Born in Melbourne, Australia, to Italian-Australian parents,[1] Piastri started racing remote controlled cars at a national level before beginning his karting career in 2011.[2] Having gone professional and competed in various Australian races and championships in 2014,[3] Piastri began competing in European and other CIK-FIA sanctioned karting championships with Ricky Flynn Motorsport the following year. He moved to the United Kingdom to further his racing career in 2016, finishing sixth in the 2016 World Championship in Bahrain.[4][5][6]