 On 27 June 2013 , Webber announced he would be retiring from Formula One at the end of the season . He began to race for Porsche in 2014 , on a long @-@ term deal , racing LMP1 Sportscars in the FIA World Endurance Championship . Webber is one of six drivers of the Porsche 919 Hybrid , and in November 2015 he became World Endurance Champion in the # 17 car , alongside Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley . The trio race with the # 1 on their car in 2016 . After his retirement from F1 Webber joined the BBC F1 team as an occasional pundit and reporter from 2014 @-@ 2015 and has joined the Channel 4 F1 Team in the UK for their coverage in 2016 as a full @-@ time pundit . 
