Congratulations are due to young Australian driver Oscar Piastri. The Melbourne born 24-year-old has shot to the top of the Formula One world championship points score after winning his third grand prix of the season in Saudi Arabia last weekend. Starting from second on the grid and beating pole sitter Max Verstappen to the first corner. Quite simply, Oscar is a class act and a wonderful ambassador for Australia in the pinnacle of world motor sport – the first Australian to lead the points in 15 years. As he says, “leading the championship is a result of all the hard work we’ve done in the off-season, the hard work I’ve done personally and the hard work the team has done. I’m more proud of all those things than I am of the fact that I’m leading the championship, because ultimately, I want to be leading it after round 24, not round five.” I’m David Berthon

IMAGE CREDIT / Oscarpiastri.com & Channel Nine

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