Australian Formula 1 superstar Oscar Piastri takes greeting fans in his stride just days out from ... it’s hard to escape the hype. Piastri’s face is on many a billboard.

How does Piastri present himself? As an old man in a young man’s body. He’s reclining on a sofa and chatting away like he’s sipping coffee on a late-night TV show. Oscar, wild? Not really.

If you step foot in Melbourne this week, you’ll quickly learn there’s no escaping Oscar Piastri. His face beams down from billboards, sails past on trams, and even greets hungry fans outside Grill’d, ...

His omnipresence is a testament to his skyrocketing fame within the country, and his face is becoming an increasingly common sight. The Oscar Piastri phenomenon is a perfect example of a hometown hero ...

Fans on X (formerly Twitter) do empathize with Hattie. One fan wrote, “Hattie piastri was not lying when she said ‘Oscar is EVERYWHERE in Melbourne. I just landed and have seen his face over 10 times” ...