Aussie sports fans lose it over ‘coolest' photo ever taken
The McLaren driver and teenage sprinter have caused quite a stir with photos showing them catching up during the weekend's Diamond League meet in Monaco.
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As Gout added to his legend by winning the U23 200m event with a 20.10 second run, he had enough time to meet Piastri inside the track at the Stade Louis II stadium.
Piastri, who resides in the luxurious French principality in an apartment in Monte Carlo, and his girlfriend Lily Zneimer were VIP attendees at the prestigious track meet.
They were seen mixing it up with Prince Albert of Monaco on the track and also posed with some of the other dignitaries in attendance.
Piasti sidled up for photos with Swedish freak Armand Duplantis, who again stole the show in the pole vault.
He also posed with Aussie pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall.
Ferrari ace Charles Leclerc was also there and was seen posing for photos with Olympic sprint king Noah Lyles.
The best photo of all, however, was clearly the sight of Piastri and Gout hanging out.
Piastri shared images of the moment on his Instagram page, writing: 'Loved athletics as a kid. Unbelievable to watch the best up close'.
Gout gave a brief response to the post on Instagram, sharing a number of emojis, including a racing car.
World Athletics and the Wanda Diamond League also shared photos of the pair at the event on their social media channels.
Piastri's long-time girlfriend Lily was also seen enjoying her time, but the Aussie driver may have made a relationship error when he appeared to show Prince Albert more love than his other half.
The sight of Piastri and Gout together was enough to leave some Aussie fans all giddy.
One person on X posted: 'Oscar Piastri and Gout Gout... I've never felt more patriotic in my entire life'.
Another commented on Piastri's post by writing: 'One of the fastest people on four wheels with some of the fastest people on two legs. Good company.
Another person called them the 'two fastest men in Australia'.
One fan wrote on Reddit: 'Just your average Aussie school holidays for Gout Gout'.
One person wrote on Instagram: 'Oscar and Gout Gout - an iconic Aussie duo.'
Gout had plenty of reason to smile after his race.
Gout got a solid start and surged down the back straight to win the race in a time of 20.10sec with a -1.9 headwind, finishing ahead of Botswana's Collen Kebinatshipi (20.28) and South Africa's Naeem Jack (20.42).
If not for the headwind, it could well have been a 20-second run for Gout, who famously broke Peter Norman's Australian 200m record last year.
Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles won the senior 200m event in Monaco in a time of 19.86sec, just ahead of Botswana's Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo (19.97sec).
It was a strong day for Australia with Peter Bol smashing his own 800m national record by more than a second, posting a seriously slick time of 1:42.55 in Monaco to finish in fourth place.
Bol's performance now ranks him within the top 30 on the all-time global list of 800m performers.
Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Jessica Hull continued her superb form, charging to third place in the 1000m in 2:30.96 in a new Area record.
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