Mark Webber | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Mark_Webber_2017_United_States_GP_(cropped).jpg) Webber at the 2017 United States Grand Prix | |
| Born | Mark Alan Webber 27 August 1976 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia |
| Spouse |
Ann Neal (m. 2016) |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Active years | 2002–2013 |
| Teams | Minardi, Jaguar, Williams, Red Bull |
| Entries | 217 (215 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 9 |
| Podiums | 42 |
| Career points | 1047.5 |
| Pole positions | 13 |
| Fastest laps | 19 |
| First entry | 2002 Australian Grand Prix |
| First win | 2009 German Grand Prix |
| Last win | 2012 British Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
| Years active | 2014–2016 |
| Teams | Porsche |
| Starts | 25 |
| Championships | 1 (2015) |
| Wins | 8 |
| Podiums | 15 |
| Poles | 8 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2015 (LMP1) |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Years | 1998–1999, 2014–2016 |
| Teams | Mercedes, Porsche |
| Best finish | 2nd (2015) |
| Class wins | 0 |
| Website | www |
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.
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 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 2006, driving for the Red Bull team 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 Formula One after 2013 and moved to the World Endurance Championship, 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.