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mecachrome · 5 months
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pre-mclaren oscar piastri primer (ft. maxf, landoscar)
0. introduction
for a few months now i've been wanting to make both an oscar primer and a timeline of pre-mclaren landoscar moments, but i couldn't figure out which one to prioritize… then after some deliberation i finally realized i could just combine the two things together! so. here is an oscar-centric timeline that is mainly about his racing background, moving to the uk, and how he became acquainted with other members of the rfm pack—aka lando, maxf, and logan. i don't know whether any of this information is useful or even vaguely interesting, but i mostly just wrote it for myself and thought i'd share what i had in case anyone else wanted to check it out. please feel free to comment or shoot me an ask if anything here is egregiously incorrect; i've checked and linked as many sources as i could but it's of course possible that some errors remain :)
1. background, rc racing, early karting days (2007-2015)
oscar piastri was born on april 6, 2001 in brighton east, a suburb of melbourne not far from albert park circuit, as the son of chris and nicole and to-be oldest brother to 3 younger sisters. a love for all things automotive ran deep in the piastri family: both of his grandfathers were mechanics and his father had also co-founded his own vehicle diagnostics software company, hp tuners, aka oscar's sponsor throughout his racing career. thanks to his father's business, oscar's family was objectively well-off and managed to contribute a fairly substantial amount of support toward his junior career, but they also weren't swimming in cash by multi-millionaire motorsport standards either.
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(L-R) mae, edie, hattie, and oscar, from nicole's twitter — each sibling is ~2 years apart (source)
while most drivers on the current grid were introduced to motorsport through go-karting, usually at or before the age of 7, oscar's path to single-seaters differed slightly. he first developed an interest in racing via remote-controlled cars at the age of 6, when his father brought him a monster truck as a souvenir back from a business trip in america. oscar began racing them that same year, eventually moving to safer electric track vehicles and even winning the second class of the national titles in 2010, at the age of 9. he was so small then that he often needed to stand on a milk crate to see the cars on track, and the next-youngest competitor at the time was twice his age. (source)
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oscar on the podium at age 8 (nov 16, 2009)
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oscar with his father chris, who often competed alongside him in a separate class (dec 21, 2010)
by 2011, oscar and his father were seriously considering his potential of pursuing rc racing as a viable career path, but things changed when he was introduced to karting via a friend's daughter in the rc community and his aspirations slowly shifted toward racing from inside a car. oscar was an unsurprisingly sporty and competitive child growing up; he'd played some cricket and aussie rules football and knew that all he wanted to do was race professionally, full-stop, at the time thinking along the lines of australian racing categories like v8 supercars. he was still competing in remote car racing as late as 2013, but he began karting seriously within australia in 2014, placing respectably in the junior categories of several regional karting series against relatively senior and more-experienced racers, and even going to france for a one-off event where he finished on the podium of the iame international junior x30 final. this outing affirmed his potential to his father and motivated the two of them to split time between australia and europe in 2015 as they juggled his karting future; plans for two more european events that year fell through, including the cik-fia world championship at the kfj level (which logan sargeant would go on to win), but at this point they were officially looking to take his career to the next level and commit fully to european karting in 2016.
this is when ricky flynn (and the hypothetical idea of lando norris!!!) comes in. before we get into rfm and karting professionally in europe, it's important to note that the defining aspect of landoscar's junior careers is that their pathways never once intersected. in fact, they don't even seem to have met properly before oscar entered the f1 grid as alpine reserve, although they'd spoken over social media and oscar was familiar with several people around lando's life—for example, maxf, logan, guanyu, and even lando's older brother oliver, who had also raced for rfm.
in short, you could say that landoscar's biggest hindrance was their parallel excellence. oscar was good enough to catch up and even surpass everyone else at lando's level, but lando remained untouchable throughout the years. oscar is only 1.5 years younger than him, but their f1 careers are offset by 4 years (2019 vs. 2023 debut) because of exactly two things: oscar's 2022 gap year in alpine and his two attempts at formula renault eurocup. on the other hand, lando sped through all of his junior categories in blistering fashion, falling short of the championship only once: the year he placed 2nd in f2 behind george russell. this is significant because many talk about the clinical nature of oscar's rapid single-seater ascension and three b2b2b victories (still very impressive, especially given his limited karting career!), but all of that speaks equally to the illustrious nature of lando's junior success and the sheer magnitude of faith placed in him as mclaren's "golden boy" coming up the ranks. to put things into further perspective, lando was teammates with maxf and jehan daruvala at rfm until 2014, jehan competing in the same class and max one below, yet by the time oscar was racing max and jehan—in f3 in 2020 and f2 in 2021, respectively—lando was already into his 2nd and 3rd years of f1. here's a chart that hopefully makes a bit more sense:
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majorly simplified timeline showing lando, guanyu, maxf, logan, and oscar's junior careers + the karting classes they primarily competed in each calendar year. maxf did not complete his 2nd f3 season and many of them contested multiple/different formula renault series, but this is just a rough overview of their feeder series experience. 
2. moving to europe, rfm, regional formulae (2016-2019)
back in australia, oscar was a member of the oakleigh go-kart racing club and being actively mentored by james sera, a multi-time australian karting champion and fa kart dealer who worked with young karting talents alongside his cousin david. in late-2015, he presumably helped oscar and his father reach out to ricky flynn, who ran ricky flynn motorsport (rfm) and whose team was at the time enjoying exorbitant success in the karting scene; lando had won the world championship at the kf level the year prior, and logan would soon clinch the kfj title in 2015, results which further drew oscar's interest toward the team. ricky flynn agreed to take oscar on and have him and his dad move out to europe, and by november 2015 oscar announced on social media that he would be joining rfm the next year. in january of 2016, he and his father moved to hertford, uk, so that oscar could begin a 100-day karting program and travel extensively around europe to attend races. this is where he met logan sargeant, who was in his final year on the team but competing a class above, now at the ok (previously kf) level. oscar himself was only competing in the okj class.
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not oscar-related, but as you can see guanyu, logan, and maxf were already acquainted before oscar and logan met, since the three of them and lando had been in rfm together as of 2014 — (may 11, 2014) & (feb 6, 2015)
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oscar and logan in 2016
in an interview published on june 7, 2023, oscar reflected on leaving australia and committing to his racing dream, saying:
"i think if there was a turning point, it was probably when i started finishing towards the front in australia, and i started winning a couple of races here and there and finishing in the top three of championships and stuff, and then went to europe and fully committed to going down that route. [...] there's obviously a very big commitment at that point when you move halfway across the world without family and stuff. so i knew at that point that i really wanted to become a professional because, firstly, that's what i want to do anyway, but, secondly, now i'm sacrificing seeing my family, and stuff like that to be able to do this — which was a sacrifice i was more than willing to make."
like the majority of oscar's karting career, his time with ricky flynn can primarily be summarized as decent. none of his performances were particularly stellar, and in november 2016 he placed 6th in the fia world championship final behind the likes of victor martins and théo pourchaire (he mainly competed against guys like them, dennis hauger, caio collet, etc… once again logan was a class above and lando/maxf had already graduated to single-seaters), but he showed promising racing foundations and a great capacity for improvement, especially given that he'd moved to europe the same year and was still adjusting to life and racing on the opposite hemisphere. about 6 months into his new karting venture, oscar had settled in reasonably well and his father decided he would return to australia to continue on with his life, so they made the joint decision that oscar was to begin boarding at haileybury's uk campus and continue racing in europe entirely on his own. uk and australian school years are misaligned, so my personal understanding is he moved to europe after finishing year 9 in australia, attempted online school/took a few months off (he says he did online coursework here, but mentioned here that he was out of school, so it sounds like it must have been a very half-hearted effort…), came back to australia over the uk summer to do some more karting, then began boarding in september 2016 as a year 10 student. he spent ~4 years there and eventually received his a-levels in 2020, except his final year was disrupted by covid and he never sat his exams. (blog post mentioning his a-levels + btg transcript excerpt about his exams; his website says he attended haileybury from 2016-19, but i think this mainly encapsulates his boarding period, as he was still doing remote work in april 2020.)
