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Mark Alan Webber (born 27 August 1976) is an Australian former professional racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2002 to 2013 and the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) between 2014 and 2016. He is a champion of the 2015 FIA WEC for Porsche with German Timo Bernhard and New Zealander Brendon Hartley.

Webber began karting at age 12 or 13 and achieved early success, winning regional championships before progressing to car racing in the Australian Formula Ford Championship and the British Formula 3 Championship. He competed for two years opposite Bernd Schneider in the FIA GT Championship with the AMG Mercedes team, finishing runner-up in the 1998 season with five wins in ten races before finishing second in the 2001 International Formula 3000 Championship driving for Super Nova Racing. Webber made his F1 debut with the Minardi team in the 2002 season and finished fifth in his first race, the 2002 Australian Grand Prix. He moved to the Jaguar squad for the 2003 and 2004 championships. For the 2005 season, he was granted an early release from his contract with Jaguar and joined the Williams team, securing his first podium finish at the Monaco Grand Prix. Webber remained at Williams until the 2006 campaign, driving for the Red Bull squad for the rest of his F1 career. He won nine F1 Grands Prix, thirteen pole positions and finished third in the World Drivers' Championship in the 2010, 2011 and 2013 seasons.

He left F1 after 2013 and moved to the WEC, sharing a Porsche 919 Hybrid with Bernhard and Hartley in the fully-professional Le Mans Prototype 1 class from the 2014 to 2016 seasons. The trio won eight races in the final two seasons and the 2015 World Endurance Drivers' Championship. He retired from motor sport in 2016, becoming a television pundit for Britain's Channel 4 and Australia's Network 10 and a driver manager. Webber received the Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2017 Australia Day Honours. Webber is an inductee of both the Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame and the FIA Hall of Fame.


Early and personal life[]

On 27 August 1976, Webber was born to middle-class parents,[1] motorcycle dealer and petrol station owner Alan Webber and his wife Diane, in the small New South Wales town of Queanbeyan located in the Tablelands, on the Queanbeyan River banks,[2][3] near Canberra.[4] His paternal grandfather was a firewood merchant. Webber has an elder sister, Leanne. He was educated at the nearby Isabella Street Primary School and Karabar High School (KHS). Webber represented KHS in athletics and rugby league and did Australian rules football, cricket and swimming after his mother encouraged him to get involved in as many sports as possible. At age 13, he was a ball boy for the rugby league team Canberra Raiders for a year and earned money delivering pizzas in the Canberra and Queanbeyan areas in his late schooling years.[5] Webber also worked as an apprentice plumber and woodcutter.[5] He lives in the small Buckinghamshire village of Aston Clinton with his wife Ann Neal and is stepfather to her son from a previous relationship.[3][6]

Early racing career[]

Webber began driving motorbikes on weekends from about age four or five on his maternal grandfather's 2,500-acre (1,000 ha) farm.[6] Webber was not encouraged to seriously take up motorcycling by his father, because he sponsored some local children who were injured in motorbike accidents.[7] At about 12 or 13, he switched to karting, buying a go-kart from a school friend's father. He developed himself at a local indoor go-kart centre near his home. Webber received a second-hand worn out go-kart from his father in 1990 and drove it about once a month at the Canberra Go-Kart Club and in meetings in and around Canberra.[8] Andy Lawson, owner of Queanbeyan Kart Centre, built karts around Webber's frame and Webber's father leased his petrol station and worked long hours at an car dealer to fund his son's karting activities. Webber opted for karting,[8] and made his junior-level karting debut in 1991 aged 14,[9][10] winning the 1992 Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales (NSW) State championships.[8] In 1993, Webber won the Canberra Cup, the King of Karting Clubman Light Class titles, the 1993 Top Gun Award at the Ian Luff Advanced Driving School,[9] and the 1993 NSW Junior National Heavy Championship in a Lawson kart with a larger, more powerful engine.

In 1994, he made his car racing debut, competing in the eight-round Australian Formula Ford Championship featuring non-aerodynamically dependent open-wheel racing vehicles fitted with treaded tyres. He drove Craig Lowndes' championship-winning 1993 RF93 Van Diemen FF1600 car that his father purchased.[10][11] Webber achieved a season-high third at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit for 14th in the Drivers' Championship with 30 points and second in the Rookie of the Year standings.[9] He was disqualified from the non-championship Australian Grand Prix Formula Ford support race for passing the field on the formation lap. In late 1994, Webber's father asked English-born media officer Ann Neal to locate sponsorship for Webber; Neal located support from the Australian Yellow Pages after she and Webber reviewed six proposals.[7] Webber moved to Sydney from Queanbeyan to be closer to Australia's motor racing industry. When not racing, he earned money working part-time as a driving instructor at Oran Park Raceway defensive driving school.[12]

He entered the 1995 Australian Formula Ford Championship with Yellow Pages Racing driving a 1995 Van Diemen car, finishing fourth overall with three victories, three pole positions and 158 points in a high-quality field.[13] Webber finished second at both Mallala Motor Sport Park rounds of the 1995 Australian Drivers' Championship driving a Birrana Racing Reynard 90D-Holden car for seventh in the Drivers' Championship with 32 points.[14] In October 1995, he moved to the London suburb of Hainault,[2][15] to further his racing career. He entered the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch with the Van Diemen factory team, and finished the race third.[16] The result impressed team owner Ralph Firman Sr. enough to sign Webber to Van Diemen for both the 1996 European Formula Ford Championship and the 1996 British Formula Ford Championship, finishing third and second overall, respectively.[14] He won four races in the British series,[17] finishing second in the championship behind teammate Kristian Kolby,[13] and was also third in the Formula Ford Euro Cup driving two of the three rounds with a win at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.[16] Webber won the Formula Holden Australian Grand Prix support race, and the Formula Ford Festival.[13][16]

In 1997, he elected to skip Formula Renault and Formula Vauxhall on sponsors advice, and signed a contract to progress to the higher-tier British Formula Three Championship with Alan Docking Racing (ADR).[17][18] Webber was ADR's lead driver complemented by two funded non-competitive teammates,[13] and was told to bring funding to ADR.[2] Driving a Dallara F397 car powered by an old Mugen Honda engine purchased by the Webber family,[19] he won the Brands Hatch Grand Prix event and came fourth overall with 131 points.[20] Webber was voted Rookie of the Year as 1997's highest-placed rookie.[21][22] His funding almost dried up mid-season until motor racing journalist Peter Windsor suggested Webber solicit funding from rugby union player and family friend David Campese to complete the year and stop Webber ending his international career early.[17] Webber's season was put on a race-by-race basis and he received offers from Renault and Jackie Stewart.[23] He also finished third in the Masters of Formula 3 and fourth in the Macau Grand Prix for ADR.[24]

Sports car racing and International Formula 3000 (1998–2001)[]

A silver closed cockpit sports car on display

The front view of the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR that Webber drove

After testing at the A1 Ring, Webber rejected an offer from Mercedes-Benz motorsports boss Norbert Haug to drive a CLK GTR car at the FIA GT Nürburgring 4 Hours in place of Alexander Wurz. However, he did agree to race for the AMG Mercedes team in the 1998 FIA GT Championship. A lack of financing at the time prevented Webber from entering Formula 3000. Haug selected Webber after AMG Mercedes' Gerhard Ungar liked Webber's tenacity. Webber was paired with touring car driver Bernd Schneider, who mentored him driving-wise and in vehicle mechanics. Driving the No. 1 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR, he and Schneider won five races and took eight podium finishes,[25] finishing championship runner-up to teammates Klaus Ludwig and Ricardo Zonta after a title duel with the sister team lasting to the season's final round.[13][18]

In June 1998, Webber entered his first 24 Hours of Le Mans having pre-qualified due to Schneider's 1997 FIA GT Championship win. He, Ludwig and Schnieder retired their Le Mans-specific CLK-LM car after 75 minutes due to a steering pump fault causing an engine failure. Late in the year, Campese Management managed Webber until Neal resumed her professional relationship with Webber; she suggested that Webber enter the International Formula 3000 (IF3000) in 1999 pending funding. Webber entered the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans after the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) abolished the FIA GT Championship GT1 category due to a lack of manufacturer entries for 1999. Sharing the No. 4 Mercedes-Benz CLR with Jean-Marc Gounon and Marcel Tiemann, an car aerodynamic fault caused Webber to go airborne in qualifying between Mulsanne Corner and Indianapolis corner and on the Mulsanne Straight in race-day warm up, forcing his withdrawal from the race.[13]

