Overview

• Albert Park organisers announced a new 'Piastri Grandstand' to honor the Australian driver.
• The stand will sit on the start–finish straight opposite the pit lane and face the main action.
• The unveiling is scheduled for the 2026 season opener in Melbourne on 8 March.
• Piastri, a Melbourne-born McLaren driver, called the recognition “surreal” in a social media post.
• The naming places him alongside Jack Brabham, Arthur Waite, Alan Jones, Daniel Ricciardo and Mark Webber, who have tribunes at the circuit.