Mark Webber steps down as Oscar Piastri’s manager
Filip Škripko
Oscar Piastri will be looking for a new manager. On Monday after the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, he announced that Mark Webber would no longer manage his career. The split comes by mutual agreement.
Mark Webber had managed Oscar Piastri’s career since 2019. He helped his fellow Australian reach Formula 1 and secured him a seat as a rookie at McLaren, which became a championship-winning team just a year after his arrival.
The former Red Bull driver even negotiated a highly favourable contract for him, angering Lando Norris fans in previous years; Piastri’s deal guaranteed equal opportunities and immunity from team orders. McLaren could only assign him a supporting role once he was mathematically out of title contention.
Mark Webber travelled to grands prix alongside Oscar Piastri in previous seasons, but that changed at the start of the year. The pair announced that Webber would work “behind the scenes”, and he was no longer seen at race weekends.
“I’d like to thank Mark and Ann [Webber] for all their support and advice over the years,” Oscar Piastri said on Monday. “Their guidance has been invaluable, particularly in navigating the beginning of my F1 career. I wish them all the best going forward.”
The split caps a disastrous year for Piastri. Since his last victory at the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix, he has scored just 253 championship points, the fewest of any regular driver at the top teams. Over that period, he has claimed just five podiums compared with Norris’s twelve.
“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,” said Mark Webber. “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.”
The experienced Australian added: “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.”
