Detail shows Oscar Piastri is low-key baddest man in Formula 1

Oscar Piastri has rolled into the final Formula 1 Grand Prix of the year with an ensemble that proves he is a very bad man.

Oscar Piastri strutting like a world champion. Photo: Instagram, @oscarpiastri.

Oscar Piastri is all of us after watching Australia’s Cricket World Cup triumph.

The McLaren driver made a statement strutting into the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Thursday night (AEST) with an iconic Australian ODI cricket team shirt from the 2003 World Cup — also won by Australia.

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Photos shared by the team’s social media accounts shows Piastri was wearing a replica green and gold number with former fast-bowler Brett Lee’s No. 58 on the back.

The vintage piece displays the Southern Cross standing out on a golden canvass with wide green stripes under each arm.

Bowled up to the paddock like this today🏏 🏆

🙏 @BrettLee_58 for your 2003 WC shirt pic.twitter.com/EbA7pBoZTO

— Oscar Piastri (@OscarPiastri) November 23, 2023

It’s a fair fashion statement from someone who was two years old when Ricky Ponting’s team won the ICC World Cup trophy.

The shirt is a slap in the face for plenty of figures in the F1 paddock and he let Sky Sports Indian F1 commentator Karun Chandhok know about it.

Shame you’re not here mate. We could have matched 😉 pic.twitter.com/qVz5IXNVdG

— Oscar Piastri (@OscarPiastri) November 23, 2023

His ensemble also rubs Australia’s win in the faces of the Old Enemy with the F1 grid dominated by Englishmen.

Piastri’s teammate Lando Norris, former world champion Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes driver George Russell are all English.

Brett Lee was quick to respond to Piastri on Instagram.

“Absolute legend mate @oscarpiastri! It suits you. Go the Aussies," he posted while sharing Piastri’s photos.

Proud to be Aussie. 🇦🇺

Looks like @OscarPiastri is happy with Australia’s Cricket World Cup victory! 🏏🏆#AbuDhabiGP 🇦🇪 pic.twitter.com/mNCiyOHxFt

— McLaren (@McLarenF1) November 23, 2023

Monday morning’s race in the UAE is his final Grand Prix as a rookie driver.

The Australian has a long-term contract with McLaren and heads into 2024 with the team showing promising signs — despite a Las Vegas Grand Prix nightmare.

McLaren is trying to hold onto fourth in the constructor’s championship with Aston Martin in striking range to jump them in the final standings.

The difference between fourth and fifth in the final standings is worth $9 million to the teams.

“I think we should be much more competitive,” Piastri said, according to the official Formula 1 site.

“I think, being a new circuit, at a drag range that we’ve struggled at through the year, we knew it would be a tough one for us [in Las Vegas].

“I think the pace we had in the race was much more representative of what we had available through the whole weekend, we just got a few things wrong, in qualifying in particular, so that [race result of P10] was a decent way to end the weekend. I think we should be more competitive here than that, hopefully, and hopefully we can be fighting back at the front properly.”