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McLaren boss Zak Brown has hailed Oscar Piastri's evolution 12 months on from the home-town hero's Australian Formula One Grand Prix debut.
The Melbourne-born driver is hoping to become the first Australian since F1 started racing at Albert Park to secure a podium finish.
Piastri's teammate Lando Norris went fastest in the first practice of the weekend on Friday, pipping three-time world champion Max Verstappen in a positive sign for McLaren's bid to match it with powerhouses Red Bull and Ferrari.
Piastri was 10th-quickest, one spot ahead of fellow Australian Daniel Ricciardo in his first drive in Melbourne since 2022, and was seventh in P2.
Verstappen finished second again in the second practice, won by Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.
Australian driver Oscar Piastri will line up on the grid at Albert Park for the second time on Sunday after making his Australian F1 Grand Prix debut in 2023
McLaren boss Zak Brown has praised the way that Piastri has evolved in his first 12 months in Formula One
Leclerc's teammate Carlos Sainz made a seamless return to the track after the Spaniard was forced to miss the Saudi Arabia race because of surgery for appendicitis two
