Mark Webber is an Australian racing driver who competed in Formula 1 for 12 years: from 2002 to 2013. He raced for four teams: Minardi, Jaguar, Williams, and Red Bull.
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During this time, he became the winner of a Grand Prix nine times; it is noteworthy that Webber won twice in Monaco and Silverstone. He accumulated an impressive tally of 42 podium finishes and 13 pole positions. Mark took third place at the end of the championship in the seasons of 2010 and 2011, and the final one in his F1 career, 2013. Many years have passed since then, so let’s see what the racer does and where Mark Webber is now.
FIA World Endurance Championship
Already in the middle of the 2013 season, while still competing in Formula 1, Mark Webber said that he would leave the championship at the end of the year. The Aussie announced that he would have driven for Porsche in the FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP1 class in 2014. In the first season, he got on the podium three times, but in the end, the racer was able to finish the year only in ninth place. 2015 turned out to be much luckier for the Australian driver: he climbed the podium six times and won the WEC championship that year, scoring 166 points! 2016 saw Mark finishing in fourth place, scoring 31.5 points less than last season. Webber decided the time was right for him to retire from racing at the end of the 2016 WEC season.
During Mark’s career in the WEC championship, he took part in The 24 Hours of Le Mans three times. In 2015, Mark Webber and his crew, which also included Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley, managed to take second place. By the way, the racer took part in this legendary race back in 1998 and 1999, before joining Formula 1. In 1999, an aerodynamic error on his Mercedes car forced Webber to literally take off from the track in qualifying on race day, which compelled him to drop out of it.
Beyond the track
After finishing his racing career,…
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