Mark Webber
Mark Alan Webber ( born August 27, 1976 in Queanbeyan, New South Wales) is an Australian racing driver.
Webber took from 2002 to 2013 in the Formula 1 World Championship in part and started there from 2007 for Red Bull Racing. His best Overall rank he achieved in 2010, 2011 and 2013 with the third. Webber was 1998 Vice World Champion in the FIA GT Championship in 2001 and runner-up of the formula 3,000.
- 2.1 Career stations
- 2.2 Statistics in Formula 1 2.2.1 Grand Prix wins
- 2.2.2 Individual Results
Career
Beginnings in motorsport (1990-1997)
As the son of an Australian motorcycle dealer Webber grew up in close proximity to the world of motorsport and initially opted for a motocross career. In 1990, he joined the karting and remained active until 1993 in this sport. 1994 Webber began his formula racing career in the Australian Formula Ford After the 13th place in the first season, he finished his second season in fourth place in the championship. In addition, he took part in two races of the 1995 Australian Drivers' Championship and was both times on the podium.
In 1996, Webber and went to Europe in the British Formula Ford at the start. He was charged with 113 to 130 points behind runner- Kristian Kolby. He also won the prestigious Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch and entered into the Australian Drivers' Championship to two races of which he won, to one. In 1997, Webber Alan Docking Racing in the British Formula 3 Championship. He won a race and finished the season in fourth place in the championship from. He was also third in the Formula 3 Masters and fourth at the Macau Grand Prix. Almost Webber's motorsport career would have been finished in this season, because he had gone out for the Formula 3 the money. David Campese, an Australian rugby player and companions of his father Alan, stepped in and gave the racers around 60,000 euros.
FIA GT Championship (1998-1999)
In 1998, Webber in the GT racing with Mercedes -Benz. As a teammate of Bernd Schneider, he joined in a Mercedes- Benz CLK GTR in the FIA GT Championship. The two won half of the race and were runners-up behind their Mercedes team-mate Ricardo Zonta and Klaus Ludwig, who won the other race. In addition, Webber 1998 debuted at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. However, Webber's team dropped out with an engine failure.
1999 Webber should compete only for 24 - hour race at Le Mans. However, he had in the warm up before the race a serious accident, which he survived unharmed. Because of an aerodynamic fault he took off with his car at nearly 300 km / h and rolled over several times. His teammate Peter Dumbreck suffered the same error in subsequent races. Mercedes then ended the sports car program.
Formula 3000 (2000-2001)
2000 Webber returned back into formula racing, and stood in for European Arrows F3000, the team of his compatriot Paul Stoddart, in F3000. Webber won the race at Silverstone and was in two other races on the podium. In the Drivers' Championship, he finished in third place, while his team-mate Albers had no points. Because of these benefits Webber was allowed to attend the Formula 1 test driving for Benetton and Arrows and was a test driver contract with Benetton for the 2001 Formula 1 season. Flavio Briatore, the team manager of Benetton also took over its management.
In addition, Webber 2001 completed his second season in Formula 3000th He went to a team -mate Mario Haber field for Super Nova Racing. Webber won the race in Imola, Monte Carlo and Magny -Cours. In the drivers' standings Webber, who did not come in five out of twelve races to the finish runners-up behind Justin Wilson. Internally, he sat down with 39 to 3 points again clearly against his teammates through.
Formula 1 (2002-2013)
Minardi (2002)
In 2002, Webber in Formula 1 His compatriot Paul Stoddart took him again under contract and Webber started for Minardi. At his home race, he made his Formula 1 debut and immediately reached the fifth place, for which he won two World Championship points. Webber benefited from many failures and succeeded in losing Minardi to let the faster Toyota drivers Mika Salo behind. Webber, the import two more place in the top ten in the rest of the season, had his team- mate Alex Yoong and Anthony Davidson, who Yoong represented in two races, clearly under control and finished the season in 16th place in the World Cup.
Jaguar (2003-2004)
For the 2003 season he Jaguar offered a cockpit next to Antonio Pizzonia. While Pizzonia disappointed and was replaced by Webber's former Formula 3000 rival Justin Wilson during the season, Webber scored regularly points. Especially thereby Webber's strength on a fast lap crystallized with which he managed to repeatedly better starting places than the car should have been admitted. Total collected Webber 17 points and ended the year at number ten in the driver standings.
For the 2004 season Jaguar did not manage improvements, so that Webber and his new team- mate Christian Klien had no chance over long distances. Only seven points Webber drove in 18 races. At the Malaysian Grand Prix Webber started with a second place for the first time from the front row. In the drivers' world championship he finished in 13th place.
Williams (2005-2006)
2005 Webber moved to Williams and was team-mate Nick Heidfeld. The supported engine supplier BMW team had to tie difficulties this season on the successes of the previous seasons, because the car was not competitive enough. Webber scored regularly points and reached the Grand Prix of Monaco in third his first podium placement. The season ended as the best Webber Williams driver in tenth place in the drivers' standings. However, he benefited from the fact that Heidfeld had to finish the season due to injury after 14 races. While Heidfeld and Webber achieved almost equivalent results, Webber was significantly faster than Pizzonia, who received the second cockpit after Heidfeld's injury.
