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Oscar Piastri pays touching nod to family member as the Aussie F1 driver clinches FIFTH title of the season
Oscar Piastri celebrated his Spanish Grand Prix victory with his sister Edie in the paddock on Sunday afternoon.
And after completing his post-race media duties, the young Aussie star, who fended off his team-mate Lando Norris in Barcelona, stepped up to sign the magnum bottle of Moet Chandon, a custom for every Formula One race winner.
Eagle-eyed fans watching Sky Sports' live coverage of the race will have noticed that he dedicated his victory to his sister Edie, inscribing a message to his family member on the bottle of champagne.
The 24-year-old Australian star had written: 'To Edie,' on the bottle, before the cameras quickly cut away.
Piastri has three younger sisters, Edie, Hattie and Mae, and has credited his grounded upbringing as to why he has been so successful in the fledgling years of his Formula One career.
Sunday's victory was yet another feather in the cap of the young Australian driver, who is now 10 points clear of team-mate Lando Norris in the Drivers' Standings, after the British star finished second on Sunday.
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On the race, Piastri said to Sky Sports: 'Very proud. Very satisfied. It's been a really good weekend from start to finish. FP2 to now has pretty much just been perfect.
'We executed everything we needed to today. A great start. Managed the first stint well, stuck to our guns on our strategy and yeah, executed it pretty much perfectly so I can't ask for more.'
He'll now look to claim his sixth victory of the season at the Canadian Grand Prix in two weeks' time.
Norris, meanwhile, found himself on the podium for the eighth time this season, but not for the first time in 2025, was unable to find his way past his McLaren team-mate.
The British star was also interestingly seen joking with George Russell about his incident at the end of the race with Max Verstappen.
Verstappen was handed a 10-second penalty and dropped to 10th in the race after bumping into Russell.
Norris had been seen in the winners' room after the race re-watching the incident, and commenting on the Dutchman's move, joked: 'I've done that before... In Mario Kart.'
He later cut a slightly awkward figure when pressed on the comment by Sky Sports after the race, adding: 'Oh, you heard that?' while gritting his teeth.
'No comment,' he added.
Norris then refused to comment on the Verstappen-Russell incident, instead stating: 'My race was very good today.
'My team had a great one too.