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oscar in f4 with his gcse revision guide, 📸 sebastiaan rozendaal (may 20, 2018)
2016 is also when oscar began his well-documented super-liking of several of lando's social media profiles. i think understanding oscar's time in rfm and his extremely british single-seater origins helps better paint his history with lando and maxf; my personal understanding of pre-mclaren landoscar is that while oscar never formally met lando or maxf during his karting days, he knew of them quite well through rfm and thus followed them on instagram/twitter after moving to the uk. of course, oscar has a fairly active social media presence in general, so young oscar quietly liked instagram posts and tweets from many different people, but i do feel compelled to note that in the early days he liked lando, maxf, and logan's posts with seriously impressive frequency compared to anyone else on the grid (or anyone in general, really); after creating his twitter account in may 2016, some of the very first tweets oscar liked were from maxf, and he also liked a multitude of mundane lando tweets from 2016 until… today, while on the other hand he didn't start liking george's tweets—another similarly-aged young british talent—until late 2017. (he does have some fun george-admiring moments though, but that can wait for another time!) outside of rfm, other people oscar was familiar with during his early racing years were british f4 teammate ayrton simmons, to-be series champion jamie caroline, and old australian karting friend christian pancione, who appears to still be one of his best mates (if not his best) as of today. fun fact is that christian raced for the carrera cup as a support event to the australian gp in 2023; here's oscar allegedly checking the quali live timing at lunch during his own media day. 
so, to conclude, oscar's early lando focus basically traces back to the motorsport path he took at the behest and guidance of his early rfm connections in the uk. the thing is that despite growing up in australia and vaguely admiring several aussie drivers in f1 as a child (read: mark webber and eventually daniel ricciardo), oscar has never had a specific driver he consistently mentions when pressed for his racing "idol," likely since his personality inherently resists idolatry and he instead views successful people more as actionable benchmarks or reference points for self-improvement rather than as unattainable paragons of accomplishment. as a kid forced to grow up almost entirely on his own, the majority of his racing aspirations were molded independently in the uk—he completed his karting career in the uk, boarded at haileybury for 4 years (fun fact: other drivers to attend include jehan, callum ilott, and clément novalak; callum was a few years above oscar and finished school in 2017, but the two would later become quite talkative over social media anyway), raced in british f4, became a brdc member, contested eurocup under a british license and therefore had the british flag raised and british national anthem played during his wins, stayed in the uk even at alpine since the factory is based in enstone, etc. oscar basically moved to the uk from australia without having really met anyone significant in the racing scene (other than jack doohan, or more importantly jack's father mick, but jack is younger and did an extra year of karting) and pretty much didn't have anyone specific to "look up to" at the time. oscar's first acknowledgement of lando's online existence was in december 2015, when he liked one of lando's instagram posts prior to moving to england, so it can be assumed that lando basically functioned as his most accessible reference point in the junior ladder as a 14 year old dipping his toes into the european racing scene for the first time. that is my highly subjective analysis of the situation!
select quotes re: oscar's inconsistent responses to his motorsport "hero" (or his favorite driver / a driver he looks up to in general):
(f1fs; mar 9, 2022) "i started watching f1 in… 2009 was the first season i properly watched. so when brawn came in, obviously mark was the only aussie on the grid at that point, so i was kind of naturally going for him. then joined by daniel, so obviously going to support the aussies, but i think watching lewis has been nothing short of spectacular, and a very good role model. [...] i think when i was first watching, i supported mark, but, you know, and i hope he takes no offense to this—vettel was winning everything at that point. so i was supporting mark, but vettel was doing most of the winning. i think now that i understand more about racing though, i would say [the driver i look up to the most is] lewis, mainly. the way he goes about things on and off the track is quite exceptional."
(mcl youtube; mar 29, 2023) sporting idols mentioned: ayrton senna, alain prost, michael jordan (see also ultimate athletes list)
(p1; aug 10, 2023) "i would say i never had like one specific idol. when i was growing up watching mark webber was at red bull, and obviously being australian, red bull being very quick at the time, i kind of naturally followed him. i mean—even like some of the guys in the junior ranks above me. like lando was always kind of two, three years above me, winning… most things on his way up. so i guess kind of him in some ways?"
(eff won; dec 4, 2023) "i don’t really have like one specific [idol]. i think what lewis has been able to do in terms of getting to seven world championships was incredibly impressive. i think what max is doing now is also very impressive…" 
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the first lando post oscar liked on instagram (dec 21, 2015)
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the first maxf posts oscar liked; instagram (feb 26, 2016) & twitter (may 9, 2016)
anyway, back to british f4! despite his initially unconventional foray into motorsport, oscar's journey progressed in a much more orderly fashion once he stepped up to single-seaters. his actual debut was in f4 uae, which he ran 3 rounds of between 2016 and 2017 (another fun fact: this is where he briefly acquainted himself with mclaren indycar driver david malukas, who would later recall him being very intelligent and whom zak brown allegedly spoke to oscar about before appointing to their indy team). after cutting his teeth on actual car-racing for the first time, oscar decided against moving up to the ok class as he felt confident in his ability to be competitive in single-seaters. his first full season was therefore the 2017 british f4 championship, during which oscar signed with arden while logan went to reigning champions carlin (lando had won with them in 2015, then maxf in 2016). oscar made his way to the top step 6 times in the season and placed just barely above logan for 2nd in the championship, finishing behind the considerably more experienced jamie caroline. arden was also founded and is currently owned by red bull team principal christian horner, so it was during oscar's time there that christian took note of and interest in his talent; oscar reportedly did a few runs in the red bull simulator but was passed over for joining the academy, which christian later voiced regret on. (source)
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maxf, logan (center), and oscar (to max's right) on a day maxf was visiting the 2017 british f4 grid (april 11, 2017)
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linus lundqvist, oscar, and logan on the podium at snetterton (jul 30, 2017)
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jamie and oscar, who were… er, mathematically in the main championship fight. for some reason they made them take these photos (sep 30, 2017)
after a successful f4 outing with arden, oscar returned to the team for his first season of formula renault eurocup in 2018, a renault series that ran in its specific configuration until 2020 before merging with the parallel regional series frec to become what is today known as freca. this season proved to be less competitive for oscar, as arden was relatively inexperienced in this series and oscar's three teammates were afflicted with what can colloquially be referred to as a "skill issue," making it difficult to collectively develop the car throughout the season. (blog interview) the series was thus returning driver maxf's to lose, who at the time was racing for reigning champs r-ace with teammates that included oscar's fellow rookies logan and victor martins.
despite the unideal environment, oscar managed to prove his worth by placing a respectable 8th in the series, scoring 110 points as a rookie driver and capping the season off with 3 podiums and a top-finish of 2nd place—a jarring contrast to his teammates' joint total of 12 points. this result attracted the attention of r-ace and granted him a seat with them for the 2019 season, at which point maxf and logan both graduated to f3. thankfully that wasn't too much of a concern for oscar since he'd always intended to do two seasons of eurocup, and now he finally had a chance to win the first serious championship of his racing career with an established racing outfit.