Webber's relationship with Mercedes-Benz cooled following Le Mans because he felt they were unworried about him. He rejected Haug's offer to compete in American open-wheel racing. Greg Moore's death in an accident in California in October 1999 prompted Webber to focus on European single-seater racing. His Mercedes-Benz contract was terminated around November following negotiations. Airline magnate Paul Stoddart, through talks with Jordan Grand Prix team owner Eddie Jordan, offered to underwrite $1.1 million for Webber to combine F3000 and planned Formula One (F1) testing. Webber signed to drive a Lola-Ford Zytek car for the Arrows F3000 team in the 2000 IF3000 Championship, finishing third in the Drivers' Championship with 21 points, winning at Silverstone, achieving two podium results and retiring four times.[13][26]

For 2001, he moved to the Benetton Formula-affiliated, reigning teams' champions Super Nova Racing, replacing Nicolas Minassian.[27] Webber, the title favourite,[28] tended to overestimate the Lola car's grip whilst combining F3000 racing with regular access to F1 vehicles for testing.[19] Webber won at Imola, Monaco and Magny-Cours and was second at the Nürburgring. Four consecutive retirements in the final four rounds prevented him from winning the championship, and he scored 39 points, finishing runner-up to Justin Wilson.[20]

Formula One career (1999–2013)[]

Testing (1999–2001)[]

Webber made his F1 test debut with the Arrows team in a two-day session organised by Stoddart at the Circuit de Catalunya in December 1999. Plans to drive the Arrows A21 car at Silverstone in July 2000 was cancelled,[29] when he and Stoddart rejected a binding contract for 2001 from team owner Tom Walkinshaw. Webber received a three-day evaluation test at Estoril two months later following talks with Benetton. After that, Webber and his legal team agreed terms with Benetton team owner Flavio Briatore to be Benetton's test and reserve driver. He developed the car for racers Jenson Button and Giancarlo Fisichella for 2001 and would replace one of them if they got ill or injured.[30] Webber tested frequently for Benetton and helped to improve the team's performance for the season's end.[31] He joined Briatore's managerial stable in May 2001 on a ten-year contract when Neal said that she wanted to step back from driver management.


Minardi (2002)[]

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Webber driving for Minardi at the 2002 French Grand Prix

Webber made his Formula One debut at his home race, the 2002 Australian Grand Prix. This was the first race of an initial three race contract and was extended until the end of the season after his first race. He qualified 18th of the 22 cars, over 4 seconds away from the pole position time, but 1.4 seconds ahead of team-mate Yoong.[32] The start of the race featured a spectacular accident between Ralf Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello, the aftermath of which forced eight cars to retire from the race. Webber, who had a problem with his launch control at the start, battled with a broken differential to fend off the experienced Mika Salo in a much faster Toyota and finish fifth.[33] The result made Webber just the fourth Australian F1 driver to score World Championship points, and the first Minardi driver to score points since Marc Gené in 1999.[34]

Webber was forced into retirement in the Malaysian Grand Prix, before picking up consecutive 11th-place finishes in the following two races. He, along with Yoong, was forced to pull out of the Spanish Grand Prix due to potentially dangerous wing failures during the weekend.[35]

Webber picked up two more 11th place finishes, but was unable to score points for the remainder of the year, his next best result coming in France, where he finished 8th. In the Hungarian Grand Prix, Webber lost two kilograms in weight over the length of the race as he was forced to drive without a drink after his water bottle broke.[36] Webber was able to outqualify Yoong (and Anthony Davidson, who replaced Yoong for the Hungarian and Belgian Grands Prix) in every race, and his two points in Australia were the only points that Minardi scored all season, helping them to 9th in the Constructors' Championship, ahead of Toyota and Arrows.[37] Webber's results earned him the "Rookie of the Year" award in F1 Racing magazine's annual Man of the Year awards (receiving 53.70% of public votes),[38] the Autosport.com "Rookie of the Year" award and "F1 Newcomer of the Year" at the annual Grand Prix Party "Bernie" Awards.[39] In light of his season, notable Formula One journalist Peter Windsor related Webber to 1992 World Champion Nigel Mansell, saying they had similar amounts of "raw talent".[40] In November 2002 it was announced that Webber would join Jaguar Racing for the following season alongside Brazilian Williams test driver Antônio Pizzonia.[41]

Jaguar (2003–2004)[]

2003[]

Webber's Jaguar career started disappointingly when he qualified in 14th place for the Australian Grand Prix before being forced to retire on lap 15 with a rear suspension failure. The following race in Malaysia was problematic for Webber; Giancarlo Fisichella began reversing towards him on the starting grid and then Webber's in-car fire extinguisher discharged into his face. He was eventually forced to retire from 8th position with an oil consumption problem.[42]

Webber took provisional pole position in Friday qualifying of the Brazilian Grand Prix, out-qualifying local driver Rubens Barrichello by 0.138 seconds during a rain-affected session.[43] He continued his good performance in the Saturday session taking a career-best 3rd on the grid, Jaguar Racing's best qualifying performance in their four-year Formula One history.[44] In the race, which was hit heavily by rain, Webber was in seventh place when he attempted to cool his tyres by driving through a puddle lying off-line in the final corner.[45] The resultant lack of grip caused Webber to crash heavily into the pit straight walls, leaving debris on the track which caused a second major crash; Fernando Alonso hitting a stray tyre. The race was subsequently red-flagged, and although Webber was originally classified in 7th, an FIA investigation found a timekeeping error which meant that Webber was placed 9th in the re-classification.[46]

Webber's good qualifying form continued into the San Marino Grand Prix but at the start of the race he had dropped from 5th to 11th by the first corner due to a launch control failure that affected both Jaguars.[47] He retired from the race after 54 laps with a driveshaft failure, his fourth consecutive non-finish for the year. His luck improved in the following races though, taking his first points in Spain and signing a new 2-year contract with the team reportedly worth US$6 million per season.[48]

He then went on to score points in five of the next six races on his way to moving into the top 10 in the World Drivers' Championship,[49] the run of results interrupted only by an engine failure in Monaco. One of his best races came in Austria where despite starting from the pitlane and suffering a drive-through penalty[50] he set the race's third fastest lap, behind only the Ferraris of Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello, finishing in 7th place.[51]

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Webber's 2003 helmet design

At the British Grand Prix, as the procession of cars exited the Becketts corner onto the Hangar straight on lap 11, now-defrocked priest Neil Horan cleared the fence wearing a kilt whilst waving banners with the statements "Read the Bible" and "The Bible is always right".[52] Horan ran towards the sequence of cars forcing several cars to swerve to avoid him. Webber came closest to hitting Horan in a terrifying parallel to the accident at the 1977 South African Grand Prix where volunteer track marshal, Jansen Van Vuuren, ran across the main straight to aid a car and was hit at 274 km/h (170 mph) by Welsh driver Tom Pryce. The safety car was deployed to remove Horan from the track, and Webber eventually finished 14th.

After Silverstone, Webber had scored 12 Championship points, compared to Pizzonia's 0, and after much speculation it was announced that Minardi driver Justin Wilson would replace the Brazilian for the remainder of the year. The German Grand Prix saw Webber's sixth retirement of the season after he made a last lap lunge on Jenson Button in an attempt to salvage a point from the weekend.[53]

Consecutive points finishes in Hungary and Italy saw Webber climb to ninth in the drivers' standings with a 5-point margin over Button. He was unable to hold onto this position however, after one too many laps on dry tyres saw him spin out from the lead of the United States Grand Prix, and a disappointing 11th-place result in Japan. These meant that he had finished on equal points with Button but lost out on a countback.[54]

Although Wilson scored a point in the United States Grand Prix, Webber had still never been outqualified by a team-mate and, late in the year, Jaguar announced that rookie Christian Klien would team up with Webber for the 2004 season. Webber's results again earned him plaudits in the press, winning the 2003 "Driver of the Year" award from Autocar magazine.[55]

2004[]

Continuing with Jaguar in 2004, Webber qualified sixth for the first race of the season, the Australian Grand Prix, but faced his second consecutive retirement from his home race, this time due to a gearbox failure. At the following race, the Malaysian Grand Prix, Webber produced the best qualifying performance of his career up to that point by splitting the dominant Ferraris to line up second on the grid. The race was less rewarding with a near-stall at the start meaning he was well outside the top 10 by the time the cars reached turn 1. An aggressive lap saw him move up to ninth place but during an exciting battle with Ralf Schumacher, they collided, forcing Webber to pit with damage to his front wing and tyre. In his desperation to make up for the lost time, Webber exceeded the pitlane speed limit and was handed a drive-through penalty which left him even further behind. More frustration eventually led to the end of his race as he spun into the gravel trap on the outside of the final corner on lap 23.

