Sports · Driver managementPiastri Webber split: Management partnership ends, McLaren contract runs through 2028Written November 10, 2026 at 3:10 AM UTCWatchTranscript0:07Oscar Piastri has split with the managers who guided him into Formula One.0:10He'll move to a new management structure, ending a partnership that covered his0:14junior championships and entry into McLaren.0:17His driving contract runs through the end of two thousand and twenty-eight.0:20Who takes over his management and why have both sides chosen to separate now?0:24Petastri and his managers announced their decision on November ninth, the Monday0:27after the S.0:28O Paulo Grand Prix.0:29They released a joint statement that evening, saying they'd mutually agreed to end0:33their management agreement.0:34Mark and Anne Weber had already cut back their presence at races during the season.0:38They continued working with Piastri behind the scenes.0:40Now they've agreed to close the management agreement itself, bringing that broader0:44relationship to an end.0:45The Webbers began working with Piastri in two thousand and nineteen.0:49During two thousand and twenty-six, they reduced their track side involvement.0:52The November ninth announcement completed a further change, ending the agreement0:55under which they'd managed him through the formative years of his career.0:58The departing team includes two co-managers.1:01Mark Weber, the former Formula One driver, led it alongside his wife Anne.1:05Together, they advised Piastri as he progressed through the junior categories and1:09prepared for a place on the Formula One grid.1:11Anne Weber is also known as Anne Neil.1:13She and Mark are both leaving Piastri's management.1:16Weber said they were proud of their part in his early career, including helping him1:19reach Formula One and compete near the front.1:21Weber explained the timing this way: following our reduced track side involvement1:25this season.1:26We have collectively agreed that now is an appropriate time to bring our management1:29agreement to a close.1:31He described it as a collective decision.1:33Weber said the change would let Piastri build on his achievements under new1:36management while he and Anne pursued new ventures.1:39He wished Piastri a long and successful career.1:42Those remarks set out a transition both sides had agreed to, with each looking1:45toward different work ahead.1:47The partnership also spanned the2020 two-contract dispute between Alpine and1:51McLaren.1:52The contract recognition board, which settles competing Formula One contract claims,1:56upheld McLaren's contract over Alpine's claim.1:58Piastri's route into the team survived that challenge.2:01Before that dispute, Piastri had won the Formula Three and Formula Two championships2:05in successive years with the Weber supporting him.2:07His farewell focused on that shared history, thanking both for their advice and2:11singling out their help at the beginning of his Formula One career.2:14Piastri said, I'd like to thank Mark and Anne for all their support and advice over2:18the years.2:18He called their guidance invaluable, particularly when he was navigating the2:22beginning of his Formula One career, and wished them well.2:25He makes the change during a difficult racing season.2:27Piastri was seventh in the drivers' championship when the announcement was published2:31on November9 th.2:32He hadn't won a race in more than a year, although podium finishes in Miami and2:36Japan had provided brighter moments during2026 .2:39Piastri remains contracted to drive for McLaren through the end of2028 .2:43His representation will pass to a new management structure.2:46The Webbers linked their departure to their reduced trackside involvement, but2:49nobody has named Piastri's next manager or explained how that new structure will2:53work.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
