Overview
- Mark Webber remains Oscar Piastri’s manager but will attend fewer race weekends and concentrate on commercial matters.
- Pedro Matos, Piastri’s former F2 race engineer, and Australian mental coach Emma Murray will take on expanded trackside roles.
- Piastri told reporters in Bahrain that there was no single flashpoint behind the decision and emphasized ongoing close contact with Webber.
- Claims from Ralf Schumacher and a podcast host that McLaren pushed for the shift and that Webber’s relationship with Zak Brown had cooled are reported but unverified.
- Piastri says adapting to the 2026 cars has been a learning curve and warns that poor starts could cost multiple positions, with the new setup set for its first real test in Melbourne.