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Will Swanton is a sportswriter who’s won Walkley, Kennedy, Sport Australia and News Awards. He’s won the Melbourne Press Club’s Harry Gordon Award for Australian Sports Journalist of the Year.

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FORMULA ONEMotorsport

MONTE-CARLO, MONACO - MAY 21: Oscar Piastri of Australia and McLaren walks in the paddock during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco at Circuit de Monaco on May 21, 2025 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. (Photo by Jayce Illman/Getty Images)

Piastri ‘tough enough’ to win in Monaco

In an exclusive interview before the Monaco Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri says, ‘I’m not here to prove how tough I am. I’m just here to drive race cars and win … I’m tough enough.’

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Formula OneMotorsport

MONTE-CARLO, MONACO - MAY 22: Oscar Piastri of Australia and McLaren with the Monaco mascot during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco at Circuit de Monaco on May 22, 2025 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. (Photo by Mark Sutton - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)

Hamilton warns of ‘unimaginable’ pressure on Piastri

While rivals warn the leader of the world drivers’ championship that he is under the gun, the young Australian says he is ready to cash in at Monte Carlo.

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Destined is doomedMotorsport

Ferrari's Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc looks on from the box before the 2025 Emilia Romagna Formula One Grand Prix at the Imola autodrome in Imola, on May 18, 2025. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP)

The fault in his stars – Leclerc destined for home defeat

Charles Leclerc’s nickname is Il Destinato. The Destined. His hometown victory for Ferrari last year was celebrated from the rooftops of Fort Antoine to the Monaco Courthouse. And yet there’s more chance of the casino going broke than Leclerc defending his crown on Sunday.

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Formula OneMotorsport

From conking out, to a lap with God: McLaren’s rich Monaco history

Oscar Piastri’s team has a legendary history in Monaco. It’s where Ayrton Senna produced the greatest of all laps in which he claimed he could see God.

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formula 1Motorsport

IMOLA, ITALY - MAY 18: Third placed Oscar Piastri of Australia and McLaren in the Drivers Press Conference during the F1 Grand Prix of Emilia-Romagna at Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari on May 18, 2025 in Imola, Italy. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Piastri coming of age before our eyes – while he’s on top of the world

Oscar Piastri is in an interesting position. A work in progress who just so happens to be working on his progression while leading the Formula One drivers’ championship.

Will Swanton in Monaco

F1Motorsport

Third-placed McLaren's Australian driver Oscar Piastri (L) and winner Red Bull Racing's Dutch driver Max Verstappen celebrate on the podium after the 2025 Emilia Romagna Formula One Grand Prix at the Imola autodrome in Imola, on May 18, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Piastri off the pace, now it’s all-in at Monte Carlo

Oscar Piastri is moving from the deep disappointment of his third place at Sunday’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix to the showpiece event on the Formula One calendar. There’s no question Verstappen’s raw aggression shook up the young Australian.

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EXCLUSIVENation

Ross Abraham doing the 'The Longest Ride' from Perth to Byron Bay for the charity Beautiful Crazy, which is supplying care bags to grieving families in Intensive Care Units at a growing number of Australian hospitals. Photo: Jude Kalman.

‘Best idea ever’: pastor goes off beaten track to help grieving families

Pastor Ross Abraham is riding from Perth to Byron Bay to raise funds for ICU care bags in memory of his beautiful, crazy and dearly departed son, Jaaden.

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FORMULA ONEMotorsport

Oscar Piastri playing cricket for the third XI at the Haileybury and Imperial Service College, in Hertford, England, the school he attended from the ages of 14 to 18 to enhance his prospects of becoming a Formula One driver. Picture : supplied (for The Australian ONLY )

Piastri’s poetry in motion could do Kipling proud

On his way to becoming Australia’s F1 superstar, Oscar Piastri was a starry-eyed young fella who dared what-ifs to play pitch-and-toss at an English school with a very special alumni.

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LegendOlympics

Former Australian Olympic swimmer Dawn Fraser is interviewed on Channel 10 by Journalist Sharyn Ghidella, aired on Channel 10 News First on May 14th, 2025. Picture: Channel 10

Dawn of a fighting new era

Australia’s legendary, nationally treasured and endlessly courageous Olympian Dawn Fraser wants to beat her serious health complications and witness the wonder of the Brisbane Games in 2032.

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FORMULA ONEMotorsport

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 13: Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren and Oscar Piastri of Australia and McLaren looks on during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit on March 13, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

McLaren family salutes Piastri and his rival

Amanda McLaren was four when her legendary father, Bruce, went to the great F1 garage in the sky after a fatal crash. Fifty-five years later, she’s applauded Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.

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