Oscar Piastri and Mark Webber end their management partnership. Seven years together close. Piastri faces a new career move.
Oscar Piastri has ended his management partnership with Mark Webber and Ann Webber, closing a relationship that began in 2019 and spanned his rise from junior racing to Formula One. A joint statement released on the Monday after the São Paulo Grand Prix said both sides had mutually agreed to end their management agreement.
The announcement followed a tough, winless weekend for the McLaren driver, who finished sixth in São Paulo. The timing puts a personal change alongside a demanding stretch on track, but the statement offered no suggestion that the decision alters Piastri’s position with the team.
For a modern F1 driver, management reaches well beyond race-weekend logistics: it can shape commercial deals, media commitments and longer-term career planning. The agreement’s end is a significant management change, but it concerns representation, not Piastri’s racing contract or his relationship with McLaren.
Why Piastri and Webber’s management partnership mattered
Webber, a nine-time Grand Prix winner, had guided Piastri since the Australian’s junior-category days. That long view gave the partnership a distinctive role: Webber knew the pressures of the Formula One paddock first-hand, while Piastri climbed through the ranks towards a seat at McLaren.
Their collaboration also carried weight because Piastri’s route to F1 involved a high-profile dispute over his future before McLaren confirmed him for 2023. His driver management team helped steer the early stages of a career that has since put him in the fight at the front. Readers can revisit Piastri’s Formula One profile and the earlier contract story in his commitment to McLaren.
A change in representation does not, by itself, signal a change in sporting direction. There is no announced replacement in the available statement, and neither side set out a reason for the decision; the confirmed fact is a mutual agreement to end the arrangement. In a sport where every move invites speculation, that distinction matters.
What the management change means for Piastri’s next move
Piastri now faces the practical task of deciding how to handle the commercial and off-track work previously managed by the Webbers. Whether he appoints a new representative or takes a different approach remains unannounced. For now, the partnership ending marks an administrative reset, not evidence of a wider career move.
The immediate sporting focus stays with McLaren. Piastri’s results, qualifying pace and contribution to the team’s championship campaign will define his season far more than a change in driver management. His recent on-track story has included both promise and setbacks, as this report on Piastri’s impact alongside Lando Norris shows.
That separation is especially important as teams and drivers plan around Formula One’s changing demands in 2026. A new representative could influence how opportunities are assessed, but it cannot alter the car’s performance or Piastri’s role in the cockpit. The measure of this decision will emerge in the choices that follow, not in assumptions about the agreement itself.
Webber’s seven-year involvement ends with mutual thanks rather than a public dispute, according to the joint announcement. For Piastri, the next chapter begins with the same immediate brief: deliver for McLaren on track while deciding who will guide the business of his motorsport career.
