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9842_310	The 2014 season began with Webber qualifying sixth and finishing third at the season-opening 6
9842_311	Hours of Silverstone. Hybrid technical issues at the following 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps left
9842_312	Webber and his co-drivers 23rd overall. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Webber's team qualified the No.
9842_313	20 car second and retired with a broken anti-roll bar 22 hours in. The next four races saw him
9842_314	finish no lower than sixth, placing third at both the 6 Hours of Fuji and the 6 Hours of Bahrain.
9842_315	At the season-ending 6 Hours of São Paulo, his team qualified on pole position; late in the race,
9842_316	Matteo Cressoni's No. 90 AF Corse-run 8 Star Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia hit the right-rear of
9842_317	his car, sending Webber into a concrete barrier. Webber sustained a left lung contusion and severe
9842_318	concussion, recovering from the effects of the crash weeks later. He was ninth in the World
9842_319	Endurance Drivers' Championship (WEDC) with 64.5 points.
9842_320	Porsche retained Webber for the 2015 season alongside Bernhard and Hartley in the renumbered No. 17
9842_321	car. Webber and Hartley qualified the car on pole position for the season-opening 6 Hours of
9842_322	Silverstone but Webber had to retire it with drivetrain failure. He was on pole position at the
9842_323	following 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and finished third after Hartley incurred a stop-and-go
9842_324	penalty for rejoining the track via an escape road. He qualified and finished second at the 24
9842_325	Hours of Le Mans. before claiming four consecutive victories to enter the season-ending 6 Hours of
9842_326	Bahrain leading Audi's Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer by 12 points. Webber and
9842_327	his teammates needed to finish third to win the WEDC. They qualified on pole position and overcame
9842_328	mechanical problems to finish fifth and claim the title with 166 points, five ahead of Fässler,
9842_329	Lotterer and Tréluyer.
9842_330	Webber again remained at Porsche alongside Bernhard and Hartley in the renumbered No. 1 entry for
9842_331	the 2016 championship. The crew retired from the season-opening 6 Hours of Silverstone following a
9842_332	collision between Hartley and a slower Porsche GT car. At the following 6 Hours of
9842_333	Spa-Francorchamps, two tyre punctures and a front axle gearbox problem left him 27th overall.
9842_334	Webber began from second at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished 13th overall due to a water pump
9842_335	failure that needed fixing when Webber was driving. The rest of the season saw the crew win four of
9842_336	the next six races and qualify on pole position once for fourth in the WEDC with 134.5 points.
9842_337	Retirement (2017–present)
9842_338	Webber decided to retire from motor racing after the season was over. He kept the news secret until
9842_339	going to Japan, citing Porsche's dwindling desire to commit fully to its LMP1 programme and the
9842_340	difficulty of doing "this job half-hearted" with regards of getting motivated to do test sessions
9842_341	and races as reasons.
9842_342	Webber was due to compete in the American-based short track oval racing series Superstar Racing
9842_343	Experience in 2021; travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic meant Webber was ultimately
9842_344	unable to.
9842_345	Driving style
9842_346	In describing Webber's driving style, journalist Mark Hughes stated: "The thing he does arguably
9842_347	better than anyone else, is extract every ounce of potential from the car through fast,
9842_348	aerodynamically-loaded corners" since extra lap time could be located in slower turns because the
9842_349	car remains in them for longer. He was able to feel the braking grip of his tyres and could
9842_350	correctly modulate throttle power as grip levels reduced under braking to slow the vehicle down.
9842_351	Entering a braking zone, Webber achieved more retardation rate in a downforce-reliant car than
9842_352	other drivers and as the downforce decreased he was able to modulate pressure and sensitivity well
9842_353	to remain within the tyre's grip limit. His braking pressure force enabled him to translate lap
9842_354	time where the entry speed is high enough to make this possible without brake locking. His driving
9842_355	style, which was refined in downforce-heavy sports cars in the late 1990s, was not suited to a more
9842_356	gentle approach required for driving V8 F1 Pirelli-shod cars because of how he managed those brand
9842_357	of tyres that wore out faster than the Bridgestone compounds he was accustomed to.
9842_358	Non-driving work
9842_359	Webber is a brand ambassador of the luxury fashion house Hugo Boss, the car brand Porsche, the
9842_360	watch manufacturer Rolex, the synthetic engine oil brand Mobil 1, the airline carrier Qantas, and
