 Webber made his Formula One debut in 2002 , scoring Minardi 's first points in three years at his and Stoddart 's home race . After his first season , Jaguar took him on as lead driver . During two years with the generally uncompetitive team , Webber qualified on the front two rows of the grid several times and outperformed his teammates . His first F1 win was with Red Bull at the 2009 German Grand Prix , which followed second places at the 2009 Chinese Grand Prix , 2009 Turkish Grand Prix and 2009 British Grand Prix . By the end of 2009 , Webber had scored eight podiums , including another victory in Brazil . His eight podiums in 2009 compares to only two podiums in the first seven years of his career . He added ten more podiums in 2010 , including victories in Spain , Monaco , Britain and Hungary . Webber finished the 2010 season in third place having led for a long period , losing out to teammate Sebastian Vettel in the final race of the season . Webber added another race victory in the 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix , as he once again finished third behind champion Vettel and runner @-@ up Jenson Button . Webber partnered Vettel again in the 2012 season , outperforming him in the early season and looked to be a major title contender but fell away with no wins in the second half of the season after two in the Monaco and British Grand Prix . He finished the season in sixth position . Webber was also a long @-@ term director of the Grand Prix Drivers ' Association , the Formula One drivers ' union . 
