Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber has announced his exit from Formula 1 at the end of this season and switch to Porsche's sportscar programme in the World Endurance Championship and next year's 24 hours Le Mans race!
Webber who has competed in 205 races over a 12 year Formula 1 career has had most of his success in the Red Bull team winning 9 races and scoring 35 out of his 36 podiums with the Milton Keynes based team!
Webber says " It’s an honour for me to join Porsche at its return to the top category in Le Mans and in the sports car World Endurance Championship and be part of the team".
"Porsche has written racing history as a manufacturer and stands for outstanding technology and performance at the highest level. I’m very much looking forward to this new challenge after my time in Formula One. Porsche will undoubtedly set itself very high goals. I can hardly wait to pilot one of the fastest sports cars in the world."
For a while now it has been speculated that Kimi Raikkonen will move from Lotus to Red Bull next year and now it looks like Red Bull will need a top driver like him to partner Vettel!
The Porsche WEC LMP1 team will pair Neel Jani, a former Red Bull development driver, alongside the Australian Webber who is looking for new challenges!
It doesn't look like Webber will return to Formula 1 after his WEC stint unlike his rivals Raikkonen and Schumacher who returned to the sport after a hiatus!
Good Luck Mate!
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