Piastri's on fire, consistency turning into greatness.' A comment also read: 'Living legend OSCAR.'
A Formula 1 fan also highlighted the actual facts behind the record.
The tweet read: 'How many wins among those 8 podiums? Senna - 6, Piastri - 5, Hamilton - 2.'
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Piastri is currently leading the F1 Driver Standings with 186 points. In second spot is Piastri's McLaren teammate Lando Norris with 176 points. In third spot is Red Bull driver Max Verstappen with 137 points. He is just one penalty away from a race ban.
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