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oscar, max, and yifei ye on the hockenheim r2 podium (sep 23, 2018) [full gifset]
oscar's second season of eurocup is when he truly started proving himself as a driver, or at least to the people whose names, money, and opinions mattered around the paddock. his main competition in 2019 was again victor, who was now racing for mp and had been made a member of the renault sport academy back in 2018 after a strong performance in french f4. despite a close title fight, oscar managed to hold him off for the championship in the final race of the season, kicking off what would soon become an impressive string of consecutive single-seater series titles. even sweeter was the fact that all eurocup champions were awarded a renault sport academy spot that could be left or taken as they pleased, and of course—while the finances weren't nearly as impressive as alpine would later proclaim in their baseless smear campaign—oscar's connections in the racing world were limited as an australian driver almost exclusively managed by his father, so he gladly accepted the offer for the many venues of support renault presented to him.
see also: bby oscar briefly mentioning lando after winning eurocup in 2019 (@ 1:10)
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oscar being lifted by his team (r-ace) after placing 4th in the abu dhabi finale and winning the title by 7.5 points
3. renault sport academy, lockdown, f3 (2020)
many things happened in 2020. one: oscar became an official member of the renault sport academy, joining the likes of max (who'd been picked up on merit after winning british f4 in 2017), guanyu, christian lundgaard, caio collett, and fellow new recruit hadrien david (victor had been strategically demoted after oscar's win because renault is a notoriously unserious organization, but again this is not the post). two: by the time oscar was ready for f3, moving up the ladder proved to be exorbitantly expensive, and he realized he needed better funds and managerial support to sort his career out. he'd been offered a spot in prema's f3 team by team-owner rené rosin at the end of his eurocup season, who'd named him for the post-season test before the championship was over and stressed that the spot was his no matter where he finished. (source) prema is unquestionably one of the top—if not frequently the top—teams one can drive for in most junior series (though there is also somewhat of a self-selection bias; if you ask oscar he is not a significant beneficiary of prematax!), having absolutely demolished the f3 competition that same year and achieved a clean sweep of the drivers' standings with rob shwartzman, marcus armstrong, and jehan at 1-2-3 consecutively. oscar completed post-season testing with them in spain alongside to-be teammates logan and fred vesti in october (source), before confirming on jan 26, 2020 that he would be joining them for the f3 season as a renault junior.
so, where does mark webber come in here? apparently mark's trainer from red bull and wec had also been oscar's trainer since 2016 (i'm pretty sure this is australian physiologist simon sostaric), and it was through their joint connection that oscar was introduced to mark. according to mclaren's 2023 season preview, "the pair hit it off, and webber took his countryman under his wing," signing oscar to jam sports management, aka the management agency he runs with his wife ann. mark's support would become a major factor in helping oscar progress through the feeder ranks and establish himself in f1, mainly because he had actual connections and could help oscar network with sponsors and negotiate his way during future signings. of course, more on this later.
as an aside, here are a few things mark has said about oscar:
"he’s got that white line fever when he puts his helmet on and turns into a different character, which is sensational." (mar 1, 2020)
"one of oscar’s biggest strengths by a mile, compared to everyone he is competing against — and this will be a huge string to his bow when he makes it to f1 — is his composure. he has immense levels of composure. [...] if you are weak mentally you won’t make it. he was on his own from an early age. he did brilliantly with his studies. but the racing disease would not go away, he wants it very much." (sydney morning herald; dec 11, 2021)
"he’s a prost, mate. he’s such a thinker and so calm. at first i thought i needed to inject a bit of urgency in him, but actually no, he’s got his own frequency. that’s just where he is." (the race; oct 7, 2023)
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estimates provided by chris piastri on the cost of oscar's junior career, stressing the million-dollar commitments of running a single season of f3 or f2 (source)
anyway, back to the chaotic events of 2020. i think something that's good to keep in mind when discussing oscar's time in the renault sport academy is that he was actually a relatively new recruit, as in he only participated in a single training camp with the other juniors in 2020 and most of them (max, christian, guanyu, the temporary ghost of victor) already knew each other before. oscar essentially met with renault's factory team in early 2020, filmed promotional material with other juniors in january before attending the season opener together in february and then heading to winter training camp later that month, after which he and max left early for f3 pre-season testing in bahrain on march 1—a blessing in disguise, seeing as caio, hadrien, and christian remained behind and would soon be stuck quaranting in a hotel in tenerife—then briefly spent a week at school before returning home for what was meant to be a quick pit stop at the australian gp, which at the time had yet to be canceled.
then, of course, lockdown happened.
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simplified breakdown of renault junior stints, notably showcasing the academy's struggles to meaningfully promote any of its juniors
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oscar at the 2020 renault season opener alongside then-academy director mia sharizman, then-tp cyril abiteboul, alain prost, f1 drivers esteban ocon and daniel ricciardo, and the other academy juniors: fewtrell, lundgaard, zhou, david (feb 12, 2020)
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oscar and maxf behind the scenes of the same event (feb 12, 2020)
stuck in australia for three months, oscar would end up participating in two fia virtual races, one for f2 and another for f1 (jun 7, 2020). a fun landoscar tidbit is that he finished 5th in the virtual gp right behind lando, so they technically had raced each other before 2023, depending on... well, whether you count a 2020 sim race wherein george russell and alex albon lead the pack as a real race. nevertheless, this was a time when drivers were becoming much more active online, seeing as streaming was the best way to keep their images relevant and connect with fans, and despite oscar expressing little interest in streaming on twitch he would still experience a considerable uptick in his online activity and twitter reach that year.
racing resumed on july 4 at the red bull ring in austria; oscar had been granted an exemption to travel to the uk and complete a 2-week quarantine back on may 27, a reassuring indicator to the motorsport world that the f3 season would run after all. now that he no longer had to attend school, having received 2 b's and 1 c for his maths, physics, and computer science a-levels, oscar relocated from hertford to oxford in june to be near the renault facilities, which he visited nearly every day to train at, and began living independently (as in in a flat) for the first time since 2016, rooming with fellow renault junior caio collet.
as i said before, this season is when oscar's online presence and "memeability" began to really conceptualize, enabled primarily by the fact that he was a) finally living outside of a school dormitory, and b) now, of course, signed at prema, a team notorious for its social media visibility, literal family atmosphere, and frequent youtube pandering. according to this f3 article, his twitter followers jumped from 795 at the start of the season to 11.6k by the time he won the championship, an audience built significantly off the self-deprecating string of jokes he used to tweet regarding drs and general reliability issues faced throughout the season.
what i guess i want to touch on here is how oscar's online presence has always been concentrated around the bare fundamentals of his personality: dry humor, candid words, sparing emojis, a few humorous photos detailing the mundane reality of his everyday routines, and at most the occasional inopportune meme or reaction gif (#thepiastri 🤷‍♂️, f2 in baku, jetpack guy, so on). he's bantered frequently with callum on twitter and near-obsessively liked memes, videos, and other updates lando shares with his audience, but he also has seemingly little interest in building up his own "brand" the way lando so smartly has with ln4 and quadrant, and quite frankly seems viscerally incapable of wanting to engage one-to-one with fans or otherwise leveraging the popularity of his material image. basically what i like to say is that oscar enjoys being adjacent to "lad humor" and will happily enable it, but he really has no interest in being the one to initiate it himself!
