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Mark Alan Webber AO (born 27 August 1976) is an Australian former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 2002 to 2013. Webber won nine Formula One Grands Prix across 12 seasons. In endurance racing, Webber won the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2015 with Porsche.
Mark Webber (pictured in 2010) finished fifth and was given an impromptu podium ceremony after the race. The Australian Grand Prix Corporation's chairman, Ron Walker, convinced Webber and Stoddart to celebrate their fifth-place finish with an impromptu ceremony on the podium, which resulted in a £50,000 fine from FIA president Max Mosley. [70]
Webber driving for Red Bull at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix. Mark Webber three times finished third in the Drivers' Championship. [3] [7] He began his career with Minardi in 2002 before a two-year stint with Jaguar. Offered the choice of driving for Williams or Renault, Webber opted for the former, a team with many previous successes.
Webber took advantage but missed his braking point because his front wing stopped producing downforce which prevented him from reducing his speed and locked his tyres. He collided one of Hamilton's rear tyres, sending both drivers into the gravel trap. Both drivers managed to continue and Webber drove into the pit lane to replace his front wing.
Australian Mark Webber was fourth, his best result in his home Grand Prix. [7] Webber's fourth place was the best finish by an Australian in an Australian Grand Prix since Alfredo Costanzo finished fourth in 1984, the last time the race was run under Australian domestic rules before becoming a round of the World Championship in 1985.
Mark Webber may refer to: Mark Webber (racing driver) (born 1976), Australian racing driver; Mark Webber (actor) (born 1980), American actor;
Mark Webber held second place for much of the period before Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button were able to split the Red Bull cars. Webber was able to reclaim third from Button, but was mystified as to his lack of pace compared to his team-mate; Vettel was almost a second faster than Hamilton.
Mark Webber set the early benchmark with a 1:27.799, but Lewis Hamilton knocked one and one tenths off that, with a lap of 1:26.674 – his personal fastest lap of the meeting, before Räikkönen took control. Rubens Barrichello and David Coulthard found themselves knocked out of qualifying, along with the Toro Rossos and the Spykers.