9842_361	the spinal cord injury research charity Wings for Life. In July 2003, he helped to launch that
9842_362	year's Road Safety Handbook aiming to give road safety guides for residents of Milton Keynes. As a
9842_363	result of his endorsement money and salary, he was included in Australia's Top 50 Sports Earners
9842_364	and the BRW Young Rich lists by BRW magazine. From 2009 to 2013, Webber and Horner co-owned the MW
9842_365	Arden junior team that ran in the European-based GP3 Series. He launched the off-road sports
9842_366	clothing brand Aussie Grit for mountain riding and running in 2018, and fronted Porsche and Boss'
9842_367	clothing collections for 2019 and 2020.
9842_368	In 2003, Webber began the ten-day adventure challenge trek Mark Webber Challenge featuring
9842_369	cross-country running, cycling and kayaking in Tasmania to raise money for children's cancer
9842_370	charities. He organised it following his grandfather's death from cancer as well as his experiences
9842_371	of friends whose children had cancer. Webber held the challenge again from 2006 to 2008 but not in
9842_372	2009 and 2010 due to economical problems. He again held the event with corporate and local
9842_373	government sponsorship from 2011 to 2013. Inspire Young People and Webber created the Mark Webber
9842_374	Youth Challenge in 2014 involving college student teams raising money for charity participating in
9842_375	physical activities. He was patron of the Amy Gillett Foundation promoting safer on-road
9842_376	relationships between cyclists and motorists, and of the Aylesbury College Trust. Webber won the F1
9842_377	pro-am tennis tournament in Barcelona three times. He supported the use of the AI-operated prostate
9842_378	cancer diagnosis device Maxwell Plus in Queanbeyan in November 2021 following a reduction in
9842_379	testing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
9842_380	Webber has written columns for Autosport, the BBC, and The Sydney Daily Telegraph. He has provided
9842_381	expert analysis on F1 for the British television broadcaster Channel 4 since the season. Webber
9842_382	has done a similar role for Australia's Channel 10, covering the Australian Grand Prix and
9842_383	co-hosting the 2015 Clipsal 500 of the V8 Supercars Championship for the broadcaster. He was guest
9842_384	reporter for two rounds of the 2017 World Rally Championship on Red Bull TV. Since early 2020,
9842_385	Webber has mentored racing driver Oscar Piastri and represents his commercial interests through the
9842_386	management arm JAM Sports Management he founded with his wife and corporate and sports CEO Jason
9842_387	Allen. He authored the book, Up Front – 2010, A Season To Remember, in 2010. Webber's
9842_388	autobiography, Aussie Grit: My Formula One Journey, ghost written by Stuart Sykes, was published in
9842_389	2015. Webber owned a public house, The Stag, in Mentmore. He joined documentary makers Noah Media
9842_390	Group as an producer and an investor in November 2021.
9842_391	Assessment and honours
9842_392	Webber is nicknamed "Aussie Grit" for "his determination in the face of adversity and his
9842_393	patriotism." Bruce Jones described Webber in the book The Story of Formula One: 65 Years of Life in
9842_394	the Fast Lane as having earned "considerable admiration for his straight-talking, honest approach
9842_395	that was devoid of pretence or hyperbole. He is an out-and-out racer cast from something of an
9842_396	old-fashioned mould and as such often seemed an adult in an increasingly infantile world." BBC
9842_397	Sport's Andrew Benson wrote that Webber's "combination of race-winning pace and forthright manner
9842_398	has made him a central figure in F1 over the last decade" and that Webber had "remained true to
9842_399	himself. He is unimpressed with the trappings of F1 and its supposed glamour. And his willingness
9842_400	to follow his own mind is intact."
9842_401	In October 2003, Webber was unanimously voted fourth director of the trade union Grand Prix
9842_402	Drivers' Association (GPDA). He was voted out of it in September 2005 since it felt there were too
9842_403	many directors in charge. Webber won the BRDC Bruce McLaren Award in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2009, and
9842_404	2010 as "the Commonwealth driver who has established the most meritorious performances in
9842_405	international motor racing." In October 2000, he received the Australian Sports Medal for placing
9842_406	second in the 1998 FIA GT Championship and participating in the IF3000 Championship; was voted
9842_407	"Rookie of the Year" by both readers of F1 Racing and Autosport magazines; named "F1 Newcomer of
9842_408	the Year" at the annual Grand Prix Party Awards; was named Autocar's magazine; 2003 F1 Driver of
9842_409	the Year; won the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy in 2006; and the 2009 Innes Ireland Trophy for displaying