The situation improved for the following race in Bahrain though, as Webber picked up his first point for the season despite a small mistake in qualifying which left him starting 14th and marked the first time he had been outqualified by his team-mate in F1.[56] He was unable to continue his point scoring form, however, as intermittent electrical problems in San Marino and a lack of grip in Spain meant that he could do no better than 13th and 12th in those races.

Webber suffered two engine failures in practice for the Monaco Grand Prix, the first of which forced Webber to extinguish it himself after being unable to find a track-side marshal willing to help.[57] In the race, Webber was forced to retire due to a loss of engine power. He was able to pick up two Championship points in the following race with a seventh place finish in the European Grand Prix. Webber had lined up 14th on the grid, after being handed a one-second penalty for yellow flag infringements during Friday practice,[58] but was able to move through the field to take his points tally to 3. After the race, he was criticised by Michael Schumacher for refusing to yield when Webber had emerged from his pit stop slightly ahead of (but one lap behind) Schumacher.[59] Upon hearing the comments, Webber said he "would do exactly the same again" in the same situation.[60]

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Webber driving for Jaguar at the 2004 United States Grand Prix

There were consecutive retirements in Canada, where he was hit by Klien,[61] and the United States where he suffered an oil leak.[62] A change of luck gained him a 9th place finish in the French Grand Prix and preceded a further championship point in the British Grand Prix; although his total of 4 points compared unfavourably to his 12 scored by the same time in the previous season. It was at this stage that former team-mate Pizzonia returned to racing as a replacement for the injured Ralf Schumacher and accused Jaguar of favouritism towards Webber during their time as team-mates saying that Webber received new car parts one or two races before Pizzonia.[63] The claims were categorically denied by Jaguar boss David Pitchforth,[64] and whilst Webber did not publicly comment on the situation at the time he had his best result of the season finishing sixth in the German Grand Prix, running ahead of Pizzonia for the entire race.[65] Meanwhile, reports emerged that Jaguar could not guarantee that they would compete in Formula One for the 2005 season[66] and on 28 July, it was announced that Webber would drive for Williams for 2005 and beyond. He would later admit this was the team that his "heart was always set on".[67] Webber was unable to build on his points tally, however, and 10th place in Hungary followed by a first-lap accident in Belgium with 9th in Italy and 10th in China saw him sitting 13th in the Championship.

The penultimate race of the season, the Japanese Grand Prix saw Webber produce another good qualifying effort as he set the third fastest time. His race ended prematurely though when he suffered from a badly overheating cockpit, the cause of which could not be determined by Jaguar.[68] The Brazilian Grand Prix marked both Webber's last race for Jaguar and Jaguar's last race in Formula One, ending sadly for the team, as Klien turned in to a corner colliding with Webber as the Australian attempted to make up for a pit stop delay earlier in the race. Webber was forced to retire due to the damage and watched the remainder of the race from the grass on the outside of turn 1 as Klien finished 14th.

Williams (2005–2006)[]

Webber was granted an early release from his Jaguar contract to be allowed to test with his new team, Williams, over the winter. Williams had announced that Jenson Button would drive for the team in 2005 alongside Webber but, after claims that Button was still contracted to BAR, his contract with Williams was overturned. With his new team-mate undecided and going down to a "shootout" between Nick Heidfeld and Pizzonia, Webber hit back at Pizzonia's claims of unfair treatment during 2003, claiming the Brazilian was lying and saying he was a "loser" for believing that there was favouritism towards Webber,[69] comments which led to a reprimand from his new team.[70]

Heidfeld was finally announced as Webber's 2005 team-mate at the Williams season launch on 31 January, with Webber admitting he was pleased with the eventual decision.[71] Webber's move to Williams brought about comparisons to Alan Jones,[72] Australia's last F1 World Champion, also in a Williams. Expectations were high as Webber's former team boss Paul Stoddart predicted Webber would take his first victory in 2005[73] while Williams technical director Sam Michael said Webber would eventually win the World Championship with Williams.[74]

2005[]

In his first race for the team, the Australian Grand Prix, Webber took 3rd on the grid but was beaten to the first corner by David Coulthard and eventually finished the race in fifth. His best chance to do so though came in the following race in Malaysia. After qualifying fourth, Webber was defending third position having overtaken the Renault of Giancarlo Fisichella at turn 14. An optimistic Fisichella (who was struggling due to a lack of downforce and tyre grip) slip streamed Webber on the back straight and attempted a counter-pass down the inside of turn 15. Unfortunately, Fisichella locked his brakes and slid into the side of Webber's car, eliminating both drivers from the race. This allowed Heidfeld to inherit third place and Fisichella was later reprimanded by race stewards for causing the incident.[75] It was later revealed that Webber had competed in the first two races suffering a fractured rib, from an injury he had sustained during pre-season testing at Barcelona, though he "didn't want to make a fuss" about it and would be fully fit in time for the Bahrain Grand Prix.[76]

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Webber during pit stop at 2005 San Marino Grand Prix.

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Webber at the 2005 Canadian Grand Prix.

After qualifying fifth in Bahrain, Webber had been as high as third place in the race but he ultimately finished sixth,[77] taking his points tally to 7 for the season. He followed this up by qualifying fourth and finishing a disappointing 10th after twice running wide off the track in the San Marino Grand Prix, although his position was revised to 7th after the disqualification of the BAR team and a resulting penalty to Ralf Schumacher. The race was a poor one for Williams (Heidfeld was 9th before the reclassification), but Webber hit back at the Spanish Grand Prix, qualifying 2nd and finishing 6th – his fourth points scoring finish in the first five races.

The following race in Monaco saw Webber take third place, the first podium finish of his career. On the rostrum Webber looked noticeably disappointed with the result after losing second place to team-mate Heidfeld due to the Williams team pitting Heidfeld before Webber causing Webber to lose time behind the slow Alonso. Webber had been ahead of Heidfeld for most of the race and would probably still have been second had the team pitted them in the more regular sequence.[78] This best result of Webber's career was followed by one of his worst at the European Grand Prix when, after qualifying third, he locked his brakes in the very first corner of the race and collided with Juan Pablo Montoya, forcing him to retire. Heidfeld started from pole position to finish in second place overtaking Webber in championship points in the process.[79]

The race in Canada was affected by this previous result, as Webber was only able to qualify 14th, but he was pleased with an eventual 5th-place finish and a further 4 Championship points.[80] The United States Grand Prix was the beginning of a lean streak for Webber with just one point-scoring finish in the next seven races, a seventh in Hungary, and by this stage he had slipped from 6th to 10th in the World Championship. Webber had another poor race in Turkey where he collided with Michael Schumacher after the German changed lines in the braking area, causing extensive damage to both cars.

With Heidfeld injured, Webber's former Jaguar team-mate Antônio Pizzonia stepped into the second Williams seat adding pressure on Webber to perform well given the public argument the pair had towards the end of 2004. The Italian Grand Prix saw Pizzonia driving to seventh whilst Webber was caught up in a first-corner incident which led to him finishing 14th.[81] The roles were reversed for the following race in Belgium as Webber finished in fourth place and Pizzonia retired after a collision with Juan Pablo Montoya in the closing laps. With rumours spreading that Heidfeld had in fact signed with BMW Sauber for the 2006 season,[82] Pizzonia continued in the race seat, and in the Brazilian Grand Prix, was clipped by David Coulthard in turn one. The contact caused Pizzonia to spin into the path of Webber forcing extensive repairs to the Australian's car.[83] Webber took 17th place, setting the 8th fastest lap of the race,[84] but was not classified as a finisher.

