Why did Mark Webber leave Red Bull? Why did Webber leave F1?

Mark Alan Webber AO is an Australian former professional racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2002 to 2013 and the FIA World Endurance Championship between 2014 and 2016.

Mark Webber is a champion of the 2015 FIA WEC for Porsche with German Timo Bernhard and New Zealander Brendon Hartley.

Mark Webber began karting at age 12 or 13 and achieved early success, winning regional championships before progressing to car racing in the Australian Formula Ford Championship and the British Formula 3 Championship.

Mark Webber competed for two years opposite Bernd Schneider in the FIA GT Championship with the AMG Mercedes team, finishing runner-up in the 1998 season with five wins in ten races before finishing second in the 2001 International Formula 3000 Championship driving for Super Nova Racing.

Mark Webber made his F1 debut with the Minardi team in the 2002 season and finished fifth in his first race, the Australian Grand Prix.

Why did Mark Webber leave Red Bull?

Mark Webber remained at Red Bull for the 2013 championship because he wanted to honour an earlier promise he had made to Horner and Mateschitz to stay at the team until his F1 career was over.

Mark Webber rejected an offer from Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali to partner Alonso and replace Felipe Massa for a year with a second optional, feeling switching teams would be inappropriate.

Mark Webber briefly lightened his training over the pre-season period when a titanium rod in his right leg was removed in December 2012.

After restarting training that month, Mark Webber decided to leave Red Bulla and retire  after 2013 because he wanted to spend more time with his family, demotivation with F1 since drivers could not criticise Pirelli’s tyres for fear of possibly upsetting others and the politics when large sums of money were involved.

Why did Webber leave F1?

Mark Webber left F1 after 2013 and moved to the WEC, sharing a Porsche 919 Hybrid with Bernhard and Hartley in the fully-professional Le Mans Prototype 1 class from the 2014 to 2016 seasons.

Mark Webber admitted that a loss of motivation with Formula 1 caused his retirement from the sport.