9842_310

The 2014 season began with Webber qualifying sixth and finishing third at the season-opening 6

9842_311

Hours of Silverstone. Hybrid technical issues at the following 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps left

9842_312

Webber and his co-drivers 23rd overall. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Webber's team qualified the No.

9842_313

20 car second and retired with a broken anti-roll bar 22 hours in. The next four races saw him

9842_314

finish no lower than sixth, placing third at both the 6 Hours of Fuji and the 6 Hours of Bahrain.

9842_315

At the season-ending 6 Hours of São Paulo, his team qualified on pole position; late in the race,

9842_316

Matteo Cressoni's No. 90 AF Corse-run 8 Star Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia hit the right-rear of

9842_317

his car, sending Webber into a concrete barrier. Webber sustained a left lung contusion and severe

9842_318

concussion, recovering from the effects of the crash weeks later. He was ninth in the World

9842_319

Endurance Drivers' Championship (WEDC) with 64.5 points.

9842_320

Porsche retained Webber for the 2015 season alongside Bernhard and Hartley in the renumbered No. 17

9842_321

car. Webber and Hartley qualified the car on pole position for the season-opening 6 Hours of

9842_322

Silverstone but Webber had to retire it with drivetrain failure. He was on pole position at the

9842_323

following 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and finished third after Hartley incurred a stop-and-go

9842_324

penalty for rejoining the track via an escape road. He qualified and finished second at the 24

9842_325

Hours of Le Mans. before claiming four consecutive victories to enter the season-ending 6 Hours of

9842_326

Bahrain leading Audi's Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer by 12 points. Webber and

9842_327

his teammates needed to finish third to win the WEDC. They qualified on pole position and overcame

9842_328

mechanical problems to finish fifth and claim the title with 166 points, five ahead of Fässler,

9842_329

Lotterer and Tréluyer.

9842_330

Webber again remained at Porsche alongside Bernhard and Hartley in the renumbered No. 1 entry for

9842_331

the 2016 championship. The crew retired from the season-opening 6 Hours of Silverstone following a

9842_332

collision between Hartley and a slower Porsche GT car. At the following 6 Hours of

9842_333

Spa-Francorchamps, two tyre punctures and a front axle gearbox problem left him 27th overall.

9842_334

Webber began from second at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished 13th overall due to a water pump

9842_335

failure that needed fixing when Webber was driving. The rest of the season saw the crew win four of

9842_336

the next six races and qualify on pole position once for fourth in the WEDC with 134.5 points.

9842_337

Retirement (2017–present)

9842_338

Webber decided to retire from motor racing after the season was over. He kept the news secret until

9842_339

going to Japan, citing Porsche's dwindling desire to commit fully to its LMP1 programme and the

9842_340

difficulty of doing "this job half-hearted" with regards of getting motivated to do test sessions

9842_341

and races as reasons.

9842_342

Webber was due to compete in the American-based short track oval racing series Superstar Racing

9842_343

Experience in 2021; travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic meant Webber was ultimately

9842_344

unable to.

9842_345

Driving style

9842_346

In describing Webber's driving style, journalist Mark Hughes stated: "The thing he does arguably

9842_347

better than anyone else, is extract every ounce of potential from the car through fast,

9842_348

aerodynamically-loaded corners" since extra lap time could be located in slower turns because the

9842_349

car remains in them for longer. He was able to feel the braking grip of his tyres and could

9842_350

correctly modulate throttle power as grip levels reduced under braking to slow the vehicle down.

9842_351

Entering a braking zone, Webber achieved more retardation rate in a downforce-reliant car than

9842_352

other drivers and as the downforce decreased he was able to modulate pressure and sensitivity well

9842_353

to remain within the tyre's grip limit. His braking pressure force enabled him to translate lap

9842_354

time where the entry speed is high enough to make this possible without brake locking. His driving

9842_355

style, which was refined in downforce-heavy sports cars in the late 1990s, was not suited to a more

9842_356

gentle approach required for driving V8 F1 Pirelli-shod cars because of how he managed those brand

9842_357

of tyres that wore out faster than the Bridgestone compounds he was accustomed to.

