Oscar Piastri and Mark Webber have ended their management partnership, with the McLaren driver set to move to a new management structure after a difficult 2026 Formula 1 season.
Piastri and Webber, who has managed the Australian’s career alongside his wife Ann since 2019, announced the split in a joint statement on Monday night, saying they had mutually agreed to terminate their management agreement.
The news came a day after Piastri finished sixth at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, a race won by McLaren teammate Lando Norris.
“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.”
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Webber: ‘An appropriate time’
Webber, a nine-time grand prix winner with Red Bull, said he and Ann were proud of the role they had played.
“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. We wish Oscar all the very best for a long and successful career.”
Webber had already stepped back from a trackside role at the start of this season, with Piastri’s former Prema race engineer Pedro Matos and mental coach Emma Murray supporting him at races, Motorsport.com reported.
Piastri said in February that nothing specific had triggered that change.
“There wasn’t anything specific, just we made a decision for things to look a bit different,” he said at the time.
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From junior titles to McLaren
The Webbers guided Piastri through back-to-back Formula 3 and Formula 2 titles in 2020 and 2021, and his move from the Alpine fold to McLaren for his F1 debut in 2023, when he replaced fellow Australian Daniel Ricciardo.
Piastri has won nine grands prix but has not won a race this season, the ABC reported. He sits seventh in the drivers’ championship, which was won by Kimi Antonelli in Mexico.
His season included a crash at his home grand prix in Melbourne in March, while he did reach the podium in Miami and Japan, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
Piastri remains contracted to McLaren. Three rounds remain in the 2026 season, starting with the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Sunday, November 22 (AEDT).
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