Oscar Piastri has been named the 2025 recipient of The Don Award, Australia’s most prestigious sporting award designed to celebrate athletes who have inspired the nation.

With the Melburnian in the midst of a title fight, he received a positive boost in between races as he made Australian sporting history.

Oscar Piastri wins prestigious Australian sports award

The Don Award, named after Sir Don Bradman, is awarded each year to the sportsperson who has most inspired the nation during the previous 12 months.

For 2025 and his performances on the Formula 1 track, Piastri has been awarded the prize, becoming the first person from the world of motorsport to ever receive it.

Piastri was noted for not only his talent on the track but his demeanour off it with the 24-year-old often receiving

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