Piastri ‘modifies’ his staff: here are those who will support him in 2026

A ‘new’ team Oscar Piastri’s main objective for the 2026 world championship will obviously be not to repeat a season similar to that of last year, when the Australian initially seemed to be the number one candidate for winning the title only to then encounter a crisis of results that compromised his leadership. The McLaren driver is now on track with the first tests in Bahrain, but during the winter break he intervened on his staff. Managers on and off the track The role of manager will once again be compatriot and former Red Bull driver Mark Webber, even if the latter will be less present in the paddock than in 2025. Specifically, the 49-year-old will take care of the commercial and contractual aspects together with his wife Ann Deal, while the one who will take over from Webber in the paddock for all the races (or almost all) will be the Portuguese Pedro Matos. The same mental coach A far from unknown figure for Piastri, who was the track engineer for the Australian in Prema in 2021, the year in which the current teammate of world champion Lando Norris won the Formula 2 title. In addition to the presence of Matos, Piastri will continue the partnership with his mental coach Emma Murray, also an Australian national (well known for her support of other compatriot athletes) and destined for a greater presence on the track.