Current Drivers
Mark Webber has competed in more races than any other Australian driver and has twice finished third in the drivers' championship. He began his career with Minardi in 2002 before a two year stint with Jaguar. Offered the choice of driving for Williams or Renault, Webber opted for the former, a team with many previous successes. Renault, however, produced a championship-winning car for the next two seasons as Fernando Alonso won the 2005 and 2006 drivers' titles. Webber only managed to finish 10th and 14th in the championship and soon returned to his previous team, now running under the name Red Bull. In his third season with the team (2009) Webber scored his maiden race wins at Nurburgring and Interlagos. The following year he came close to winning the title, losing it after a poor pit stop pushed him down to seventh place with team mate Sebastian Vettel taking that year's honour. Webber is now is his sixth season with the team.
In 2011 Daniel Ricciardo became the first West Australian to race in Formula One. He had joined Red Bull in 2009 as a test driver and was promoted to reserve driver for the following year. He was loaned to HRT in the second half of the 2011 season and joined Toro Rosso as a full time driver in 2012.
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