Mark Webber

Mark Alan Webber (born 27 August 1976) is an Australian professional racing driver, currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship as a Porsche works driver in LMP1. After an 11-year career in Formula One, which included nine wins at the Red Bull team between 2009-2012 and achieving status as the number 2 driver, Webber returned to Le Mans in 2014 by signing for the Porsche Team. A year later, he got his first podium ever, second place behind the fellow Porsche 919 Hybrid, driven by Earl Bamber, Nico Hülkenberg and Nick Tandy.

Mercedes Years
Mark Webber, a 21-year-old amateur driver from Queanbeyan, made his Le Mans debut in 1998, driving for AMG-Mercedes. He was sharing the CLK-LM with triple winner Klaus Ludwig, and Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft champion Bernd Schneider. However, his debut was short lived, the car retiring after only 19 laps.

In 1999 Webber suffered a backflip crash in the Mercedes-Benz CLR during qualifying. The same instability befell the Scotsman Peter Dumbreck during the race itself. Webber's career in sports cars came to an abrupt end and he ventured into Formula One.

Porsche Years
After retiring from Formula One at the end of 2013, Webber made a comeback to Le Mans after 15 years in the 2014 season, and this time he was at Porsche with Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard. The car was not classified having completed 346 laps.

In 2015, Hartley, Webber and Bernhard managed to get the Porsche 919 Hybrid on the podium, a Porsche 1-2, with Hartley and Webber scoring a maiden podium place as Bernhard had won the race before (2010).