The final two races of the season saw Webber take 4th and 7th to consolidate his 10th place in the Drivers' Championship. Webber described the 2005 season as "frustrating" and acknowledged that his reputation had somewhat diminished[85] but opted to stay on with Williams despite an offer from BMW Sauber.[86] Webber's team-mate for 2006 would be German Nico Rosberg, becoming the seventh driver to partner Webber since 2002.

Webber was awarded the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy in 2006 for his 2005 season.[87]

2006[]

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Webber driving at the 2006 French Grand Prix

For the first time in Webber's career the first race of the season was not held in Melbourne, but in Bahrain, due to the original date clashing with the Commonwealth Games. Webber qualified 7th and had a solid race to finish 6th and pick up 3 Championship points. Although Webber was considered by some to have the better race performance,[88] this was generally overlooked when Rosberg set the fastest lap in his debut race and moved up through the field despite a first-lap incident.[89]

Webber's two following races in Malaysia and Australia were cut short due to mechanical problems. In Malaysia, Webber started 4th on the grid and was still running in that position before a hydraulics failure ended his race on lap 14. In his home race, Webber qualified seventh and was leading the race before his gearbox failed on lap 22.[90] A sixth-place finish in San Marino saw Webber move up to 9th in the Championship. In the European Grand Prix, hydraulics failure struck again ending his race after he had fought his way back to 12th from his 19th place start on the grid due to a mid-weekend engine change.

The Spanish Grand Prix marked the first time Webber failed to make the top 10 cut-off in the new qualifying system and he struggled during the race finishing ninth. Monaco, however, saw a huge improvement with Webber qualifying on the front row, after Michael Schumacher's grid penalty, holding third for a large part of the race before retiring when his exhaust burned a wiring loom. Webber's car was not as disadvantaged as at most other venues, as aerodynamic efficiency is not as important at Monaco.[91]

At the British Grand Prix, Webber was taken out on the first lap after an incident with Ralf Schumacher and Scott Speed. In France, Webber suffered a spectacular tyre blowout at maximum speed which he managed to control and return to the pits, parking in the garage. Germany was one of Webber's strongest races of the year where he was on target for a podium finish until mechanical failure stopped him with only 9 laps to go. The Hungarian Grand Prix was another retirement for Webber as he slid into a barrier in the wet conditions and crushed his front wing under the chassis of the Williams. He finished only 10th in Turkey, where despite running fourth after a first-lap accident, he struggled from then on.

After another disappointing qualifying session at the Italian Grand Prix where he qualified 19th, he finished in tenth place. In China, Webber scored Williams' first point since Rosberg's 7th in the European Grand Prix by finishing eighth, after passing the struggling David Coulthard in the closing stages of the race, after qualifying 14th. He qualified in the same position in Japan, but a lack of grip from his Bridgestone tyres saw him crash out of the race after 39 laps. His last race for Williams and the final race of 2006 at the Brazilian Grand Prix ended in disappointment. After starting 11th, he contrived to collide with his team-mate Rosberg on the first lap and suffered terminal damage to the rear of the car. As a result, Rosberg had a big shunt at the end of the lap. Overall, it was a generally dismal season for Webber, scoring only 7 points to finish 14th overall in the drivers championship.

Red Bull Racing (2007–2013)[]

Webber's two-year contract with Williams ended at the end of 2006. The team held an option on his services for 2007 which they chose not to take up on its original terms and although Webber had expressed his desire to stay with the team, Williams offered Webber a considerably smaller salary than had been stipulated in the original contract for the option year.[92] Under advice from his manager, Flavio Briatore, Webber then sought another drive. Williams quickly elected to promote current test driver Alexander Wurz to a race seat.[93] Williams team boss Sir Frank Williams stated that he was reluctant to wait for Webber to commit to the team once the option for future years had expired, though he did not blame Webber for waiting to see if there was a seat available at another team.

After some speculation of Webber joining the Renault team, which was run by Briatore, it was announced on 7 August 2006 that Webber would join Red Bull Racing for 2007 to partner David Coulthard, replacing former Jaguar Racing team mate Christian Klien.[94] It is rumoured that Briatore arranged an agreement with Red Bull that, if they offered Webber a race seat, Renault would supply them with engines. On 26 January 2007 the new Red Bull RB3 challenger was unveiled in Spain, and Webber drove the car in a shakedown in Barcelona on the same day. The car featured heavy revisions to the team's previous cars and looked very much like designer Adrian Newey's previous cars which had either won or come close to the World Title.[95] The car was fitted with a Renault RS27 engine.

2007[]

At the first race of the season in Melbourne, Webber qualified in 7th place and held that position for the early part of the race, managing to finish in 13th position after the RB3 suffered from a throttle-related malfunction and a jammed fuel flap. At the Malaysian Grand Prix, he again out-qualified his more experienced team-mate Coulthard and finished tenth, which was encouraging for the team in such a new and radical car. Bahrain was also going well for both drivers, who were running in sixth and seventh positions, until both cars retired due to mechanical malfunctions. Webber again was hampered by the aforementioned jammed fuel flap, radically affecting the aerodynamic drag, a vital set-up consideration for the Sakhir circuit.

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Webber driving for RBR at the 2007 British Grand Prix, with a special Wings for Life livery

The potential of both the car and Webber, who had certainly worked well to out-qualify his vastly more experienced team-mate, was highlighted by the closeness they had to other teams which ran the Renault engine and although the Adrian Newey-designed car had flaws which contributed to Webber's scoreless season to that point.[96] Though the pace of the car seemed to be picking up, with Coulthard qualifying in the top-10 for the Spanish Grand Prix, Webber was unable to convert his early weekend pace into a competitive grid position due to hydraulic problems. His race was much the same with a similar hydraulic problem leading to him retiring early in the race whilst team-mate Coulthard notched up the team's first points with a fifth place finish.

Webber finally recorded the second podium of his career at the European Grand Prix after qualifying in 6th position. A rain spiced race and the retirement of Kimi Räikkönen, who was running third at the time, allowed Webber to claim third on the podium despite almost losing the position on the penultimate corner as he battled with Alexander Wurz.[97]

Mark Webber 2007

Webber driving for Red Bull Racing at the 2007 French Grand Prix

His best chance at winning a race occurred at the Japanese Grand Prix where, in the wet conditions, Webber ran in 2nd place, setting the 3rd fastest lap of the race after the two McLarens. Towards the end of the race, Webber was running 2nd behind Lewis Hamilton, with no further pit stops to make, when Sebastian Vettel, driver for sister team Scuderia Toro Rosso, ran into the back of him when Hamilton suddenly reduced his speed in poor visibility and heavy rain under a safety car, taking both cars out of the race. He had been lapping faster than Hamilton due to damage on the McLaren's sidepod from contact with Robert Kubica. Out of the current Formula One drivers, until his win at the 2009 German Grand Prix, Webber has had the second highest number of starts without a win, and is often referred to as the "unluckiest man in modern Formula One",[98] a title that was reinforced in Japan as Webber started the race suffering from food poisoning and vomited inside his helmet during the first safety car period.[99] When questioned by ITV's Louise Goodman about the race ending collision Webber commented: "Well it's kids, isn't it. Kids with not enough experience, doing a good job then they fuck it all up,"[100] Webber was particularly critical of Hamilton's driving that led to the accident, describing his antics as "shit". Webber also stated the British press attacked him for criticising their "golden boy" Hamilton.[101]

Webber again looked strong at the final race of the season in Brazil. Webber qualified fifth in front of both BMW Saubers and behind only the Ferraris and McLarens. Webber looked strong in the race, running as high as fourth, before yet another mechanical failure brought an end to a disappointing but promising season for the Australian.

2008[]

Mark Webber 2008 France

Webber driving for Red Bull Racing at the 2008 French Grand Prix

As per his contract, Webber started the year in Melbourne with Red Bull Racing. He recorded top-six lap times in each of the three practice sessions, and was on his way to the top ten in the qualifying session when the front right brake disc in his car failed going into turn 6 during Q2, sending him spinning off into the sand trap ending his qualifying session, and resulting in 15th position on the grid. Although starting well, he momentarily went off the track at turn 1 to avoid being involved in contact that had already erupted. Webber made several positions by turn 3 but an incident involving himself, Kazuki Nakajima and Anthony Davidson when he was slightly contacted by Davidson whilst trying to avoid the struggle between the other two drivers, ended his race.[102]

Despite the retirement in Australia, the next 5 rounds saw a string of point-scoring positions, including a 4th at Monaco in the wet, one of the few finishers not to have made a mistake and subsequent pit-in, however his performance was overshadowed by Hamilton's win. Until 2009, this was Webber's best start to an F1 season since 2005 with Williams, managing five consecutive points scoring races.

