Oscar Piastri and Mark Webber have ended their management partnership, the two sides announced Monday after Brazil. The split caps a season in which the Webbers went from trackside fixtures to occasional visitors, their front-line role effectively finished. Webber brokered Piastri's McLaren seat in 2023 after Alpine fumbled the promotion, a move that unlocked the Australian's career — two podiums as a rookie, a win at Hungary the next year, then a 2025 title charge that fell short against teammate Lando Norris. But with race engineer Pedro Matos and mental coach Emma Murray now shouldering the day-to-day load, the formal tie became redundant. Piastri thanked the Webbers for guiding him through F1's entry gauntlet; Webber cited "reduced trackside involvement" and mutual timing. The nine-time winner sits seventh in the standings with four races left, racing under a new structure that reflects how far he's come since Webber placed the call to Woking.
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