Given the recent rumour that Mark Webber has already signed a five-year deal to race sportscars with Porsche from next year he was always going to be asked questions about it when he fronted the media in Bahrain last weekend. Porsche has already denied the rumour to be fact, and indeed some reports suggest the […]
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During its coverage of the 6 Hours of Silverstone Radio Le Mans announced that Mark Webber has signed a five-year deal with Porsche to join their World Endurance Championship assault. If the rumour is correct Mark will retire from F1 at the end of this year and start with Porsche in 2014. Rumours of Webber […]
The media’s ability to take a topic, run with it and blow it completely out of all proportion has been in full effect in the wake of Sebastian Vettel’s decision to ignore team orders on the way to victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix fallout. Mostly, we’re concerned with the Australian media, because that’s where […]
Three-time world champion Sebastian Vettel is known for waving his index finger around after a race win to signal his number one status. It turns out his Aussie teammate at Red Bull, Mark Webber, has a single fingered salute of his own. Mark angrily displayed the bird to Sebastian during the Malaysian Grand Prix after […]
Okay, we all know the sorry tale of Mark Webber’s start in last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix; he started on the front row and before the first corner found himself down in seventh place. Afterwards Webber revealed he had no KERS at the start and that the telemetry from his car couldn’t be transmitted back […]
Here’s a fun video from Red Bull Racing where Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel are given the challenge of applying the sponsor and livery stickers to their RB9. As it turns out they didn’t do a very good job.
With the arrival of Red Bull as a major sponsor of the Triple Eight team in local V8 racing the energy drinks giant has an impressive list of Australian talent on its books. In addition to Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup they’ve signed former MotoGP champion Casey Stoner and, of course, there’s Mark Webber and […]
On a wet, windy and generally horrible day of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Barcelona Mark Webber set the fastest lap in his Red Bull RB9 with just minutes left on the clock. Webber’s best time of 1:22.693 was set on soft compound tyres after conditions improved enough to allow the use of slick tyres. […]
Following Helmut Marko’s controversial comments earlier this year saying that Mark Webber can’t handle pressure, Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz has assured Webber he’ll be treated equally. Speaking to Gazzetta dello Sport, Mateschitz was asked if Webber would be given a fair shake of the sauce bottle and he replied, “I absolutely believe that and […]
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Webber critical of new F1 podium format
Mark Webber has voiced his displeasure at the introduction of the new post-race podium procedure, saying “The electronic flags look rubbish.” The new format was first introduced after Webber won the British Grand Prix. As well as his dislike of the tacky quiz show-like rotating flags, Webber was unhappy with other aspects too. “I certainly […]
Mark Webber and Red Bull Racing will be the headline act at next year’s Top Gear Festival to be held at Sydney Motorsport Park (9–10 March 2013). It will be the first time an F1 car has been driven at the venue and Mark is pretty keen to get out there and strut his stuff, […]
Australian F1 star Mark Webber, currently second in the drivers’ championship, is enjoying the mid-season break by taking in as much of the London Olympics as he can. But he’s also found time to have a crack at the critics of his team, Red Bull Racing. It’s not the first time Webber has fired a […]