"there's some things you want to share, some things you don’t. in today's age and sort of having the profile that us drivers do, we kind of just have everything shared,” piastri said. “but (social media) can be used for good, certainly within the profiles that we have. but in some ways, it can be negative, and there's always going to be people out there that don't like you for being you.” piastri tries to write as many of his posts as possible, and he checks those written by his team to be sure they sound authentically him. (the athletic; jun 29, 2023)
along these lines, oscar does enjoy the spotlight, only he seems to prefer it concentrated in a specific lens toward a specific productive end. he's endlessly capable of seeing the objective upside of a situation, joking after he was made a meme in baku following his f2 sr1 collision that he was all for it if it got him popularity. after his eurocup championship he also said: "i think everyone loves a bit of spotlight on them. i think that's just human nature, so a bit of attention's always nice." which is interesting to me!
but back to racing. this season would unexpectedly become two things: maxf's last competitive season in motorsport—especially disappointing considering that he'd gone into the championship expecting to put on a second-season title charge, instead failing to gel with the hitech team to the point that each increasingly poor weekend made him spiral mentally—as well as oscar and logan's last season racing against each other before f1, since logan would later encounter financial difficulties that left him stranded in f3 as oscar catapulted himself to f2 victory. 2020 was obviously a weird season in general because of covid and the gap from pre-season testing, so it also meant that oscar had gone into the season fairly rusty; he managed to win the first race of the season, but on top of his drs rollercoaster he did struggle with middling results in qualifying and was met step-by-step throughout the championship by logan.
maxf's last race in f3 was the barcelona sprint race on august 16, with three rounds left to the end of the season. he dnfed in an unfortunate first-lap incident mere moments after oscar charged his way up from 5th on the grid to the front of the pack, where he would eventually breeze his way to victory and pull himself near-level with logan for the championship lead. i recognize that this is an oscar post and not a maxf post, but i think their time in f3 during an extremely isolated and covid-affected period speaks to both an interesting dynamic between them (the little kid who always lagged a series behind you suddenly beating you on merit) and their respective temperaments toward racing. while at renault, max reportedly lived with jack aitken during the week but would return to his family home on weekends, so it makes sense that he struggled to adapt when covid hit and drivers were collectively forced into very regimented sporting bubbles. mark webber, who worked for channel 4 as a commentator and had access to the f1 paddock, basically couldn't see oscar in person and instead spoke to him over the phone every day on race weekends. maxf said of his decision to quit:
"normally [...] i’m able to stay calm under pressure and i don’t let many things get to me but when you have a bad qualifying result and you see guys up there that you know you’re capable of beating, it definitely takes a dig at you inside and it’s been a lot to process throughout the year." (source)
while then-academy director mia sharizman, who worked closely with the renault juniors, spoke of oscar's inherent propensity for independence and how he adapted well to the pressures of living on his own:
"if you look at oscar piastri, he has been living on his own, [away] from his family who are in melbourne for the past five to six years. because he has been living on his own in boarding school, he learns how to live on his own, and he thrives in that. we have to force him... 'have you spoken to your father?!' it's just things like that, but he thrives in that. that's why he thrived in those weekends racing. he loves being on his own without anybody. on the other hand, we had max fewtrell, for example, who can't – he couldn't survive the 11 weekends racing, because he always needed his family to be around him. so those are the things that suddenly you see and, i think that that we see now, after a few years a driver who is quick, a driver who has the talent, and then the driver who is stable." (source)
2020 is also when lando and oscar spoke to each other on twitter for the first time. yay! after lando went semi-viral for having a meltdown over a hornet on three separate social media platforms, oscar first joked with him about it on august 24 (this was incidentally also the day maxf announced his functional retirement, which oscar liked as well 😭), before referencing the incident again a few weeks later in september.
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(aug 24, 2020) / (sep 10, 2020)
outside of drs tweets and trying desperately to banter with lando norris, oscar's popular tweets at the time included several food-related mishaps and home appliance tragedies. while this isn't actually a lando moment, he was also slandered by the LN4 twitter account a month later on october 17 for reasons that remain a mystery, resulting in this set of interactions:
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(oct 17, 2020) / (oct 19, 2020)
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bonus: maxf's tweets @ oscar (when you aren't close enough to just text him.......)
but back to f3. similarly to his second season of eurocup, oscar would go on to clinch the title in only the final race of the year, this time even more stressfully—he never got pole that season and won arguably off of consistency, benefiting from errors and unfortunate collisions involving his primary competitors. after a hectic qualifying and string of contentious grid penalties set for the before-last round in monza, he began the feature race 15th on the grid but put on an impressive performance to finish on the podium, buffing his points lead after logan was tapped by clément and put out of the points. he, logan, and fred all dnfed in race 2 (read: the novalak pendulum swung away from oscar's favor to maintain stringent cosmic equilibrium, while logan and fred threw away a points opportunity with a teammate4teammate love tap), and oscar went into mugello with only an 8-point lead over logan and a 24-point lead over pourchaire. this weekend proved equally hectic, as is frequently the case with f3 racing standards, but in short oscar and logan entered the final sprint race level on points, with théo approaching terrifyingly near in their rearview mirrors. logan was unceremoniously taken out of contention on the first lap after contact with zendeli, and oscar managed to squeak his way to 164 points in the championship by placing 7th in the race; théo finished 3rd, with 161 points, two positions away from claiming both the race and the championship title.
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a succinct summary of an eventful season! (posted jun 30, 2021)
despite winning the f3 championship in far-from-dominant fashion, oscar's career was now steadily on an upward trend. on october 30 he was rewarded with a private test in the r.s.18 at bahrain alongside christian and guanyu, and a month later confirmed that he would be racing for prema again in f2 (december 1, 2020). as a rookie f3 champion there was a moderate amount of interest in him, but no one really expected him to carry home the f2 title on his first try and so one of the main favorites going into the next season was his second-year teammate and 2019 f3 champion rob shwartzman.
4. f2, alpine reserve duties, #piastrigate (2021-2022)
at the start of 2021, fernando officially took daniel's place at renault and the team rebranded itself as alpine, parting ways with team principal cyril abiteboul and functionally replacing him with new ceo laurent rossi—part of a no-tp management structure, frankly a self-evident infrastructural faux-pas from a million miles away. the renault sport academy was then also renamed to alpine academy; again i know that this is an oscar post so i won't get too into the details of Alpine Being Alpine, but understanding how the academy functioned does help better contextualize the inevitable unfurling of piastrigate.