On the Thursday of the British Grand Prix weekend, it was announced that Webber had agreed to a one year extension to his contract at Red Bull Racing, leaving him contracted there until the end of the 2009 season.[103] During qualifying for the Grand Prix, Webber equalled his best qualifying position with 2nd position on the grid, in front of Kimi Räikkönen and behind pole position-holder Heikki Kovalainen. As a result of Timo Glock's penalty from the Belgian Grand Prix for illegally passing Webber under yellow flags in the final lap(s) of the race, Webber was awarded 8th place and the point that came with it.[104][105]

At the first night race in Formula One, the Singapore Grand Prix, Webber qualified in 13th position. Red Bull pulled in both Webber and David Coulthard for their pit stops as soon as they could when the safety car came on track, due to Nelson Piquet, Jr. crashing, giving them both great track position. This led to Webber running in 2nd place before a gearbox issue put him out of the race on lap 29.

Webber qualified 13th at the Japanese Grand Prix. After some first corner incidents he was stranded in last place; from there he progressed up the order, at one point in time sitting in fourth. Following his pit stop he emerged in 10th, with Nick Heidfeld and Nico Rosberg yet to pit, from where he continued to push, regained 8th once the two drivers in 8th and 9th both went in for their final pit stops. With two laps to go, Webber's tyres were close to bald – being compared to slicks.[106] Losing almost 3 seconds a lap to the chasing Ferrari of Felipe Massa, who was on fresh tyres, he defended his point vigorously. Pressured by the Ferrari, he was out-powered by the superior engine of Massa and although great attempts at saving his place were shown, he finished in a hard-fought 9th position, on a one stop strategy which was then upgraded to 8th position after a post-race penalty to Sébastien Bourdais.

In China, Webber's engine failed on the home straight during the final practice session leaving him with a ten-place grid penalty. During qualifying on Saturday afternoon, he ended in 6th after Heidfeld was demoted for impeding Webber's team-mate Coulthard, and so Webber had to start from 16th after his penalty.[107] Webber was on the grid in 16th and managed to end the first lap up four places in 12th before taking the 11th position off Glock on the second lap. By the first pit stop, Webber had overtaken Rubens Barrichello and Piquet Jr. for 9th place, but inevitably dropped back once he had entered the pits. The two-stop strategy that the team had adopted was not successful and Webber finished in 14th place. The Brazilian Grand Prix was team-mate Coulthard's last race before his retirement from F1. Practice was close with the leading seven cars, including Webber in 7th, being less than a second apart. In Saturday afternoon qualifying, Webber managed 10th on the grid, and finished the race in 9th position.

Webber finished the season in 11th place in the Drivers' Championship with a total of 21 points, his most successful season after 2005 at Williams at that point in time.

2009[]

Mark Webber 2009 Turkey

Mark Webber driving for Red Bull Racing at the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix

Webber remained with Red Bull for 2009, where he was joined by Sebastian Vettel after David Coulthard's retirement at the end of 2008. After sustaining a broken leg in a road accident during his charity event in Tasmania in the off-season, he returned to testing on 11 February with steel rods in his leg.[108]

At the opening round in Australia, an error in qualifying left him in 10th on the grid for the start of the race. On the second lap of the race, Webber crashed with Heikki Kovalainen, Adrian Sutil and Nick Heidfeld following their efforts to avoid a collision with Rubens Barrichello, causing all except Barrichello to pit.[109]

The Malaysian Grand Prix saw Webber qualify seventh and gain two positions due to penalties to other drivers. The race, which was halted early due to monsoonal rains, ended under the safety car with Webber in fourth. He was provisionally placed eighth, but further investigation brought his position up to sixth. He was awarded 1.5 points due to the half-points decision at the conclusion of the race. The Chinese Grand Prix proved a breakthrough for Webber. Starting in third position, the race began under the safety car due to heavy rain. Webber eventually brought his car home in second position, marking Webber's career-best finish and was also the first win (and 1–2 finish) for the Red Bull team.

Mark Webber 2009 Germany

Webber won his first Formula One race at the 2009 German Grand Prix

The Spanish Grand Prix saw Webber qualify fifth fastest and finish third, and he took fifth in Monaco. He followed this up with his equal career best second place in Turkey, equalling this result in the subsequent British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Webber qualified on pole for the first time in Formula One at the Nürburgring for the German Grand Prix. This was the first time an Australian driver had claimed pole position since Alan Jones in 1980. He went on to achieve his first Formula One victory despite receiving a drive through penalty early in the race for causing an avoidable collision at the start when he hit the Brawn GP of Rubens Barrichello. Webber went on to dominate the race and win ahead of his teammate Vettel, heading a Red Bull 1–2 and closing the gap to the Brawns in the Constructors' Championship. Webber moved up to third in the drivers' championship after his win, at that time his best position in Formula One, passing Barrichello in the championship standings.[110]

On 23 July, Webber signed a new contract committing him to the Red Bull team for the 2010 Formula One season.[111] Three days later, he finished third in Hungary, moving into second place in the Drivers' Championship. Webber also set his first ever fastest lap in Formula One. On 21 September 2009 the FIA banned Webber's manager, Flavio Briatore, from all FIA related activities and announced that it would not renew the superlicence for any driver managed or otherwise associated with Briatore.[112] Since then, Briatore has been reinstated into Formula One and negotiations concerning management has since been declared legal.[113]

Following his podium at the Hungarian Grand Prix, two ninth placings, two retirements and an unlucky Japanese Grand Prix saw Webber drop to fourth in the Championship, collecting no points. However, he went on to win his second Formula One race in Brazil, starting from second position on the grid, securing fourth place in the 2009 Championship. In the final race of the season, Webber managed second behind teammate Vettel. The result was Red Bull Racing's fourth 1–2 result of the season.

2010[]

Mark Webber 2010 Malaysia 1st Free Practice

Webber achieved his second pole position in Malaysia, but finished behind team-mate Sebastian Vettel in second position.

In 2010, Webber continued to race with Red Bull. He qualified for pole position five times (in Malaysia,[114] Spain,[115] Monaco[116] Turkey[117] and Belgium); won four races (Spain,[118] Monaco,[116] Britain[118] and Hungary[118]); finished second in Malaysia, Belgium, Japan and Brazil and third in Turkey and Singapore. After the Monaco Grand Prix, Webber led the drivers' championship, the first Australian to do so since Alan Jones in 1981.[119] In June 2010, Red Bull Racing announced that Webber had signed a one-year extension to his contract, meaning that he will remain with the team for the 2011 season.[120]

Mark Webber 2010 Britain

Webber won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone

At the European Grand Prix, Webber crashed into the back of Heikki Kovalainen's Lotus, sending the car flying through the air, collecting a track advertising board and landing upside down. The car then bounced back and crashed into the tyre barrier at high speed. Webber received only minor injuries, but retired from the race.[121]

At season's end, Webber was third in the drivers' championship, behind Vettel and Alonso. He had led the championship until the Korean Grand Prix, when he did not complete the race. Webber could still have won the championship if, in the final race at Abu Dhabi he had won the race and Alonso had finished no higher than third. Vettel won the race and the drivers' championship and Red Bull Racing the constructors' championship.

Webber drove the last four races of the season with a small fracture in his right shoulder, the result of a mountain bike accident.[122]

At the 2011 British Grand Prix, Webber was presented with the Hawthorn Memorial Trophy for 2010.[123]

2011[]

Mark Webber 2011 Malaysia Qualify

Webber at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix, where he was hampered by his KERS failing.

