Oscar Piastri Makes Major Career Move: What It Means for His F1 Future

Oscar Piastri has made one of the most important decisions of his sporting career: the Australian McLaren driver and the management team led by Mark Webber and his partner, Ann Webber, have agreed to end their professional relationship by mutual consent, according to a joint statement issued this Monday.

News that represents a turning point in the young driver's trajectory, who, since 2019, has entrusted his career to the experience and contacts of the former Formula 1 driver.

"I would like to thank Mark and Ann for all their support and advice over the years. Their guidance has been invaluable, especially as I navigated the start of my F1 career. I wish them all the best in the future," Piastri declared in the statement.

The 25-year-old driver, currently in seventh place in the drivers' championship, faces a new stage under a renewed management structure whose details have not yet been made public.

Mark Webber, nine-time Grand Prix winner, also wanted to say goodbye with words of gratitude and pride: "We are proud to have played a fundamental 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. After our reduced on-track involvement this season, we have collectively agreed that now is the right time to end our management agreement. This will allow Oscar to build on his achievements under a new management structure and us to embark on our new ventures. We wish Oscar all the best for a long and successful career," the Australian noted.

Piastri's relationship with the Webbers dates back to 2019, when the young driver won his first single-seater championship with a Formula Renault Eurocup title and secured a place in Renault's Formula 1 junior program. That marked the start of a meteoric rise: the following year he became FIA Formula 3 champion, and in 2021 he repeated the title in Formula 2; his talent was evident, but his arrival in Formula 1 was not without obstacles. Alpine, the renamed Renault team, missed the chance to promote him to a full-time seat, which opened the door for McLaren to sign him.

Mark Webber engineered that move: he negotiated with McLaren and secured an agreement for Piastri to debut in Formula 1 in 2023, replacing his compatriot Daniel Ricciardo. The decision proved a success: Piastri scored two podiums in his rookie season and, the following year, took his first Grand Prix win in Hungary. In 2025, already consolidated as one of the most promising drivers on the grid, he starred in an impressive title fight that he finally lost to his teammate, Lando Norris.

This year, the Webbers had reduced their presence at the circuits, and Piastri had increasingly relied on other figures in his environment, such as his former race engineer at Prema, Pedro Matos, and his mental coach, Emma Murray. The separation, though friendly, marks a new stage in the Australian driver's career.

His future at McLaren seems assured in the short term, but his new management team could open new doors for him in the driver market. Meanwhile, Piastri remains focused on his on-track performance and his objective of fighting for the title again in 2027.

His talent is beyond doubt, and his decision to take the reins of his career is another step toward sporting maturity.