BMW finally split at the end of the season, Williams joined from 2006 onwards under his own name, while the Williams team stood themselves suddenly without motors and well-known sponsors. The situation was tense before the 2006 season. Williams then drove with Cosworth engines, which had to pay for the team. Given the lack of sponsors a difficult situation, especially now that the new Williams though as fast but unreliable turned out. Webber and his teammate Nico Rosberg fell several times from in promising positions and so the team had scored eleven points at the end of which Webber import seven points. In the world championship Webber finished the season off in 14th place. Webber hit due to the unsatisfactory development of a contract offer from Williams and left the team at the end of the season.
Red Bull (2007-2013)
Season 2007
For the 2007 season, Webber hired the Austrian team Red Bull Racing. He was team-mate David Coulthard and Klien replaced his former teammate. Since the Red Bull team had emerged in late 2004 from the Jaguar team, Webber returned to his old stamping ground. Red Bull committed in mid-2006 designer Adrian Newey and met with Renault an agreement for the supply of engines. Webber managed only three races to score points. His best result he scored at the European Grand Prix, which he finished in third place. In the world championship he finished the season with ten points in twelfth place, while Coulthard with fourteen points tenth.
Season 2008
The 2008 season began well for Webber. In the first eight races he ran six times in the points, collected 18 points and was in the meantime to place seven of the drivers' world championship. Red Bull fought for fourth place among the designers, but then fell behind Toyota and Renault. When qualifying for the Grand Prix of Great Britain Webber drove the first occasion a Red Bull race car in the front row, but fell in the race also because of a wrong strategy quickly back and finally finished only 10th place until the Grand Prix of Belgium overtook Webber, benefited from a retrospective punishment for the placed before him, Timo Glock, another point. Webber drove in two races yet each one more point, and thus ended the season with 21 points in eleventh place in the ranking. His team-mate Coulthard, who scored 8 points, he had so behind.
Season 2009
After veteran Coulthard had announced his retirement, Webber received for the 2009 season with the young racer Sebastian Vettel a new teammates. Even during the winter testing, it was clear that Adrian Newey had first developed a competitive car for Red Bull, would lie with the victory within reach. Unfortunately, Webber moved into the winter break in a mountain bike race with multiple fractures to. This accident was initially unclear how long he would fail. However, Webber recovered quickly and took on the very first race of the season in Australia back part.
The first race of the 2009 season was dominated by the new team Brawn GP, Red Bull but established himself as a persecutor. At the Grand Prix of China scored a double victory in which Webber was behind Vettel second; equal succeeded at the Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone. Previously, Webber was already finished second in the Grand Prix of Turkey. At the Grand Prix of Germany at the Nürburgring Webber finally qualified for the first time for the pole position and won the subsequent race despite a drive-through penalty. With his first victory in the 130th Grand Prix Webber thus replaces Rubens Barrichello as the record holder for most Grand Prix starts up for the first triumph from; Barrichello had 124 attempts is required. After a few races in which Webber import any points, he managed another win at the Grand Prix of Brazil. At the end of the season took Webber in fourth place in the championship.
Season 2010
2010 Webber remained with Vettel at Red Bull After starting with an eighth place in Bahrain and a ninth place at his home race in Australia weak in the season, he was the third Grand Prix in Malaysia from pole position starting second behind his teammate Vettel. After eighth place in China, he secured the European season in Spain again the pole position and put the good starting position into his first win of the season. A week later he won the prestigious Monaco Grand Prix from pole position starting and took the lead in the world championship of Jenson Button. In both victories, he was in the lead throughout the race. At the Grand Prix of Turkey, it initially looked after as if Webber could enter another victory. However, he collided in the lead with Vettel. Unlike his teammates, he was able to continue, and reached for a repair stop in third place. After the race there was some discussion about the blame for the collision that pushed the pilots on the other.
After losing a fifth place in Canada the lead in the drivers' championship to Lewis Hamilton, Webber retired from the Grand Prix of Europe after a collision with Heikki Kovalainen. Kovalainen braked sooner than expected and Webber drove into Kovalainen's race car, took off, flipped over and crashed into the track barrier. Webber left his car unhurt. It was the first loss of the season for Webber, who scored points in every race so far. In preparation for the Grand Prix of Great Britain, there was another team-internal differences between Webber and Vettel, Webber was forced to resign because a new front wing to Vettel version. In the race, Webber scored with the older front wing version of his third win of the season and expressed subsequently critical to its situation in the team. By position six in Germany Webber took over with a victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix again the lead in the drivers' world championship, he is a race later, the Grand Prix of Belgium, which he finished in second place, once again lost to Hamilton.
