Oscar Piastri and Mark Webber have ended their management partnership by mutual agreement, closing a seven-year relationship that delivered a McLaren seat and nine grand prix wins. Webber and his wife Ann signed Piastri in 2019 when he was a Formula Renault champion on Renault's academy ladder. The Australian duo navigated Piastri's contentious 2022 jump from Alpine to McLaren — the career-defining call that put him in race-winning machinery for 2023. Webber had already stepped back from trackside duties at the start of this season, with Piastri leaning on Pedro Matos, his old Prema race engineer, and mental coach Emma Murray instead. In May, Piastri credited Webber with anticipating problems he couldn't see as a rookie but acknowledged that experience has filled the gap. "There's naturally less and less for Mark to do," he said then. The split leaves Piastri, 25 and deep in title contention, building a new management structure as McLaren chases its first drivers' championship since 2008.
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