Oscar Piastri Splits With Mark and Ann Webber's Management Team

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri has split from the management team led by nine-time Grand Prix winner Mark Webber and his partner, Ann Webber. A joint statement on Monday, the day after the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, said the two sides had "mutually agreed to terminate their management agreement," according to Formula 1 (opens in a new tab). Piastri will work under a new management structure going forward.

"I'd like to thank Mark and Ann for all their support and advice over the years," Piastri said. "Their guidance has been invaluable, particularly in navigating the beginning of my F1 career. I wish them all the best going forward."

Webber, who drove for Red Bull, Williams and Jaguar, said the move followed a season in which the couple had pulled back from the track.

"We are proud to have played a pivotal role in the formative years of Oscar's career and to have placed him in F1 so that he could compete at the front so early on," Webber said. "Following our reduced trackside involvement this season, we have collectively agreed that now is an appropriate time to bring our management agreement to a close. This will allow Oscar to build on his achievements under a new management structure, and for us to embark on our new ventures."

Seven years together

The Webbers began working with Piastri in 2019, the year he won the Formula Renault Eurocup and joined the Renault F1 Team's junior program. He won the FIA Formula 3 title the next season and the Formula 2 title in 2021.

Alpine, the rebranded Renault team, did not promote Piastri from reserve to a race seat, and Webber opened talks with McLaren. He secured a deal for Piastri to debut with the British team in 2023 as the replacement for fellow Australian Daniel Ricciardo. Piastri took two podiums as a rookie, won for the first time in Hungary the following year and mounted a title challenge in 2025 before finishing behind teammate Lando Norris.

This season the Webbers went from a regular presence at races to only occasional appearances. Pedro Matos, Piastri's former race engineer at Prema, and his mental coach, Emma Murray, have taken on bigger roles at the track.

A difficult 2026

The split comes during the hardest year of Piastri's four seasons in F1. The 25-year-old is seventh in the drivers' standings with 152 points, 94 behind Norris, who won Sunday in Brazil, according to the official standings (opens in a new tab). Piastri has nine career wins but none this season. He finished second in Japan in March, and he finished sixth at Interlagos.

His recent run has been rough. In Mexico City on Nov. 1, Piastri was handed a 10-second penalty for clipping Arvid Lindblad's Racing Bulls car, an incident that sent the rookie into the wall and brought out a late Safety Car, and he dropped to 13th. In Baku in September, he ran in the podium positions for most of the race before a lock-up dropped him to 14th. During the Dutch Grand Prix weekend in August, McLaren team principal Andrea Stella said Piastri was "not able to drive through pure instinct" and that it was costing him.

McLaren is fourth in the constructors' standings with 398 points, 17 behind Red Bull Racing, with three races left. The next is the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 11 p.m. ET.

Read more on Lando Norris' win in Sao Paulo.

Piastri finished sixth in the wet Sao Paulo Grand Prix. In 2025 he challenged for the title before Lando Norris won the 2025 world title. See where Piastri stands in our 2026 F1 standings breakdown.

Sources: Formula 1. More Formula 1 coverage on Undrafted.

Photo: McLaren F1 Team