the main issue, really, would always be laurent rossi, or at least the values laurent rossi had been hired to represent and which he willingly peddled during his controversial tenure at alpine. after rossi's appointment it was reported that "the renamed alpine academy was now being tugged in two directions between director mia sharizman's ideal as a creator of future f1 drivers and alpine's chief executive officer laurent rossi's commercially-led preferences." (source) mia directed the academy from january 2016 until may 2022, and had been the one to restructure its recruitment process by demanding better funding and robust testing programs to cyril:
"when we first restarted the team in 2016, it was, we didn't even have a two-year-old car program at that time. we had to use a 2012 program using the [lotus] e20. [...] then in 2018, i went through it, and i said to cyril abiteboul, "look, let's try and do this." we needed financial resources. i needed a head start with financial resources to kick start the program whereby you entice drivers, and you offer [a place] to the academy drivers. it was more to see how they are... it was more of an evaluation process... that was what the first idea was. then we developed the program to develop the drivers to suit their formual 2 program." (source)
(note: mia also believed that 2020 was a disappointing year for all of his juniors save for oscar's performance in f3, which is a whole other thing. but rossi's greatest shortcoming was that he had singular, insulated vision, and he resisted any external input to the detriment of reactionary business decisions, a fact that alienated alain prost and soon led to his exit from the outfit in 2022. not a good look!!! prost would later call rossi "the best example of the dunning-kruger effect, that of an incapable leader who thinks himself able to overcome his incompetence with his arrogance and lack of humanity toward his troops." 🤌)
so basically, the cracks of mind-boggling incompetence within the team's leadership structure were long evident. on a brighter note, oscar's 2021 f2 season would quickly become his strongest single-seater contest ever (f1 youtube has a good summarizing video of his season, if interested); because of covid, f2 was experimenting with a three-race format this year in which quali set the reverse grid for sr1 and sr1 results then set the reverse grid for sr2, which essentially meant high qualifiers were rewarded for simply maintaining composure in the first sprint and running cleanly in the top 10 in order to secure a favorable grid spot in sr2. oscar adapted well to this format, building off his reputation of smooth, consistent driving on top of slowly improving his qualifying results over the course of the season, finally breaking through with his first feature-race win in monza. 
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oscar with mia sharizman
this is also around the time when lando mentioned oscar in official f1 media for the first time, reading off a question about him to daniel in an interview posted in october:
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"this one's not even about formula one. it's about oscar piastri. oscar pias-tree! [...] he's been on it this year." — (full video) (oct 1, 2021)
of his own f2 campaign, oscar said:
"i thought that i could challenge for race wins, but i probably wasn't expecting to be so consistently at the front. consistency is something that i’ve had as a trait throughout my career, and i was expecting to be consistent in my results this year — but maybe a bit lower down!" (source)
not only did he end up being consistently at the front, he became virtually unstoppable in the second half of the season. on december 11, oscar clinched the title in abu dhabi with two races to spare, ending the season with 5 consecutive poles and 4 consecutive feature wins, 60.5 points above his previously-favored teammate in the standings. #notbadforashitqualifier!
by now oscar was a hot commodity in the paddock; the only problem was that alpine didn't really care, mainly because rossi had enthusiastically re-signed ocon to a three-year deal in 2021 and held zero intention of actually promoting any of its juniors to one of the race seats, plus the one open spot at alfa romeo had instead gone to guanyu and his considerable financial package (though oscar has always been vocally defensive of guanyu's appointment to his detractors). instead of moving to another series, such as indycar or super formula, oscar recognized that he'd proven everything he needed to prove within the feeder system and opted to remain on the grid as alpine's reserve driver, mainly so that he could embed himself in an f1 team environment and—most crucially—avoid being left "out of sight, out of mind," because once you go to america you usually don't come back.
i'll keep the rest of this post brief since i feel like everyone already knows What Went Down, but a quick highlight for fellow landoscar enjoyers was the 2022 australian gp on april 10, during which oscar accompanied rosanna tennant for the post-race show and awkwardly participated in a chaotic lando & alex interview. as far as i know, this was landoscar's first time interacting on-camera!
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o: "i haven't raced either of them, no." l: "not yet!" o: "not yet. hopefully soon." — (full video) (apr 10, 2022)
then silly season started, and everything was thrown into disarray when sebastian vettel announced his imminent retirement and fernando subsequently took his place at aston martin; alpine scrambled to recover from this blindsided move and prematurely promoted oscar to an f1 seat, to which oscar eventually posted The Tweet—claiming he'd never signed a contract with alpine and would not be racing for them in 2023, thus kicking off #piastrigate. or the piasco, or whatever you prefer to call it.
here's a good article that properly summarizes the crb ruling, but tl;dr: mclaren and alpine had come to an agreement back in march to loan oscar to mclaren's stable of reserve drivers after daniel contracted covid; mark webber, who was close to andreas seidl from their time at porsche in wec, quietly negotiated a contract with mclaren for 2023 that oscar would then sign on july 4, which was reportedly initially a reserve deal with an upgrade clause to a full-time drive given a dr buyout; alpine's legal team turned out to be essentially one overworked legal director who mishandled the situation thanks to a lack of organizational support, while a concrete williams deal never actually existed no matter what people continuously allege, and any proprietary right to oscar's services that alpine purported to have for the 2023 season would soon be voided by crb rule on september 2. in other words, they dun goofed.
because tumblr dies when i try to include it in this post, here's a link to a condensed chronological timeline version of this post.
that's it for now. i'm sure you know how the rest goes!!!
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“musculoskeletal problems idk”
“middle age idk”
look, my current issues are muscle in nature but it’s not muscle fatigue, it’s chronic and driven by shitty skeletal infrastructure. muscularly speaking i am several dozen chronic spasms, knots, and compensatory cascades, ranging from years to decades old, clumsily jerry-rigged together with scotch tape and elmer’s glue in order to prop up a trenchcoat.
(bathetic aging late transitioner whinge below the cut. scroll. i’m 11 weeks into what needs to be a 10 week max T depot cycle and it and i both suck very much)
aging:
things stiffen and freeze up. you get out of school and college, there’s a lot less random ambient encouragement to do sun salutations, so you stop doing them. eventually you try to do one and your back no longer smoothly uncurls itself in order vertebra by vertebra, there are little cliques of vertebrae that stick together and move as one. various muscles slowly tighten and knots appear, mostly quiet but worrying when prodded on a massage table, and they don’t go away. some years ago i noticed my left achilles tendon hurts for the first forty to sixty minutes of walking. eventually i got credible advice to stretch my calves out about it, do that regularly, helps a bit, but it’s still a thing. just a lot of that sort of shit on and off
and i do think that’s mostly The Human Condition and just how middle age generally is
in my case tho there are some extra twists!
imagine that nature delivered unto you unsolicited a sophia loren type situation. super wide pelvic bone, chest such that you eventually figured out to shop the uk or poland for functional support garments (the us industry is/was appallingly bad), narrow waist, and short torso, on which your ribs bottom out just a few cm above the mighty pelvis. a zero brakes silhouette: no latitude on torso free of major curvature.
this frame is not functionally optimized for dynamic action (might have worked well for having babies idk)
it makes it quite effortful and costly to perform such radical bold actions as: standing or sitting up straight. two weeks after violently deaccessioning 1400 grams of chest tissue last fall, i realized i could sit upright in a kitchen chair at a table in comfort, with no urgent need to move to the squashy reclining-friendly furniture as soon as food was over. it was like a miracle. i’m angry
so over the decades i’ve accumulated a lot of assorted fuckery in the neck and shoulders and lower back and so on just in the course of wrangling this egregious motherfucking lemon of a vehicle around and as a bonus, both my kneecaps are malaligned such that my stability going down steep hills is poor: big fun with an exaggeratedly asymmetrical weight distribution!
in hindsight everything wrong with me except the knee deal is secondary sex characteristics. but the problem felt so specific and idiosyncratic for so long—i didn’t conceive of it as ‘built like a woman’ so much as ‘built like a janky jessica rabbit’—that it didn’t occur to me for a long time to scribble gender assignment as such on the issues whiteboard. my cohort was ill equipped for such introspection and i had the impression from 1992 thru the mid 10s that ‘trans’ meant people like venus xtravaganza and that it wasn’t my lane (i’m sorry but fuck the movie paris is burning with a chainsaw)
of course, given that deep infrastructural issues like wide pelvic bones aren’t actually fixable, i’m not sure how much it would have helped to cop a clue sooner. other than, you know, maybe not spending so much of my life completely checked out idk :)
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Today's compilation:
Out Patients 2000 Future Jazz / Broken Beat / Drum n Bass
Checked out this sweet turn-of-the-millennium electronic comp over the past couple days called Out Patients, the first installment in a three-volume series that was put out on UK label Hospital Records. Originally launched in 1996, Hospital was founded by London Elektricity, a duo who, sometime in the early 2000s, decided to downsize to just one member, Tony Colman, so the former member, Chris Goss, could devote more time and energy to running Hospital himself.
