Piastri and the cumbersome manager Webber: “He’s still very involved, but now I’m more experienced”

A “cumbersome” manager The final collapse in the 2025 season has undoubtedly marked the so far short career of Oscar Piastri in Formula 1. The young and talented Australian driver has effectively replicated the conclusion of the 2010 World Championship of his manager Mark Webber, who in a short time went from being considered an added value for Piastri’s professional maturation to an obstacle for the achievement of prestigious results. To the point that, at the beginning of this season, Oscar himself told how Webber would be seen in the paddock much less than in the recent past, despite remaining very involved – at least remotely – in his very small circle of trusted collaborators. Oscar Piastri and the relationship with Mark Webber A situation that did not change even after the Japanese GP, which saw Oscar Piastri experience one of his best weekends in his career, even leading the race for long stretches and risking – at least until the Safety Car came on – beating the two Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli and George Russell. “Webber is still very involved – explains Piastri to Fox Sports Australia – and I continued to speak to him often even at the beginning of this year. I am gaining more experience in my career, and there is also the fact that, having more experience, I can now make some decisions and ask myself some questions on my own.” “Especially in the first two years, there were a lot of questions that hadn’t even crossed my mind and that Mark asked as if they were obvious to me and the team. I think now some of those questions come to mind much more naturally. It’s just a natural evolution, really. I definitely feel more comfortable now than in my first year in F1 and I think that’s always been something quite important to me, to just be myself without trying to force something that doesn’t belong to me,” concluded the driver. of McLaren, Oscar Piastri.