9842_358

Non-driving work

9842_359

Webber is a brand ambassador of the luxury fashion house Hugo Boss, the car brand Porsche, the

9842_360

watch manufacturer Rolex, the synthetic engine oil brand Mobil 1, the airline carrier Qantas, and

9842_361

the spinal cord injury research charity Wings for Life. In July 2003, he helped to launch that

9842_362

year's Road Safety Handbook aiming to give road safety guides for residents of Milton Keynes. As a

9842_363

result of his endorsement money and salary, he was included in Australia's Top 50 Sports Earners

9842_364

and the BRW Young Rich lists by BRW magazine. From 2009 to 2013, Webber and Horner co-owned the MW

9842_365

Arden junior team that ran in the European-based GP3 Series. He launched the off-road sports

9842_366

clothing brand Aussie Grit for mountain riding and running in 2018, and fronted Porsche and Boss'

9842_367

clothing collections for 2019 and 2020.

9842_368

In 2003, Webber began the ten-day adventure challenge trek Mark Webber Challenge featuring

9842_369

cross-country running, cycling and kayaking in Tasmania to raise money for children's cancer

9842_370

charities. He organised it following his grandfather's death from cancer as well as his experiences

9842_371

of friends whose children had cancer. Webber held the challenge again from 2006 to 2008 but not in

9842_372

2009 and 2010 due to economical problems. He again held the event with corporate and local

9842_373

government sponsorship from 2011 to 2013. Inspire Young People and Webber created the Mark Webber

9842_374

Youth Challenge in 2014 involving college student teams raising money for charity participating in

9842_375

physical activities. He was patron of the Amy Gillett Foundation promoting safer on-road

9842_376

relationships between cyclists and motorists, and of the Aylesbury College Trust. Webber won the F1

9842_377

pro-am tennis tournament in Barcelona three times. He supported the use of the AI-operated prostate

9842_378

cancer diagnosis device Maxwell Plus in Queanbeyan in November 2021 following a reduction in

9842_379

testing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

9842_380

Webber has written columns for Autosport, the BBC, and The Sydney Daily Telegraph. He has provided

9842_381

expert analysis on F1 for the British television broadcaster Channel 4 since the season. Webber

9842_382

has done a similar role for Australia's Channel 10, covering the Australian Grand Prix and

9842_383

co-hosting the 2015 Clipsal 500 of the V8 Supercars Championship for the broadcaster. He was guest

9842_384

reporter for two rounds of the 2017 World Rally Championship on Red Bull TV. Since early 2020,

9842_385

Webber has mentored racing driver Oscar Piastri and represents his commercial interests through the

9842_386

management arm JAM Sports Management he founded with his wife and corporate and sports CEO Jason

9842_387

Allen. He authored the book, Up Front – 2010, A Season To Remember, in 2010. Webber's

9842_388

autobiography, Aussie Grit: My Formula One Journey, ghost written by Stuart Sykes, was published in

9842_389

2015. Webber owned a public house, The Stag, in Mentmore. He joined documentary makers Noah Media

9842_390

Group as an producer and an investor in November 2021.

9842_391

Assessment and honours

9842_392

Webber is nicknamed "Aussie Grit" for "his determination in the face of adversity and his

9842_393

patriotism." Bruce Jones described Webber in the book The Story of Formula One: 65 Years of Life in

9842_394

the Fast Lane as having earned "considerable admiration for his straight-talking, honest approach

9842_395

that was devoid of pretence or hyperbole. He is an out-and-out racer cast from something of an

9842_396

old-fashioned mould and as such often seemed an adult in an increasingly infantile world." BBC

9842_397

Sport's Andrew Benson wrote that Webber's "combination of race-winning pace and forthright manner

9842_398

has made him a central figure in F1 over the last decade" and that Webber had "remained true to

9842_399

himself. He is unimpressed with the trappings of F1 and its supposed glamour. And his willingness

9842_400

to follow his own mind is intact."

9842_401

In October 2003, Webber was unanimously voted fourth director of the trade union Grand Prix

9842_402

Drivers' Association (GPDA). He was voted out of it in September 2005 since it felt there were too

9842_403

many directors in charge. Webber won the BRDC Bruce McLaren Award in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2009, and

9842_404

2010 as "the Commonwealth driver who has established the most meritorious performances in

9842_405

international motor racing." In October 2000, he received the Australian Sports Medal for placing

9842_406

second in the 1998 FIA GT Championship and participating in the IF3000 Championship; was voted

9842_407

"Rookie of the Year" by both readers of F1 Racing and Autosport magazines; named "F1 Newcomer of

9842_408

the Year" at the annual Grand Prix Party Awards; was named Autocar's magazine; 2003 F1 Driver of

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the Year; won the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy in 2006; and the 2009 Innes Ireland Trophy for displaying