Now, if you know anything about either Hospital or LE beyond what I've just told you, then you know that what they're both primarily known for is their drum n bass output. In fact, in their first four years of existence, that's all Hospital pretty much ever released. However, in 2000, with the launching of this little, cleverly titled Out Patients series—songs that largely laid outside of Hospital's own sonic radius—they decided to venture a little out of their comfort zone.
So, ultimately, what we have here are a bunch of groovy electronic lounge-type vibes that largely come in the form of future jazz and broken beat—a pair of oft-intertwined electronic genres that were both surging at around the same exact time. Broken beat was this wonderful, broadly-defined music that saw fundamentals of drum n bass taken to a sharper, more complicated and unorthodox abstraction, and its rhythms would be integrated into future jazz, a type of jazz-infused electronic music that succeeds the late 80s-to-mid-90s UK phenomenon of acid jazz, and hearkens back to the halcyon days of free-flowing jazz fusion from the 70s and 80s too; also known as nu jazz.
And even though this is just an exclusive dozen tracks from a label that'd never really put out this type of material before, Hospital was still able to get a few notable names to contribute to this release here: veteran Uschi Classen, who in addition to her own solo material, had also been in a bunch of groups, like Ashley Beedle's Black Science Orchestra and the Ballistic Brothers; dnb trio Aquasky; and Mr. Scruff, whose biggest claim to fame is this very popular electro swing tune—one of the only decent ones that's ever been made—and if you're an American of a certain age, you might remember it from an old ad campaign for Lincoln's full lineup of vehicles too.
Here's one of those ads with Michael Clarke Duncan!
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But, to me, the best song on this release has to be "Action," by Japan's Yukihiro Fukutomi. Fukutomi himself was his own entity too by the time this song had been included on this very comp, but the vast majority of his music had only ever been released in Japan; so when he appeared on Out Patients, it was likely the first time that many people outside of Japan had ever heard him before. And those people were probably fuckin' dazzled, because the combination of constantly shifting broken beat drum rhythm and Fukutomi's whiny old school keyboard improv here is simply diabolical 😈. Get lost in this super craggy shit!
And something that also needs pointing out here is that even though most of this comp isn't drum n bass, there are still a couple dnb tunes on here anyway. And as someone who really loves it when people just *straight-up rap* over drum n bass beats, I can't leave this post without mentioning MC Mello and London Elektricity's bouncy "Melloizdaman." This is just such a cool and fun tune, overall, and I especially love how LE add this warm coat of ambient synth to their double bass-infused beat after the first verse. Usually rappers need to rap over steady beats in order to maintain their own timing and flow, and while LE don't mess with the rhythm itself here, they're still able to enhance their tune further with this added synth in order to keep it sounding fresh. Really great stuff 🤩.
So a pretty dope set of early 2000s tunes from Hospital Records here. Mostly not the kind of electronic music that they're typically known for releasing, but they included some nice, previously unheard tracks on this album nonetheless 👍.
And if you want the type of stuff that Hospital *is* known for, check out this post I did a few months ago on Plastic Surgery 2, a double-disc comp and DJ mix that featured them on the 2-step liquid funk trend, a more mass-appealing strain of drum n bass that grew to be very popular in the UK in the mid-to-late 2000s that they themselves were on the forefront of.
Highlights:
Liane Carroll - "The Trap" Uschi Classen - "Tocatta (The Indigo Blue Mix)" Aquasky - "Another Day" Skitz + Julie Dexter - "Be...." Landslide - "Golden Cavalier" London Elektricity - "Incurable" Space Clique - "Exit #1: Luna Park" MC Mello vs. London Elektricity - "Melloizdaman" Yukihiro Fukutomi - "Action" Marcus Intalex & S.T. Files - "Taking Over Me"
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Is my MOT going to be extended due to the Omicron variant?
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Expiring MOT test certificates were automatically extended for six months during the initial Covid lockdown, however that terminated on July 31, 2020. Despite repeated lockdowns, the government has not reinstated the certificate extension scheme.
Nevertheless, because the Omicron variant has shown to be extremely infectious and transmissible, it's likely that the scheme to extend MOT testing may be reintroduced if too many MOT test stations close though the government has given no indication that this is being considered at this time.
So, if you are thinking does Covid-19 affect my MOT expiry date, this implies that all drivers must have a valid MOT test certificate on their car, or it will be taken off the road.
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It's critical to understand the history of any vehicle you're considering purchasing, and it may play a significant role in determining whether or not to proceed with the purchase. To make things easier, the government has created a website that allows you to check MOT history and mileage history of any vehicle by simply typing the registration number into a search engine. Even better, the service is completely free to use.
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Will I be granted an extension, or will I be required to take a MOT test since I live in an area with a high number of Covid infections?
Due to the spike of Covid cases raising alarm across the UK, there are currently no plans to provide MOT extensions in areas that are affected by local restrictions. This means there will be no new MOT extension plan, and all qualified vehicles will require a new test certificate, even if the MOT expires in a region with a high number of Covid infections.
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It's important to note that drivers who drive dangerous cars without a valid MOT certificate can still be prosecuted, so make sure the vehicle is kept in good working order. Check your MOT expiry date and make an appointment for your next MOT test.
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One of the most significant concerns for travelers is punctuality. Missing a flight due to unreliable transportation can be a nightmare. Xpress Airport Transfer prides itself on its reliability and punctuality. Their drivers are trained to manage time effectively, ensuring you reach Heathrow Airport well before your flight. They monitor traffic conditions and flight schedules to adjust pickup times accordingly.
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Xpress Airport Transfer offers a fleet of modern, well-maintained vehicles to ensure a comfortable journey. Whether you're traveling alone, with family, or in a group, they have various vehicle options to suit your needs. The cars are equipped with modern amenities, providing a relaxed and enjoyable ride from York to Heathrow AirportYork to Heathrow Airport.
3. Professional and Experienced Drivers
All drivers at Xpress Airport Transfer are professional and experienced. They undergo thorough background checks and training to ensure they provide the best service possible. Friendly and courteous, they aim to make your journey pleasant and stress-free. Their extensive knowledge of routes between York and Heathrow ensures a smooth and efficient ride.
4. Easy Booking Process
Booking a  taxi from Heathrow to York with Xpress Airport Transfer is straightforward and convenient. Their user-friendly website and mobile app allow you to book your ride in a few simple steps. You can also call their customer service for assistance with your booking. The company provides instant confirmation and detailed information about your ride, including the driver’s contact details and vehicle information.
