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Oscar Piastri immortalized with ancient wasp named after him!
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29/05/2026 at 09:3929/05/2026 at 11:07 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Oscar Piastri’s 2026 Formula 1 season may have featured enough stings already, but now the McLaren driver officially has one named after him. In one of the more gloriously random crossovers the sporting world has seen this year, three biologists have immortalised the Australian driver in scientific history by naming a newly-discovered wasp species after him: Gwesped piastrii. Yes, really. While most Formula 1 drivers spend their off-weeks in the simulator or on the beach, Piastri has somehow drifted into the world of palaeontology – courtesy of a 98-million-year-old...
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