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Formula One race winner and World Endurance Champion Mark Webber will be hanging up his helmet at the end of the year.
“I have arrived where I belong”, said Webber, who has been a factory Porsche driver in the World Endurance Championship since the start of 2014, driving a 919 LMP1.
The Aussie said he was glad to be able to finish his career with the German brand.
The 6 Hours of Bahrain is poised to be Weber’s final career race. The 40-year-old says the thrills of racing at the top will be hardest to farewell.
Webber raced for Minardi, Jaguar, Williams, and Red Bull in a Formula One career which spanned 11 years and 215 Grands Prix.
“It was a big change from F1 to LMP1 and an entirely new experience,” said Webber. “But it came at the right time for me.
“It will be strange getting into the race car for the very last time in Bahrain, but for now I will thoroughly enjoy every moment of the remaining races.”
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