Oscar Piastri and Mark Webber end management agreement
The Australian McLaren driver and his former manager have mutually agreed to part ways.
Oscar Piastri and Mark Webber have terminated their management agreement after working together since 2019. Autosport reported the split, which follows Webber's reduced trackside role during the 2026 season.
Key takeaways
- Oscar Piastri and Mark Webber mutually agreed to terminate their management agreement
- Webber and his wife Ann became Piastri's managers in 2019
- Piastri has made 88 career F1 starts with six pole positions and nine victories
- Webber stepped back at the start of the 2026 season and no longer attends races trackside
- Piastri is 25 years old and is starting his fourth season in Formula 1
Oscar Piastri and Mark Webber have mutually agreed to terminate their management agreement, the pair announced.
Webber and his wife Ann became Piastri’s managers in 2019, the year he narrowly beat Victor Martins to the Formula Renault Eurocup title and earned a place on Renault’s F1 academy.
Piastri then won the Formula 3 title the following year, finishing marginally ahead of Theo Pourchaire and Logan Sargeant, and took the Formula 2 championship in 2021 as a rookie.
Under Webber’s guidance, Piastri left Alpine and signed a McLaren race deal for the 2023 Formula 1 season. Across 88 career starts so far, the Australian has taken six pole positions and nine victories.
“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. ” Piastri added: “I'd like to thank Mark and Ann for all their support and advice over the years.
Their guidance has been invaluable, particularly in navigating the beginning of my F1 career. com published the same announcement of the split.
What happens next
Webber had taken a step back at the start of the 2026 season and no longer supported Piastri trackside, with Pedro Matos, his race engineer at Prema in Formula 2, and mental coach Emma Murray assisting the McLaren driver.
Piastri said in February that there was nothing specific behind the change, that Mark remained very much involved, and that they had been in contact over the previous few weeks, but Webber would not be trackside as much anymore.
Piastri is 25 years old and is starting his fourth year in Formula 1.
Speaking on the High Performance Podcast in May, he described the relationship with Webber as good and said he now had answers to questions he would not have had in his first couple of years, or knew the questions to keep asking, which comes with experience.
Piastri career figures reported by Autosport
Metric | Value |
|---|---|
Career F1 starts | 88 |
Pole positions | 6 |
Victories | 9 |
Managers since | 2019 |
Age | 25 |
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