Steiner: Webber may have become too involved in Piastri’s career

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Steiner says Webber may have become too involved in Piastri’s career in the second half of 2025, when the Australian’s title challenge faded. He recalls Piastri wanting greater independence; the pair later mutually agreed to end their management partnership.

From the GPBeat newsroomPublished · 13 Nov 2026, 19:34 · 1 min

Former Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes Mark Webber may have become too involved in Oscar Piastri’s career in the second half of 2025, when Piastri’s title challenge against McLaren team-mate Lando Norris faded. Steiner made the comments on The Red Flags Podcast after Piastri and Webber announced, following the São Paulo Grand Prix, that they had mutually agreed to end their management partnership.

Steiner recalled Piastri saying: ‘OK, I’m now more experienced. I want to do this on my own.’

Steiner also said Piastri owed Webber a lot and that, in his opinion, some of Piastri’s success was due to Webber.

Webber had already scaled back his role in 2026 and stopped attending races alongside Piastri. Steiner said he had seen Webber only once or twice in 2026, and recalled Webber saying at the start of 2026 that he would no longer be alongside Piastri as he had been in earlier seasons.

Their management agreement began in 2019 and spanned Piastri’s rise through Formula 3 and Formula 2 to a McLaren race seat.

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