Webber started the 2011 season with a fifth place finish at the Australian Grand Prix, having started from third on the grid, after struggling to keep up with team mate Vettel due to a damaged chassis.[124] In Malaysia, he qualified third but his KERS completely failed at the start and as a result, dropped down over 10 places but staged a strong recovery back to 4th, with fastest lap. In China he qualified eighteenth after another KERS failure, but passed 15 cars on track to finish third. In Turkey, Webber qualified second – his best qualifying result of the season at that point – but lost the position to Nico Rosberg at the start. After passing Rosberg and reclaiming second, he then spent the rest of the race battling with Fernando Alonso, ultimately finishing second after passing Alonso with 8 laps to go. In Spain, Webber secured pole, but lost ground at the start again and had to settle for fourth. Webber qualified third in Monaco but dropped a place at the start and later a pit stop delay dropped Webber outside the top ten, however he recovered to fourth by passing Kamui Kobayashi on the penultimate lap, and set his fourth fastest lap of the season.

Webber claimed pole position in a drying qualifying session at Silverstone, beating Vettel by 0.032 seconds. The race however did not go as well, as a slow start followed by slow pitstops meant that Webber found himself running fourth behind Alonso, Vettel and Lewis Hamilton. Towards the end of the race, a strong charge saw Webber pass Hamilton and then close the gap to Vettel's second position, when his team asked him to "maintain the gap" and not try to make a move on Vettel. Although Webber ignored his team's requests and tried to pass Vettel, Vettel was able to hold him off and finish second, with Webber taking third place.[125]

Interlagos 2011 box

Webber's only victory of the 2011 season came in the final race of the year, the Brazilian Grand Prix

Webber took his only victory of the season at Brazilian Grand Prix, taking the lead from team-mate Vettel after he developed a gearbox issue. With this result, he moved into third place in the championship, ahead of Fernando Alonso.[126] Webber also achieved his seventh fastest lap of the season at the race, with no other drivers scoring more than three in the season. This resulted in him winning the DHL Fastest Lap Award for the first time.[127]

2012[]

Mark Webber 2012 Malaysia Qualify

Webber driving for Red Bull Racing at the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix.

On 27 August 2011, it was announced that Webber would remain with Red Bull into the 2012 season, alongside team-mate Vettel.[128] Webber qualified fifth for the Australian Grand Prix, ahead of team-mate Vettel – sixth – and achieved his best result at his home race with fourth place.[129]

Mark Webber, United States Grand Prix, Austin 2012

Webber at the 2012 US Grand Prix

Webber followed this result with three more fourth place finishes in succession, at the Malaysian, Chinese and Bahrain Grands Prix. He inherited pole position for the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix; having set the second fastest time in Q3, he was elevated to first position owing to Michael Schumacher's five place grid penalty for an incident at the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix. He won the race ahead of Nico Rosberg and Fernando Alonso, who were second and third, respectively. This was the third win in a row for a Red Bull Racing driver at Monaco, and the first time that six different drivers won the first six races of a World Championship season.[130] In doing this also, he became the first Australian to achieve two wins at Monaco.

Webber achieved his second win of the season at the British Grand Prix, passing Alonso late in the race.[131] Following the victory, Webber signed a one-year contract extension with Red Bull, for the 2013 season.[132] Webber later qualified on pole for the Korean Grand Prix, ahead of team-mate Vettel,[133] but apart from this he struggled in the second half of the season with his only podiums after his win in Britain coming in Korea and India where Red Bull were unbeatable.

Webber testing his Red Bull RB9 car at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain

Webber testing his car during pre-season testing in Spain

Webber remained at Red Bull for the 2013 championship: he wanted to honour an earlier promise he had made to Horner and Mateschitz to stay at the team until his F1 career was over.[134] He rejected an offer from Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali to partner Alonso and replace Felipe Massa for a year with a second optional, feeling switching teams would be inappropriate. He briefly lightened his training over the pre-season period when a titanium rod in his right leg was removed in December 2012. After restarting training that month, Webber decided to retire from F1 after 2013 because he wanted to spend more time with his family, demotivation with F1 since drivers could not criticise Pirelli's tyres for fear of possibly upsetting others and the politics when large sums of money were involved.[135] Webber was assigned Simon Rennie as his race engineer when his previous engineer, Ciaron Pilbeam, became the Lotus team's chief race engineer.[136]

His RB9 car initially struggled possibly due to its aerodynamic profile on the new softer Pirelli compounds but performed better when the 2012 compounds were re-introduced mid-season. At the Malaysian Grand Prix, the season's second round, Webber was overtaken by Vettel in the closing laps to win the race after Vettel ignored the team order "Multi-Map 21", which instructed him to finish behind Webber.[137] Tension between both drivers rose as a result and a remark by Webber about Vettel making an independent decision to disobey team orders meant Vettel lost Webber's respect as a person. After that, Webber was aware that the rest of the season would be onerous and tension between him and Vettel would stress Red Bull. He took eight podium finishes, finishing second four more times at the British Grand Prix, the Japanese Grand Prix, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from pole position and the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix. Webber won no races in 2013 and he concluded his final F1 season in third overall with 199 points.[20]

World Endurance Championship stint with Porsche (2014–2016)[]

Webber joined Porsche's sports car team upon its return to motor racing in mid-2013. He moved to sports car racing to get away from the attention associated with F1 and to enjoy the longer intervals between races. Webber shared the No. 20 closed-cockpit Porsche 919 Hybrid sports prototype car with German Timo Bernhard and New Zealander Brendon Hartley in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC)'s fully-professional Le Mans Prototype 1-Hybrid (LMP1-H) category.

Although sports car racing was less physically demanding for Webber, he needed consistently high concentration to cope with the difference in speed between each of the WEC's four classes, driving at night, re-adjusting to lapping slower vehicles while losing the least amount of time and coping with changeable conditions during a long race.[138] Webber was advised on modern sports car racing by Bernhard and in turn acquainted Bernhard and Hartley with the circuits he drove in F1. He was mindful on developing the car for his co-drivers and not for himself but directed Porsche to concentrate on research and development projects that optimised performance in the shortest possible time.[139] Webber also helped the team reduce the amount of pit stop time.[140]

The 2014 season began with Webber qualifying sixth and finishing third at the season-opening 6 Hours of Silverstone. Hybrid technical issues at the following 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps left Webber and his co-drivers 23rd overall.[25] At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Webber's team qualified the No. 20 car second and retired with a broken anti-roll bar 22 hours in.[141] The next four races saw him finish no lower than sixth, placing third at both the 6 Hours of Fuji and the 6 Hours of Bahrain. At the season-ending 6 Hours of São Paulo, his team qualified on pole position;[25] late in the race, Matteo Cressoni's No. 90 AF Corse-run 8 Star Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia hit the right-rear of his car, sending Webber into a concrete barrier. Webber sustained a left lung contusion and severe concussion, recovering from the effects of the crash weeks later.[142] He was ninth in the World Endurance Drivers' Championship (WEDC) with 64.5 points.[20]

Webber driving his Porsche 919 Hybrid on a sodden track surface at the Shanghai International Circuit in China

Webber driving for Porsche at the 2015 6 Hours of Shanghai

Porsche retained Webber for the 2015 season alongside Bernhard and Hartley in the renumbered No. 17 car.[25][143] Webber and Hartley qualified the car on pole position for the season-opening 6 Hours of Silverstone but Webber had to retire it with drivetrain failure.[144] He was on pole position at the following 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and finished third after Hartley incurred a stop-and-go penalty for rejoining the track via an escape road.[145] He qualified and finished second at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[25][146] before claiming four consecutive victories to enter the season-ending 6 Hours of Bahrain leading Audi's Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer by 12 points.[147] Webber and his teammates needed to finish third to win the WEDC.[148] They qualified on pole position and overcame mechanical problems to finish fifth and claim the title with 166 points, five ahead of Fässler, Lotterer and Tréluyer.[149]

Webber again remained at Porsche alongside Bernhard and Hartley in the renumbered No. 1 entry for the 2016 championship.[25][150] The crew retired from the season-opening 6 Hours of Silverstone following a collision between Hartley and a slower Porsche GT car.[151] At the following 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, two tyre punctures and a front axle gearbox problem left him 27th overall.[152] Webber began from second at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished 13th overall due to a water pump failure that needed fixing when Webber was driving.[153] The rest of the season saw the crew win four of the next six races and qualify on pole position once for fourth in the WEDC with 134.5 points.[20][25]

Retirement (2017–present)[]

Webber decided to retire from motor racing after the season was over.[154] He kept the news secret until going to Japan, citing Porsche's dwindling desire to commit fully to its LMP1 programme and the difficulty of doing "this job half-hearted" with regards of getting motivated to do test sessions and races as reasons.[155][156]

