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Oscar Piastri wins second consecutive Sir Jack Brabham award

Piastri wins second Brabham award

Former Formula 1 driver Tim Schenken presented the Formula 2 champion with the prestigious award at Albert Park, home of the Australia Grand Prix, this morning.

Piastri is just the second driver to win the award twice, the other being Will Power, and the first to go back-to-back.

The award is one of Motorsport Australia’s highest honours, recognising outstanding achievements and success by an Australian motorsport competitor at an international level.

Previous winners include Daniel Ricciardo, Mark Webber and Marcos Ambrose.

The consecutive Sir Jack Brabham Awards follow a remarkable run of titles for Piastri, who won the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2019, the FIA Formula 3 title in 2020 and the F2 titles in 2021.

He will spend 2022 working as Alpine’s test and development driver ahead of a planned Formula 1 debut in 2023.

“A big thank you to the Motorsport Australia Board for choosing me as this year’s Sir Jack Brabham Award recipient – it’s quite special knowing that I am…

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