5. Competitive Pricing
Traveling can be expensive, and Xpress Airport Transfer understands the need for affordable transportation. They offer competitive pricing without compromising on quality. Transparent pricing means no hidden charges, so you know exactly what to expect when you book your taxi. We provide various payment options for your convenience.
6. 24/7 Customer Support
Travel plans can change unexpectedly, and having access to round-the-clock customer support is invaluable.  Xpress Airport transfer and  UK Airport Rides offers 24/7 customer service to assist with any inquiries, changes to your booking, or emergencies. Our dedicated support team is always ready to help, ensuring you have peace of mind throughout your journey.
Overview of York
The town of York is located North of Heathrow Airport a distance of 210 miles that would take around 3 hours 40 minutes by taxi via the M1. It is situated in North Yorkshire and has a population of 198,000 according to 2011 Statistics.
The history of the settlement dates back to when Mesolithic people inhabited the area in around 7000 BC. When the Romans came to the area they built a Roman Fortress where York Minster stands today. In 866 the Vikings raided and captured York, and Eric Bloodaxe was the last ruler before he was driven out by King Edred on his campaign to Unify England. During the Middle Ages York became a major cloth manufacturing and trading centre and Edward I boosted the economy by using the city as a base for his war in Scotland. In 1839 the Railway came to York and the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway were based there. The railways helped in the expansion of Rowntree's Cocoa Works and by the 1900 the railways and confectionary had become the two major industries of the city.
There are many visitor attractions and tourist destinations in York, some of the most popular places to visit include Yorkshire Museum, York Castle Museum, National Railway Museum, York Dungeon, York Minster, Cliffords Tower, York boat and York City Sightseeing Bus.
Hotels in York - 
Hedley House Hotel - 3 Bootham Ter, York, YO30 7DH, Tel: 01904 637404
Novotel York Centre - Fishergate, York, YO10 4FD, Tel: 01904 611660 
The Queens Hotel - Queens Staith Rd, Skeldergate, York, YO1 6DH, Tel: 01904 611321
The Feathers Hotel - Market Pl, Pocklington, York, YO42 2AH, Tel: 01759 303155
Holgate Hill Hotel - 124 Holgate Rd, York, YO2 4BB, Tel: 01904 653786,
The Parsonage Country House Hotel- Main St, Escrick, York, YO19 6LF, Tel: 01904 728111
The Journey: York to Heathrow Airport
The journey from York to Heathrow Airport covers approximately 210 miles, typically taking around 3.5 to 4.5 hours, depending on traffic conditions. Here’s what you can expect:
1. Scenic Route
The route from York to Heathrow Airport is scenic, passing through beautiful landscapes and historic towns. Your driver can take you through some of the most picturesque parts of England, making the journey enjoyable.
2. Convenient Stops
If you need to make any stops along the way for refreshments or to stretch your legs, Xpress Airport Transfer is flexible and accommodating. You can request stops during your booking or inform your driver during the journey.
3. Stress-Free Travel
Avoid the hassle of navigating public transportation or driving yourself. With Xpress Airport Transfer, you can sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. Their door-to-door service ensures you are picked up from your location in York and dropped off directly at your terminal at Heathrow Airport.
Booking Process
Here’s how you can book your taxi from York to Heathrow Airport with Xpress Airport Transfer:
Visit the Website : Go to the Xpress Airport Transfer website or download their mobile app.
Enter Your Details: Input your pickup location, destination, date, and time.
Choose Your Vehicle: Select the type of vehicle that suits your needs from the options provided.
Provide Passenger Information: Enter the details of the passengers and any special requirements.
Confirm and Pay: Review your booking details, confirm your booking, and make the payment using your preferred method.
Receive Confirmation: You will receive an instant confirmation with all the necessary details about your ride.
Booking a taxi from York to heathrow Airport taxi or  with Xpress Airport Transfer ensures a reliable, comfortable, and stress-free journey. Their commitment to customer satisfaction, professional drivers, and competitive pricing make them an excellent choice for your airport transfer needs. Whether you're traveling for business or pleasure, you can trust Xpress Airport Transfer to get you to your destination on time and in style.
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cypruscarrental · 13 days
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The Complete Guide to Rent a Car in Cyprus and Enjoy the Island
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Nestled in the heart of the Mediterranean, Cyprus is a gem waiting to be explored. With its sun-drenched beaches, ancient ruins, and picturesque villages, the island offers a rich tapestry of experiences. To truly appreciate all that Cyprus has to offer, renting a car is the ideal choice. This guide delves into everything you need to know about Cyprus car rentals, ensuring you have a smooth and memorable journey.
Why Rent a Car in Cyprus?
Cyprus, despite its relatively small size, boasts a diverse landscape and a plethora of attractions scattered across the island. Public transportation, while available, can be limiting and time-consuming. Renting a car provides the freedom and flexibility to explore at your own pace, venture off the beaten path, and discover hidden treasures that are often inaccessible by bus.
Key Benefits of Renting a Car in Cyprus:
Flexibility and Freedom: Travel on your schedule without being tied to public transport timetables.
Accessibility: Reach remote beaches, mountain villages, and archaeological sites with ease.
Convenience: Carry luggage, beach gear, or shopping without hassle.
Comfort: Enjoy the comfort of a private vehicle, especially in the heat of the Cypriot summer.
Choosing the Right Car Rental Service
When it comes to selecting a car rental service in Cyprus, several factors should be considered to ensure a hassle-free experience.
Factors to Consider:
Reputation and Reviews: Check online reviews and ratings of cyprus car rental companies to gauge customer satisfaction.
Fleet Variety: Ensure the company offers a wide range of vehicles to suit your needs, from compact cars to SUVs.
Pricing and Inclusions: Compare prices and check what is included in the rental cost, such as insurance, mileage, and roadside assistance.
Location and Accessibility: Opt for companies with multiple pick-up and drop-off locations, especially at airports and major cities.
Customer Service: Good customer service is crucial for a seamless rental experience.
Popular Car Rental Companies in Cyprus:
Hertz Cyprus: Known for its extensive fleet and reliable service.
Avis Cyprus: Offers a wide range of vehicles and comprehensive insurance options.
Sixt Cyprus: Popular for its competitive prices and excellent customer service.
Europcar Cyprus: Provides convenient pick-up locations and flexible rental terms.
Local Companies: Sometimes local rental services can offer more personalized service and competitive rates.
Tips for Renting a Car in Cyprus
To make the most out of your car rental in Cyprus, consider the following tips:
Book in Advance: Especially during peak tourist seasons, booking in advance can ensure availability and better rates.
Check Insurance Options: Basic insurance is usually included, but consider additional coverage for peace of mind.
Understand the Rental Agreement: Pay attention to fuel policies, mileage limits, and terms of the rental agreement.
Inspect the Vehicle: Before driving off, inspect the car for any existing damage and ensure it’s recorded.
Familiarize Yourself with Local Driving Laws: Cyprus drives on the left side of the road, and it’s essential to understand local traffic rules and regulations.
Driving in Cyprus: What to Expect
Driving in Cyprus is relatively straightforward, but there are a few unique aspects to keep in mind:
Left-Side Driving: Like the UK, Cyprus follows left-side driving. This might require some adjustment if you are used to right-side driving.
Road Conditions: Major roads and highways are well-maintained, but some rural roads may be narrow and winding.