At the Grand Prix of Italy, there was again a change of leadership in the world championship and Webber occupied the first position after a sixth place in the race. During the subsequent Grand Prix of Singapore, he continued after a poor qualifying on a different strategy, and came in third place. A stir also caused a collision with Hamilton, who retired at his rival. With a second place at the Japanese Grand Prix behind Vettel, he consolidated his leadership position first. However, he lost it already at the next race in Korea again - this time to Fernando Alonso as Webber had lost control of his car in the rain and was eliminated. In the penultimate race of the season in Brazil, he came second behind Vettel finish. His team decided in this race for a place exchange between the two pilots, which would have made Webber better chance of winning the world title. Lying on the second place in the drivers' standings Webber went into the last race of the season in Abu Dhabi. From fifth place starting Webber came in eighth place finish. He was no longer able to close the gap on Alonso. As Vettel won the race, he overtook both in the championship and won the championship. Webber scored third place in the Drivers' Championship his best overall result in Formula 1
After the end of the 2010 season, Webber announced that he drove the last four races of the season with a hairline crack in the shoulder bone. He had been injured in a fall from his mountain bike in Australia. The injury had not affected the racer in his own words at the races, did not have to be operated on.
Season 2011
2011 were Webber and Vettel again the Red Bull driver duo. While Vettel won eleven races and the world title defended, Webber was only at the season finale in Brazil a victory. He benefited from a technical problem Vettel, who finished the race in second place. Except for the Italian Grand Prix, where he retired after a collision, he reached one of the first five positions in each race. He was second twice, and seven others. Particularly noteworthy was about his third place at the Grand Prix of China. Webber started in the race from 18th place and came forward with an appropriate strategy and overtaking maneuvers. With seven fastest laps Webber the DHL Fastest Lap Award secured at the end of the season for the pilot with the most fastest laps. Webber finished the season behind Vettel and Button in third place in the World Championship, repeating the overall results from the previous year.
Season 2012
In the first four races of the 2012 season Webber finished in fourth place. After he had stayed at the Grand Prix of Spain in eleventh place with no points, he won the Monaco Grand Prix from pole position starting. After a seventh place in Canada Webber made in Europe after he was having technical problems become only the 19th in qualifying, some places in the race and finished fourth. A race later in the UK went Webber, who had driven in second place for much of the race in the closing stages of the Alonso leading up to that point over and won his second race of the season. The week after Webber was known to have extended his contract with Red Bull for another season. At the races in Korea and India, he scored more podium finishes in second and third. At the end of the season, he finished sixth in the championship, while his teammate Vettel once again became World Champion.
Season 2013
2013 remained Webber and Vettel at Red Bull He started with a sixth place at his home race in Australia in the season. In the second race in Malaysia Webber took the lead in the race. In the final stage but was overtaken against the team orders of his teammate Vettel. In China, Webber stopped without fuel in qualifying, so he had to start from the end of the field. In the race he collided with Jean- Éric Vergne first and dropped in the further course of the race with a tire not properly secured from. At the Grand Prix of Great Britain Webber was far behind after a poor start. In the final phase, he managed to drive fast laps and drive up or down to second place. A week later in Germany Webber had a good start into the race and was in the initial phase in second place. In his first pit stop his right rear wheel was not properly secured, so that it is still dissolved in the pit lane. The wheel hit a cameraman who was injured. Webber took the race with a lap down again and was finally seventh. At the Italian Grand Prix Webber was third in again on the podium. In the next race in Singapore Webber retired on the last lap with an engine damage. In the cool-down lap Alonso took him on the side box with back to the pits. For this negligence Webber was warned by the stewards for the third time this season and demoted for the next race by ten grid positions. In Japan, the first time Webber was faster than his teammate Vettel in qualifying. In the race he was behind Vettel in second place. This situation repeated itself in Abu Dhabi: Webber started from pole position and was behind Vettel in second place. At the season finale in Brazil Webber was second. It was his last Formula 1 race.
Webber completed his last Formula 1 season starting in third place, while his teammate Vettel for fourth consecutive world champion.
WEC ( 2014 )
2014 Webber changes in the FIA World Endurance Championship ( WEC) to Porsche.
Awards
In 2006, Webber was awarded the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy. This award is awarded to the most promising riders in the season since 1992.
Promotion of other racers
Since 2010 Webber meets with the team Arden International at the team MW Arden in the GP3 Series. It also promotes some young drivers. His compatriot Will Power, he helped in 2004 with 500,000 euros, so that he could continue to compete in the British Formula 3 Championship and continue his career.
Personal
Mark Webber is in a relationship with his partner and manager Ann. They live together in Aston Clinton, where Webber is the owner of a pub.
Statistics
Career stations
- 2006: Formula 1 ( 14th)
- 2007: Formula 1 ( 12th place)
- 2008: Formula 1 (11th )
- 2009: Formula 1 (4th place )
- 2010: Formula 1 ( 3rd place)
- 2011: Formula 1 ( 3rd place)
- 2012: Formula 1 ( 6th place)
- 2013: Formula 1 ( 3rd place)
Statistics in Formula 1
Grand Prix victories
- 2009: Germany ( Nürburgring )
- 2009: Brazil ( Interlagos )
- 2010: Spain ( Barcelona)
- 2010: Monaco ( Monte Carlo )
- 2010: Great Britain ( Silverstone )
- 2010: Hungary ( Mogyoród )
- 2011: Brazil ( Interlagos )
- 2012: Monaco ( Monte Carlo )
- 2012: Great Britain ( Silverstone )