Webber was due to compete in the American-based short track oval racing series Superstar Racing Experience in 2021;[157] travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic meant Webber was ultimately unable to.[158]

Driving style[]

In describing Webber's driving style, journalist Mark Hughes stated: "The thing he does arguably better than anyone else, is extract every ounce of potential from the car through fast, aerodynamically-loaded corners" since extra lap time could be located in slower turns because the car remains in them for longer.[159] He was able to feel the braking grip of his tyres and could correctly modulate throttle power as grip levels reduced under braking to slow the vehicle down. Entering a braking zone, Webber achieved more retardation rate in a downforce-reliant car than other drivers and as the downforce decreased he was able to modulate pressure and sensitivity well to remain within the tyre's grip limit.[159] His braking pressure force enabled him to translate lap time where the entry speed is high enough to make this possible without brake locking.[160] His driving style, which was refined in downforce-heavy sports cars in the late 1990s, was not suited to a more gentle approach required for driving V8 F1 Pirelli-shod cars because of how he managed those brand of tyres that wore out faster than the Bridgestone compounds he was accustomed to.[161]


Non-driving work[]

Route map of the 2003 Mark Webber Challenge

The route map of the 2003 Mark Webber Challenge

Webber is a brand ambassador of the luxury fashion house Hugo Boss, the car brand Porsche,[162] the watch manufacturer Rolex,[15] the synthetic engine oil brand Mobil 1,[163] the airline carrier Qantas,[164] and the spinal cord injury research charity Wings for Life.[165] In July 2003, he helped to launch that year's Road Safety Handbook aiming to give road safety guides for residents of Milton Keynes.[166] As a result of his endorsement money and salary, he was included in Australia's Top 50 Sports Earners and the BRW Young Rich lists by BRW magazine.[167][168] From 2009 to 2013, Webber and Horner co-owned the MW Arden junior team that ran in the European-based GP3 Series.[169] He launched the off-road sports clothing brand Aussie Grit for mountain riding and running in 2018,[170] and fronted Porsche and Boss' clothing collections for 2019 and 2020.[162]

In 2003, Webber began the ten-day 1,000 km (620 mi) adventure challenge trek Mark Webber Challenge featuring cross-country running, cycling and kayaking in Tasmania to raise money for children's cancer charities.[171] He organised it following his grandfather's death from cancer as well as his experiences of friends whose children had cancer.[172] Webber held the challenge again from 2006 to 2008 but not in 2009 and 2010 due to economical problems.[173] He again held the event with corporate and local government sponsorship from 2011 to 2013.[174] Inspire Young People and Webber created the Mark Webber Youth Challenge in 2014 involving college student teams raising money for charity participating in physical activities.[175] He was patron of the Amy Gillett Foundation promoting safer on-road relationships between cyclists and motorists,[176] and of the Aylesbury College Trust.[177] Webber won the F1 pro-am tennis tournament in Barcelona three times.[178] He supported the use of the AI-operated prostate cancer diagnosis device Maxwell Plus in Queanbeyan in November 2021 following a reduction in testing during the COVID-19 pandemic.[179]

Webber has written columns for Autosport,[180] the BBC,[134] and The Sydney Daily Telegraph.[181] He has provided expert analysis on F1 for the British television broadcaster Channel 4 since the 2016 season.[178][182] Webber has done a similar role for Australia's Channel 10, covering the Australian Grand Prix and co-hosting the 2015 Clipsal 500 of the V8 Supercars Championship for the broadcaster.[183][184] He was guest reporter for two rounds of the 2017 World Rally Championship on Red Bull TV.[185] Since early 2020, Webber has mentored racing driver Oscar Piastri and represents his commercial interests through the management arm JAM Sports Management he founded with his wife, and corporate and sports CEO Jason Allen.[186] He authored the book, Up Front – 2010, A Season To Remember, in 2010.[187] Webber's autobiography, Aussie Grit: My Formula One Journey, ghost written by Stuart Sykes, was published in 2015.[188] Webber owned a public house, The Stag, in Mentmore.[189] He joined documentary makers Noah Media Group as an producer and an investor in November 2021.[190]

Assessment and honours[]

Portrait of Mark Webber smiling and looking to the left of the camera

Webber at the 2017 United States Grand Prix

Webber is nicknamed "Aussie Grit" for "his determination in the face of adversity and his patriotism."[189] Bruce Jones described Webber in the book The Story of Formula One: 65 Years of Life in the Fast Lane as having earned "considerable admiration for his straight-talking, honest approach that was devoid of pretence or hyperbole. He is an out-and-out racer cast from something of an old-fashioned mould and as such often seemed an adult in an increasingly infantile world." BBC Sport's Andrew Benson wrote that Webber's "combination of race-winning pace and forthright manner has made him a central figure in F1 over the last decade" and that Webber had "remained true to himself. He is unimpressed with the trappings of F1 and its supposed glamour. And his willingness to follow his own mind is intact."[4]

In October 2003, Webber was unanimously voted fourth director of the trade union Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA).[191] He was voted out of it in September 2005 since it felt there were too many directors in charge.[192] Webber won the BRDC Bruce McLaren Award in 1998, 2000, 2001,[193] 2009,[194] and 2010 as "the Commonwealth driver who has established the most meritorious performances in international motor racing."[195] In October 2000, he received the Australian Sports Medal for placing second in the 1998 FIA GT Championship and participating in the IF3000 Championship;[196] was voted "Rookie of the Year" by both readers of F1 Racing and Autosport magazines; named "F1 Newcomer of the Year" at the annual Grand Prix Party Awards;[24] was named Autocar's magazine; 2003 F1 Driver of the Year;[197] won the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy in 2006;[198] and the 2009 Innes Ireland Trophy for displaying "courage and sportsmanship" that Innes Ireland epitomised.[194]

Webber received the Hawthorn Memorial Trophy in 2010 and 2013 as the most successful British or Commonwealth driver during a season;[199] the 2010 GQ Australia Sportsman of the Year;[200] the 2011 DHL Fastest Lap Award for setting more fastest laps than any driver that year with seven;[201] and the 2013 Johnny Wakefield Trophy for recording the year's best lap on the Silverstone GP Circuit.[202] He was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2017 Australia Day Honours for "distinguished service to motor sport as a competitor and ambassador, and to the community through fundraising and patronage of a range of medical and youth support organisations."[177] Webber was added to the Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame and the FIA Hall of Fame in 2018 and 2019, respectively.[203][204] In 2022, he was inducted into Sport Australia Hall of Fame.[205]

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Podiums Points Position
1994 Australian Formula Ford Championship Mark Webber 16 0 0 ? ? 30 13th
1995 Australian Formula Ford Championship Yellow Pages Racing 16 3 3 ? ? 158 4th
Australian Drivers' Championship Birrana Racing 2 0 0 0 2 32 8th
Formula Ford Festival Van Diemen 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
1996 European Formula Ford Championship Van Diemen ? ? ? ? ? ? 3rd
British Formula Ford Championship ? ? ? ? ? 113 2nd
Formula Ford Festival 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
Australian Drivers' Championship Ralt Australia 2 1 0 0 1 20 10th
1997 British Formula 3 Championship Alan Docking Racing 16 1 3 1 5 127 4th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
1998 FIA GT Championship AMG Mercedes 10 5 0 0 8 69 2nd
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 1 0 0 N/A NC
1999 24 Hours of Le Mans AMG Mercedes 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNS
2000 International Formula 3000 European Arrows 10 1 0 2 3 21 3rd
Formula One Arrows F1 Team Test driver
2001 International Formula 3000 Super Nova Racing 12 3 2 3 4 39 2nd
Formula One Mild Seven Benetton Renault Test driver
2002 Formula One KL Minardi Asiatech 17 0 0 0 0 2 16th
2003 Formula One Jaguar Racing F1 Team 16 0 0 0 0 17 10th
2004 Formula One Jaguar Racing F1 Team 18 0 0 0 0 7 13th
2005 Formula One BMW Williams F1 Team 19 0 0 0 1 36 10th
2006 Formula One Williams F1 Team 18 0 0 0 0 7 14th
2007 Formula One Red Bull Racing 17 0 0 0 1 10 12th
2008 Formula One Red Bull Racing 18 0 0 0 0 21 11th
2009 Formula One Red Bull Racing 17 2 1 3 8 69.5 4th
2010 Formula One Red Bull Racing 19 4 5 3 10 242 3rd
2011 Formula One Red Bull Racing 19 1 3 7 10 258 3rd
2012 Formula One Red Bull Racing 20 2 2 1 4 179 6th
2013 Formula One Infiniti Red Bull Racing 19 0 2 5 8 199 3rd
2014 FIA World Endurance Championship Porsche Team 8 0 1 1 3 64.5 9th
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2015 FIA World Endurance Championship Porsche Team 8 4 5 0 6 166 1st
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 2nd
2016 FIA World Endurance Championship Porsche Team 9 4 2 0 6 134.5 4th
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 13th
Source:[14]

