Mark Webber to retire at end of FIA WEC season

The current Australian, former Formula One Driver, is hanging up the helmet.

By Vineeth Patel
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: Joint 2015 FIA World Endurance Champion Mark Webber is seen as Le Mans comes to London - 919 Hybrid, Mark Webber and new Panamera E-Hybrid brings Porsche race-winning technology alive on the city streets, on September 27, 2016 in London, England. This morning, the two most advanced Porsche cars built so far, the 919 Hybrid LMP1 and the all-new Panamera made history; the world's fastest petrol:electric Hybrid race car took to the London streets alongside the new Panamera 4 E-Hybrid to demonstrate how Porsche is translating its Le Mans-winning Hybrid technology from the track to the road. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Porsche)
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: Joint 2015 FIA World Endurance Champion Mark Webber is seen as Le Mans comes to London - 919 Hybrid, Mark Webber and new Panamera E-Hybrid brings Porsche race-winning technology alive on the city streets, on September 27, 2016 in London, England. This morning, the two most advanced Porsche cars built so far, the 919 Hybrid LMP1 and the all-new Panamera made history; the world's fastest petrol:electric Hybrid race car took to the London streets alongside the new Panamera 4 E-Hybrid to demonstrate how Porsche is translating its Le Mans-winning Hybrid technology from the track to the road. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Porsche)
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Mark Webber announced that he will walking away from competitive racing at the end of the 2016 FIA
World Endurance Championship season. The Australian driver announced his retirement earlier this morning. While Webber will stop racing for
Porsche, he will continue to represent the German automaker at events and will act as a consultant for its motorsport program.


The 40-year old Webber retired from
Formula One with 215 Grand Prix stars and nine victories under his belt at the end of 2013. After competing at the pinnacle of motorsport racing, Webber moved to the World Endurance Championship where he amassed seven wins to his name, three of which happened this year. Last year, Webber, with the help of Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley, won the World Drivers’ Champion and finished second at the
24 Hours of Le Mans.


“I have arrived where I belong,” stated Mark Webber. “Porsche is the brand I always loved most and the one that suits me the best.”


Porsche is currently in first place this season with 238 points with Audi trailing closely behind with 185 points. The Webber, Bernhard, and Hartley trio are currently in fourth place. Webber’s will strap into the Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 for the last time competitively at the six-hour race in Bahrain on November 19th.


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