Mark Webber had a dream debut racing in front of his home crowd at the 2002 Australian GP, scoring points in his very first race for a below par Minardi team. He won his first GP only 129 race starts later at 2009 in Germany. It was an emotional moment for the Australian who had raced for eight seasons in four different teams before he got his first chance to grace the top step of the podium. Webber had one more win in the 2009 season but more importantly, he partnered Sebastian Vettel to take Red Bull to the second spot on the Constructors’ standings. This was the best result in the team’s history. The Aussie ended the year with 8 podiums, 1 pole and 2 wins to finish 4th in the Drivers’ Championship. One of the other notable points of Webber’s 2009 form is that this strong performance came after a serious accident which he suffered prior to the start of the season. The Red Bull driver broke his leg in a cycling accident and was feared to be unfit to drive for 2009. But he came back to 100% fitness and raced like nothing had gone wrong to bring out the best results of his career. This incident is a strong example of Webber’s characteristic resilience.With the best season of his F1 career behind him, Mark Webber will now have to keep the momentum going so he can prove that he is truly one of the drivers to beat on the current grid.
In which year was the Constructor's Championship first introduced in Formula 1?
In the year 1958, eight years after the first Driver’s Championship was awarded, F1 awarded the first Constructor’s title to the British team, Vanwall.