Mark Webber was born in 1976 in Queanbeyan, Australia. At an early age he discovered his passion for driving and competing. Beginning his career as a kart driver Webbers wins his first Championship at the age of 16. After a few years of kart driving he developed a taste for adrenalin and switched to even faster vehicles. His Formula 1 career began in 1999 as a test driver for Arrows. During this year he took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in which a spectacular accident took place. Due to a mechanical problem a Mercedes car took off like a racket, causing a big mess. Webber survived the accident miraculously unhurt.
In 2002 he was welcomed as the newest member of the Minardi team. In his first race in Melbourne he was able to win fifth place, while driving the slowest car in the race. Although he could not repeat this sensation in the 2002 racing season, his successful career started. In 2003 Webber was able to score points in his Jaguar seven times, making him number ten in the championship. In 2004 his success continued and the world started to notice the young driver with the high ambitions.
Trying to continue his success and switching to Willams, Webber was stroke with bad luck in the season of 2005. Being able to be faster than his teammate Nick Heidfeld during qualifying, he was not able to keep his performance up during the races. Some unfortunate failures did the rest and the dream of his first victory started to slip away. In 2006 Webbers performance was strong and he had a few good shots at winning, but an unreliable car kept him from his victory.
In 2007 Mark Webber switched to the Red Bull team. Now his luck seemed to have changed, winning third place in the Nurburgring tournament. Only one year later he was able to win in a Formula 1 race for the first time in the same tournament. In 2010 Webber was finally able to win the Formula 1 championship. After long years of hard work and some accidents, he reached his goal.
