A detailed look at Mark Webber’s career with Red Bull Racing until 2012 – Formula 1
Mark Webber joined Red Bull Racing in 2007 as David Coulthard’s teammate, at the end of his two-year deal with Williams.
Webber struggled with his pace and could not attain competitive results for his team in 2007. He came 12th in the drivers’ championship with 10 points. Moreover, he stood ahead of Jarno Trulli of Toyota and behind Alexander Wurz of Williams.
In 2008, he tried his best to attain good results for his team and managed to improve his pace a little bit. He secured 11th place finish in the standings with 21 points. Additionally, he remained ahead of Nelsinho Piquet of Renault and behind Timo Glock of Toyota.
The Aussie came up really strong in 2009 and performed incredibly well throughout the year. He secured an impressive fourth place finish in the drivers’ championship with 69.5 points. Furthermore, he remained ahead of Lewis Hamilton of McLaren and behind his main rival, Rubens Barrichello of Brawn GP.
In 2010, he again improved his pace and delivered some remarkable performances. He came third in the drivers’ rankings with 242 points. Besides, he stood ahead of his main opponent, Hamilton and behind, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari.
On the other hand, his teammate, Sebastian Vettel won his first drivers’ title in 2010 and became the youngest driver to win the championship.
Webber performed with the same consistency in 2011 and managed to secure third place finish again after scoring 258 points. Additionally, he stood ahead of Alonso and behind Jenson Button of McLaren.
The 36-year-old was the most consistent point scorer during the start of 2012 and even remained in the title fight for quite some time. However, he faced some reliability issues which hindered his performance in quite a few races due to which he couldn’t keep his consistency and lost some crucial points in the championship fight.
He scored 179 points in the last year’s championship and secured 6th place finish in the drivers’ standings. Moreover, he stood ahead of Felipe Massa of Ferrari and behind major rival, Button.
It will be important to mention that he has played a supporting role in this team in many races so as to help his teammate, Vettel in the championship. However, he has expressed that he is not going to play a supporting role anymore in the future and will fight his own battle.
“Obviously with Sebastian's form, he's clearly on the front foot,” the 36-year-old told Reuters, “not only from within our team but he's won three World titles on the bounce now so all the drivers have got to try and topple him.”
“I don't go there thinking I've got to be playing a team role as such. I'm there for myself, to get best results possible and to do that I need to be part of the team,” he said. “So, no, I'm not going there thinking in a supporting role at all.”
“It wasn't strong enough towards the end but they're fine margins,” he added.
The Australian driver has been considered as one of the most hardworking and diligent drivers in F1, but he has not been able to win a championship until now. Let’s see how he performs in the next season and whether he will be able to win a title in his career ahead or not.
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