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F1 star Oscar Piastri who banks £2m a YEAR aged just 22 boast enviable car collection – including £185k ‘company motor’

When given the keys to his company car, Oscar joked: 'I think this is called perks of the job!'

F1 STAR Oscar Piastri boats an enviable car collection including a £185,000 "company motor".

The McLaren driver, 22, enjoyed an impressive rookie year on the track after signing a contract estimated at £2million a year.

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Oscar enjoyed a stellar rookie seasonCredit: Splash
Oscar pictured driving his £180k company car in a promo for McLarenCredit: YouTube/Mclaren
McLaren Artura hybrid - Oscar's company car
Oscar and teammate Lando Norris in actionCredit: Getty
The McLaren Artura boasts fold-up doorsCredit: YouTube/Mclaren
Cameras followed Oscar in his new company carCredit: Tiktok/Mclaren

Piastri finished ninth in the standings last year with 97 points, with his achievements including a Sprint win and two podiums.

As some of the highest-paid sports stars in the world, F! drivers often live in huge mansions or penthouses and wear designer outfits along with boasting and an impressive car collections.

The Australian driver is no different and was given the keys to one such motor on his first day with the Woking-based team.

Filming a video named "Searching for… Oscar Piastri's First Day" after signing with the team in February last year, cameras followed the driver as he got to grips with his new office.

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The video also captured the moment he was given the keys to his new company supercar.

The McLaren Artura is described as "hybrid powertrain" with an incredible 671 horsepower and V6 engine.

It also reaches 0-60mph in just 2.6 seconds

As he picked up the car, Oscar said: "So I got the keys to a McLaren Artura, a very very cool car.

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"My new wheels - I think this is called perks of the job!"

The Artura is priced at around £185,000.

Starting from around £227,000, Oscar has also been seen driving the McLaren 720S - described as "ferociously fast".

Reaching 0-60mph in an 2.8 seconds, the supercar can also travel from a standing start to a quarter of a mile in just 10.4 seconds.

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Describing the car, McLaren says: "A light and strong supercar shaped by the forces of nature. Honed by the elements. Poised for attack. And ferociously fast.

"Yet beautifully made, tactile and effortlessly usable, every day."

Oscar was seen driving the company car with former McLaren driver and fellow Australian Daniel Riccardo in January last year.

And perhaps Oscar's most important motor was of course the MCL60, in which he enjoyed a successful opening season in the sport.

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He enjoyed the most successful opening season since Lewis Hamilton and was crowned rookie of the year at the FIA awards last year.

McLaren will launch the design of their new car on February 14.

Oscar achieved two podium finishes in his rookie seasonCredit: Getty
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The Mclaren 720s during day two of the FIA World Rally Championship RACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada in October 2022Credit: Getty
Hamilton and Piastri battling at the Italian Grand PrixCredit: Alamy
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