Team principal Andrea Stella believes the 24-year-old will be even more motivated to kick-start his season into action in Shanghai this weekend following the reconnaissance-lap crash that prevented him lining up on the grid in Melbourne on Sunday.
There were echoes of last season's opener when Piastri spun off the track near the end of the race and ended up scrambling back to finish a desperately disappointing ninth while his teammate Lando Norris went on to win.
Piastri, though left dejected by his late misfortune, managed to regroup and bounced back to finish second in the sprint race in China before grabbing pole and then dominating the main race to beat Norris by nearly 10 seconds.
The scenario, of course, seems potentially very different in F1's new world of 2026 with McLaren having seemed, at best, only the third quickest team in Melbourne as Mercedes dominated with a one-two finish for George Russell and Kimi Antonelli, ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, and fifth-placed Norris.
But there are definite parallels for Piastri, who blamed himself in large part for last Sunday's crash and who must now pick himself up within just five days with qualifying for the sprint set for Friday.
McLaren principal Andrea Stella, for one, expects a big response, telling the team's official website that it was a combination of factors that had led to Piastri's spinning crash "including suboptimal tyre temperature, unexpected torque deployment and being up on the kerb."
"It was a tough moment for him, especially at his home race,' said the Italian. "But Oscar is a strong person and will regroup with the team and go to China even more motivated."
Former grand prix winner Mark Webber, Piastri's former manager and still a key member of his camp, told Channel Four: "He got bitten hard ... these new cars are taking some learning, and he paid the ultimate price.
"But we're not Olympians that have to wait four years. Four days, go again, which is great, that's what we want."
Ferrari are also looking for a big weekend, not having won a thing since Hamilton's Saturday sprint victory in Shanghai last year.
"For me, the prevailing feeling is now we have a fight on our hands with Ferrari," said Mercedes boss Toto Wolff after their great weekend in Melbourne.
Mercedes continue to play down their spectacular start, with title favourite Russell predicting the race will be very different to Melbourne. "You've got one big, long straight, so the majority of drivers will be using their energy on that one straight," he said. "You don't need to divide it up between four like in Melbourne."
