OSCAR PIASTRI HAS 'ALREADY SET HIS SIGHT' ON LEAVING MCLAREN FOR £3.8BN -VALUED F1 TEAM IN 2027

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McLaren driver Oscar Piastri was far from happy at the end of the Singapore Grand Prix.

For the first time in more than 30 years, McLaren have won back-to-back constructors’ championships, doing so with six race weekends to spare.

Lando Norris stood on the podium for the 14th time this season at the Singapore Grand Prix, alongside George Russell and Max Verstappen.

And while a group of McLaren staff celebrated on the rostrum with him, Oscar Piastri was doing his media duties and was facing some difficult questions.

Piastri felt hard done by after Norris bumped his and Verstappen’s cars on the opening lap to move from fifth to third.

Over the team radio, Piastri asked McLaren to swap positions, but Andrea Stella’s team agreed with the stewards that no further action was needed.

It created a tense atmosphere and has made the drivers’ championship even more exciting, with Piastri’s lead cut to just 22 points.

Norris didn’t believe he had done anything wrong in his battle with Piastri, but it has raised questions about their long-term future as teammates.

It turns out Piastri and his camp might already be exploring other options in the paddock after 2026.

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Oscar Piastri has ‘already set his sights’ on swapping McLaren for Ferrari in 2027

A report from the Swiss outlet Blick has shared more details about the Formula 1 driver market

.The report suggests that both Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton are considering their futures at Ferrari beyond next year.

Leclerc has recently been linked with Red Bull among other teams, while Hamilton could retire after 2026 unless he activates an extension in his contract.

This potentially opens up two seats at Ferrari, although the Singapore Grand Prix highlighted the current problems Fred Vasseur’s team are facing.

The £3.8bn-valued Ferrari team had to watch as both of their drivers suffered with brake issues, causing Fernando Alonso to go on a rant about Hamilton’s corner-cutting on the final lap.

The report suggests that while Norris and Piastri are staying at McLaren for 2026, the 24-year-old has ‘already set his sights on Ferrari for 2027’.

This would mean Leclerc or Hamilton having to make way, and creating a vacancy at F1’s most dominant team after just one year of the upcoming regulation changes.

What Lewis Hamilton has said about Oscar Piastri’s 2025 season at McLaren

If Leclerc does decide to leave Ferrari, then there’s a chance in 2027 that Piastri and Hamilton would be teammates.

The seven-time world champion has been through what Piastri is dealing with right now, having won his first title with McLaren in 2008.

Speaking about the Australian earlier in the season, via GPBlog, Hamilton said: “I don’t know him a huge amount. We sometimes talk a little bit on the parades, but he’s always been very easy to approach, easy to speak to. He’s clearly a nice lad.

“I think the job he’s doing is fantastic. It’s mega for me to see McLaren doing so well, because that’s where I started, and also to see them so close, him and Lando, two great drivers, the pressure on both of them will be unimaginable, I would say, for most people who are not experiencing it, and who have not experienced it.

“We’ve seen both, and obviously, particularly Oscar, doing a great, great job weekend in, weekend out, delivering, qualifying, and everything you need to do to win a world championship.”

Hamilton and Piastri would be one of the most chilled pairings in the paddock if they did end up together at Ferrari.

Who would come out on top if they were in the same machinery would be fascinating to see.

- Ben Evans