Complete FIA GT Championship results[]

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
1998 AMG Mercedes GT1 Mercedes-Benz CLK LM Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8 OSC
3
SIL
1
HOC
1
DIJ
11
HUN
1
SUZ
1
DON
1
A1R
2
HMS
4
LAG
2
2nd 69
Sources:[25][26]

Complete International Formula 3000 results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2000 European Arrows F3000 IMO
3
SIL
1
CAT
Ret
NUR
Ret
MON
Ret
MAG
16
A1R
4
HOC
3
HUN
9
SPA
16
3rd 21
2001 Super Nova Racing INT
7
IMO
1
CAT
7
A1R
Ret
MON
1
NUR
2
MAG
1
SIL
4
HOC
Ret
HUN
Ret
SPA
Ret
MNZ
Ret
2nd 39

Complete Formula One results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap; small number denotes finishing position)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 WDC Points
2002 KL Minardi Asiatech Minardi PS02 Asiatech AT02 3.0 V10 AUS
5
MAL
Ret
BRA
11
SMR
11
ESP
DNS
AUT
12
MON
11
CAN
11
EUR
15
GBR
Ret
FRA
8
GER
Ret
HUN
16
BEL
Ret
ITA
Ret
USA
Ret
JPN
10
16th 2
2003 Jaguar Racing F1 Team Jaguar R4 Cosworth CR-5 3.0 V10 AUS
Ret
MAL
Ret
BRA
9
SMR
Ret
ESP
7
AUT
7
MON
Ret
CAN
7
EUR
6
FRA
6
GBR
14
GER
11
HUN
6
ITA
7
USA
Ret
JPN
11
10th 17
2004 Jaguar Racing F1 Team Jaguar R5 Cosworth CR-6 3.0 V10 AUS
Ret
MAL
Ret
BHR
8
SMR
13
ESP
12
MON
Ret
EUR
7
CAN
Ret
USA
Ret
FRA
9
GBR
8
GER
6
HUN
10
BEL
Ret
ITA
9
CHN
10
JPN
Ret
13th 7
Jaguar R5B BRA
Ret
2005 BMW Williams F1 Team Williams FW27 BMW P84/5 3.0 V10 AUS
5
MAL
Ret
BHR
6
SMR
7
ESP
6
MON
3
EUR
Ret
CAN
5
USA
DNS
FRA
12
GBR
11
GER
NC
HUN
7
TUR
Ret
ITA
14
BEL
4
BRA
NC
JPN
4
CHN
7
10th 36
2006 Williams F1 Team Williams FW28 Cosworth CA2006 2.4 V8 BHR
6
MAL
Ret
AUS
Ret
SMR
6
EUR
Ret
ESP
9
MON
Ret
GBR
Ret
CAN
12
USA
Ret
FRA
Ret
GER
Ret
HUN
Ret
TUR
10
ITA
10
CHN
8
JPN
Ret
BRA
Ret
14th 7
2007 Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB3 Renault RS27 2.4 V8 AUS
13
MAL
10
BHR
Ret
ESP
Ret
MON
Ret
CAN
9
USA
7
FRA
12
GBR
Ret
EUR
3
HUN
9
TUR
Ret
ITA
9
BEL
7
JPN
Ret
CHN
10
BRA
Ret
12th 10
2008 Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB4 Renault RS27 2.4 V8 AUS
Ret
MAL
7
BHR
7
ESP
5
TUR
7
MON
4
CAN
12
FRA
6
GBR
10
GER
Ret
HUN
9
EUR
12
BEL
8
ITA
8
SIN
Ret
JPN
8
CHN
14
BRA
9
11th 21
2009 Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB5 Renault RS27 2.4 V8 AUS
12
MAL
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CHN
2
BHR
11
ESP
3
MON
5
TUR
2
GBR
2
GER
1
HUN
3
EUR
9
BEL
9
ITA
Ret
SIN
Ret
JPN
17
BRA
1
ABU
2
4th 69.5
2010 Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB6 Renault RS27-2010 2.4 V8 BHR
8
AUS
9
MAL
2
CHN
8
ESP
1
MON
1
TUR
3
CAN
5
EUR
Ret
GBR
1
GER
6
HUN
1
BEL
2
ITA
6
SIN
3
JPN
2
KOR
Ret
BRA
2
ABU
8
3rd 242
2011 Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB7 Renault RS27-2011 2.4 V8 AUS
5
MAL
4
CHN
3
TUR
2
ESP
4
MON
4
CAN
3
EUR
3
GBR
3
GER
3
HUN
5
BEL
2
ITA
Ret
SIN
3
JPN
4
KOR
3
IND
4
ABU
4
BRA
1
3rd 258
2012 Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB8 Renault RS27-2012 2.4 V8 AUS
4
MAL
4
CHN
4
BHR
4
ESP
11
MON
1
CAN
7
EUR
4
GBR
1
GER
8
HUN
8
BEL
6
ITA
20
SIN
11
JPN
9
KOR
2
IND
3
ABU
Ret
USA
Ret
BRA
4
6th 179
2013 Infiniti Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB9 Renault RS27-2013 2.4 V8 AUS
6
MAL
2
CHN
Ret
BHR
7
ESP
5
MON
3
CAN
4
GBR
2
GER
7
HUN
4
BEL
5
ITA
3
SIN
15
KOR
Ret
JPN
2
IND
Ret
ABU
2
USA
3
BRA
2
3rd 199
Sources:[206][26]

Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed by the winner.
Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
1998 25px Germany AMG-Mercedes 25px Germany Klaus Ludwig
25px Germany Bernd Schneider
Mercedes-Benz CLK-LM GT1 19 DNF DNF
1999 25px Germany AMG-Mercedes 25px France Jean-Marc Gounon
25px Germany Marcel Tiemann
Mercedes-Benz CLR LMGTP 0 DNS DNS
2014 25px Germany Porsche Team 25px Germany Timo Bernhard
25px New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1-H 346 NC NC
2015 25px Germany Porsche Team 25px Germany Timo Bernhard
25px New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 394 2nd 2nd
2016 25px Germany Porsche Team 25px Germany Timo Bernhard
25px New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 346 13th 5th
Source:[25]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2014 Porsche Team LMP1 Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 (Hybrid) SIL
3
SPA
12
LMS
NC
COA
5
FUJ
3
SHA
6
BHR
3
SÃO
Ret
9th 64.5
2015 Porsche Team LMP1 Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 (Hybrid) SIL
Ret
SPA
3
LMS
2
NÜR
1
COA
1
FUJ
1
SHA
1
BHR
5
1st 166
2016 Porsche Team LMP1 Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 (Hybrid) SIL
Ret
SPA
26
LMS
10
NÜR
1
MEX
1
COA
1
FUJ
3
SHA
1
BHR
3
4th 134.5
Sources:[14][25]

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  • Rowlinson, Anthony. "An awfully big adventure" F1 Racing (Australian edition) January 2004: pp. 94–102

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Preceded by:
Kevin McGarrity
Formula Ford Festival Winner
1996
Succeeded by:
Jacky van der Ende
Awards and achievements
Preceded by:
Juan Pablo Montoya
Autosport
Rookie of the Year

2002
Succeeded by:
Dan Wheldon
Preceded by:
Fernando Alonso
Lorenzo Bandini Trophy
2006
Succeeded by:
Felipe Massa
Preceded by:
Jenson Button
Hawthorn Memorial Trophy
2010
Succeeded by:
Jenson Button
Preceded by:
Fernando Alonso
DHL Fastest Lap Award
2011
Succeeded by:
Sebastian Vettel

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