Mark Webber
About
A nine-time Grand Prix winner and FIA World Endurance Champion, Mark Webber is one of motorsport’s most popular and high-profile stars.
Webber started his career at 12, winning regional championships, after which he progressed to car racing in the British Formula 3 Championship and the Australian Formula Ford Championship.
Starting his career as a test driver for the Arrows F1 team; Mark Webber is an award-winning racing driver who, with his sheer determination and talent, rode his way to the top tiers of Formula One.
Mark Webber, has a straight-talking personality that comes from a strong sense of sportsmanship and fair play. From karting and Formula Ford to F1 and WEC season, Mark has earned many titles, awards and experience. Even after retiring in 2016, he took on the legendary "Race Across The Sky'' twice. After which he joined the Channel 4 commentary team.
Awards and Accomplishments
Awards and Accomplishments
In the 1998 season, Mark finished up as a runner-up for FIA GT Championship with the AMG Mercedes team. In 2001, he finished second in the International Formula 3000 Championship driving for Super Nova Racing.
Webber won nine F1 Grands Prix and thirteen pole positions in the World Drivers’ Championship in the 2010, 2011 and 2013 seasons. For the 2014 to 2016 seasons, he associated with WEC, sharing a Porsche 919 Hybrid with Bernhard and Hartley and won eight races in the final two seasons and the 2015 World Endurance Drivers’ Championship.
During his 12 year career as an F1 racer, Mark has participated in 215 races, with nine victories. He became the double winner of the Monaco and British Grands Prix recording 42 podium finishes, 13 pole finishes and 19 fastest laps.
Why Mark Webber ?
Being a public speaker, Webber shares his inspiring story, of all the hardships, challenges, inspirations using amusing anecdotes.
The high risks and cut-throat competition of Formula One, along with all the media perusal, high pressures and competitors, have offered Mark a wealth of experience that he can use to create an impact on the youth.
His endless knowledge, managing success as well as coping with failure helps his audience to navigate hardships in life.