Speed Limits: Generally, the speed limit is 50 km/h in urban areas, 80 km/h on open roads, and 100 km/h on highways.
Roundabouts: Common in Cyprus, remember to give way to traffic from the right.
Parking: In cities, parking can be limited. Use designated parking areas and be mindful of parking restrictions.
Top Destinations to Explore by Car
With your rental car, the whole of Cyprus is at your fingertips. Here are some must-visit destinations that are best explored by car:
1. Nicosia: The Capital City
The capital of Cyprus, Nicosia, is a city of contrasts, where modernity meets history. Drive through the old city, explore the Venetian walls, and visit the Cyprus Museum. Don’t miss the bustling Ledra Street and the Green Line, the world’s last divided capital.
2. Limassol: Coastal Charm
Limassol, located on the southern coast, is a vibrant city known for its marina, medieval castle, and lively nightlife. The drive along the coast offers stunning sea views and access to beautiful beaches.
3. Paphos: Historical Marvels
Paphos is a UNESCO World Heritage site brimming with ancient ruins and archaeological sites. Visit the Tombs of the Kings, the Paphos Archaeological Park, and enjoy a scenic drive to Aphrodite’s Rock.
4. Troodos Mountains: Nature and Adventure
The Troodos Mountains offer a refreshing escape from the coastal heat. Drive through charming mountain villages, hike nature trails, and visit the famous Kykkos Monastery.
5. Ayia Napa and Protaras: Beach Paradise
For sun-seekers, the beaches of Ayia Napa and Protaras are a must. Pristine waters, golden sands, and a lively atmosphere make this area a favorite among tourists.
6. Larnaca: Gateway to Cyprus
Larnaca, home to the island’s main international airport, is a blend of history and modernity. Explore the Church of Saint Lazarus, the Hala Sultan Tekke mosque, and enjoy the palm-lined Finikoudes Beach.
Practical Information for Your Trip
Driving License: An EU driving license is valid in Cyprus. Non-EU visitors may need an International Driving Permit.
Age Requirements: Most rental companies require drivers to be at least 21 years old, with a minimum of one year of driving experience.
Fuel: Petrol stations are plentiful, especially in urban areas. Many are self-service and accept credit cards.
Conclusion
Renting a car in Cyprus is undoubtedly the best way to explore this beautiful island. It offers the flexibility to discover hidden gems, the convenience to travel comfortably, and the freedom to experience Cyprus at your own pace. Whether you’re navigating the historic streets of Nicosia, soaking up the sun on Ayia Napa’s beaches, or winding through the Troodos Mountains, a rental car will enhance your Cypriot adventure. So, buckle up, hit the road, and let the enchanting landscapes of Cyprus unfold before you.
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snzcarrental · 13 days
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A Complete Guide to Mauritius Airport Car Rental for Exploring Island
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Mauritius, a gem nestled in the Indian Ocean, is renowned for its stunning beaches, lush greenery, and vibrant culture. When planning a visit to this paradise, one of the most convenient ways to explore the island is by renting a car. This guide will provide you with all the essential information you need to rent a car at Mauritius airport, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable travel experience.
Why Rent a Car in Mauritius Airport ?
Renting a car in Mauritius airport offers numerous benefits. The island’s public transportation system, while available, may not be as efficient or extensive as those in larger countries. Having a car allows you the freedom to explore at your own pace, visit off-the-beaten-path locations, and tailor your itinerary to your preferences. Whether you’re interested in beach hopping, exploring the vibrant markets, or venturing into the mountainous interior, a rental car provides the flexibility you need.
Arriving at Mauritius Airport
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (SSR Airport), located in Plaine Magnien, is the main gateway to Mauritius. The airport is well-equipped with modern facilities and a variety of services, including numerous Mauritius airport car rental agencies. Upon arrival, you’ll find that renting a car at the airport is straightforward and convenient.
Choosing the Right Car Rental Company in Mauritius
Several reputable car rental companies operate at Mauritius Airport, both international brands and local agencies. Here are some of the popular options:
Booking Your Rental Car
It’s advisable to book your rental car in advance, especially during peak tourist seasons. Online booking platforms allow you to compare prices, read customer reviews, and select the vehicle that best suits your needs. Most rental companies offer a range of vehicles, from compact cars perfect for solo travelers or couples, to larger SUVs suitable for families or groups.
When booking, consider the following factors:
Vehicle Size: Choose a Mauritius car rental that comfortably fits your travel party and luggage.
Fuel Policy: Understand the fuel policy, whether it’s full-to-full or full-to-empty.
Insurance: Ensure you’re covered with comprehensive insurance, including third-party liability and collision damage waiver.
Additional Drivers: If more than one person will be driving, check the policy on additional drivers.
Picking Up Your Car at Mauritius Airport
Once you land at SSR Airport, follow the signs to the car rental in Mauritius airport desks located in the arrivals hall. Have your booking confirmation, driver’s license, passport, and credit card ready for a smooth pick-up process. The rental agreement will be explained to you, and you’ll inspect the car for any pre-existing damages. It’s important to note these on the rental agreement to avoid disputes later.
Driving in Mauritius
Driving in Mauritius is on the left side of the road, similar to the UK and Australia. Here are some essential tips for driving on the island:
Speed Limits: The speed limit is generally 40 km/h in urban areas, 80 km/h on rural roads, and 110 km/h on highways.
Road Conditions: Most roads are in good condition, but be cautious on rural or mountain roads which can be narrow and winding.
Traffic Rules: Adhere to local traffic laws and always wear seat belts. Using a mobile phone while driving is prohibited unless you have a hands-free system.
Parking: In urban areas, look for designated parking spots. Avoid parking in restricted areas to prevent fines.
Exploring Mauritius by Car Rental Services
With your rental car, you can easily explore Mauritius’ top attractions:
Beaches: Drive to the famous beaches of Flic en Flac, Trou-aux-Biches, and Belle Mare to soak up the sun and enjoy water sports.
Nature Reserves: Visit Black River Gorges National Park for hiking and spotting wildlife, or explore the botanical wonders of Pamplemousses Garden.
Cultural Sites: Explore the island’s history and culture at Aapravasi Ghat, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the bustling markets of Port Louis.
Scenic Drives: Take a drive along the coastal roads for breathtaking views of the ocean and lush landscapes.
Returning Your Rental Car
When your trip comes to an end, return your rental car to the designated area at the airport. Ensure you leave ample time before your flight to complete the return process, which includes a vehicle inspection. Return the car with the agreed-upon fuel level and in the same condition as when you picked it up.
Tips for a Smooth Car Rental in Mauritius Experience
Read the Fine Print: Understand the terms and conditions of your rental agreement, including mileage limits and insurance coverage.
Stay Connected: Consider renting a GPS device or using a mobile app for navigation to help you get around the island.
Emergency Contacts: Keep the rental company’s contact information handy in case of any issues or emergencies.
Local Etiquette: Familiarize yourself with local driving customs and courtesies to ensure a pleasant driving experience.
Conclusion
Renting a car at Mauritius Airport is a fantastic way to enhance your travel experience, giving you the freedom to explore this beautiful island at your own pace. By choosing a reputable rental company, understanding the driving rules, and planning your itinerary, you’ll be well-prepared to enjoy all that Mauritius has to offer. From pristine beaches to cultural landmarks and scenic drives, the adventure awaits you in every corner of this tropical paradise. Safe travels!
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