Just last year Mark Webber was driving at the top level of Le Mans during a very successful season for the Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 car. Before driving with Porsche, Mark was a very good driver in the little known series called Formula 1. In November of 2016 Mark stepped away from racing, but continued his relationship with Porsche as a brand ambassador.
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is just over one month away and already Mark Webber is getting questions about the famed endurance race. You may know that the former Formula 1 star is and huge bicyclist. In fact if you follow him on Twitter, you’ll see the above image of him riding a bike.
He is also a very good driver for Porsche. So far this season in the Wold Endurance Championship (WEC), his team has been very quick in their 919 Hybrid, but have had problems that have kept then from victory. However, with Le Mans just a few weeks away, Porsche’s chief endurance racing rival, Audi, may be sweating bullets. With how well Mark has been driving they will look for any advantage that they can find.
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Mark Webber knows fast cars. The former F1 star and current Porsche factory driver has driven some of the fastest machines on the planet.
With all that extremely fast driving, it takes quite a road car to get his attention. Even if you can take a sports car on the track, it isn’t quite as raw as a pure racing machine.
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Former Formula 1 star and current Porsche factory driver, Mark Webber knows a thing or two about open-wheeled driving. With the Bahrain Grand Prix running this weekend he was talking about F1 as well as tires and the World Endurance Championship (WEC).
The Australian is passionate about Motorsport and he has let some of that out. The racer is one the best drivers in the world, so his opinion counts for quite a bit.
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Porsche factory driver and former F1 star, Mark Webber, likes to go fast. No matter if he is pushing himself on the track or biking a challenging road.
But what does he use when he isn’t in a Porsche 919 Hybrid? Besides riding his bicycle, he drives one of the all time greats from the German marquee.
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