Oscar Piastri Splits From Mark and Ann Webber’s Management Team
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri has ended his management agreement with Mark and Ann Webber after the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. The pair worked together from 2019, and Piastri will now move to a new management structure ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Australian McLaren driver Oscar Piastri has split from his management team, led by former Formula 1 driver Mark Webber and his partner Ann Webber, on Monday, November 9, 2026. It is Australia’s F1 split of the season: Oscar and the Webbers worked together from 2019.
The two sides issued a joint statement on Monday evening, the day after the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. They said they had mutually agreed to end the deal. Piastri will move to a new management structure.
What the statements said
Webber said he and Ann were proud of their part in the "formative years of Oscar’s career". He added that the pair had placed Piastri in F1 "so that he could compete at the front so early on".
Webber also pointed to their smaller presence at races this year. "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," he said.
Piastri thanked the couple. "Their guidance has been invaluable, particularly in navigating the beginning of my F1 career," he said.
Seven years of milestones
The Webbers began working with Piastri in 2019, when he won the Formula Renault Eurocup. He took the FIA Formula 3 title the next season and the Formula 2 title the year after.
Webber then negotiated Piastri’s move to McLaren after Alpine announced the Australian would drive for them in 2023. Piastri publicly denied he had agreed to that. A hearing at the FIA Contract Recognition Board ruled against Alpine, and McLaren confirmed Piastri as Daniel Ricciardo’s replacement.
Piastri took his first Grand Prix win in Hungary in his second season. In 2025 he mounted a title challenge before losing out to team-mate Lando Norris.
A hard 2026 season
This year has been tougher. Piastri has not won a race in more than a year, and he sits seventh in the Drivers’ Championship.
He crashed out of his home race in Melbourne in March. Electrical problems in Shanghai left his car towed from the grid. He has taken podiums in Miami and Japan.
In Sao Paulo he finished sixth, 56 seconds behind Norris, who won. Norris has three victories this season. Kimi Antonelli, 20, won the championship last week.
The Webbers had stepped back from a front-line role, appearing only fleetingly at circuits. Piastri’s former Prema race engineer Pedro Matos and his mental coach Emma Murray have taken on larger roles within his close team.
In July, Webber dismissed reports that Piastri might swap places with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Verstappen has since signed another Red Bull contract, and Piastri remains with McLaren.
Formula 1 next races at the Las Vegas Grand Prix from November 20-22.
