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His luck did improved in the following races though, taking his first two points in Spain and signed a new 2-year contract with the team reportedly worth US$6 million per season. He retired from the race after 54 laps with a driveshaft failure, his fourth consecutive non-finish for the year. Webber's good form in qualifying continued into the San Marino Grand Prix but at the start of the race he had dropped from 5th to 11th by the first corner because of a launch control failure that affected both Jaguars. The race was subsequently red-flagged, and although Webber was originally classified in 7th, an FIA investigation found a timekeeping error which meant that Webber was placed 9th in the re-classification. The resultant lack of grip caused Webber to crash heavily into the pit straight walls, leaving debris on the track which caused a second major crash Fernando Alonso hitting a stray tyre. In the race, which was hit heavily by rain, Webber was in seventh place when he attempted to cool his tyres by driving through a puddle lying off-line in the final corner. It was Jaguar's best qualifying performance in their four-year Formula One history. He continued his good performance in the Saturday session taking a career-best 3rd on the grid just behind Rubens Barrichello and David Coulthard.

Mark webber actor 2000 driver#

Webber did take provisional pole in Friday qualifying of the Brazilian Grand Prix, out-qualifying local driver Rubens Barrichello by 0.138 seconds during a rain-affected session. He was eventually forced to retire from 8th position with an oil consumption problem. The following race in Malaysia was problematic for Webber Giancarlo Fisichella began reversing towards him on the starting grid and then Webber's in-car fire extinguisher discharged into his face. In November 2002, Webber was signed to Jaguar and his career at Jaguar started disappointingly when he was forced to retire on lap 15 with a rear suspension failure in the Australian Grand Prix. In light of his season, notable Formula One journalist Peter Windsor related Webber to 1992 World Champion Nigel Mansell, saying they had similar amounts of 'raw talent'. Webber's results in 2002 earned him the 'Rookie of the Year' award in F1 Racing magazine's annual Man of the Year awards receiving half of the public votes), the 'Rookie of the Year' award and 'F1 Newcomer of the Year' at the annual Grand Prix Party 'Bernie' Awards. His two points though was the only points that Minardi scored all season, helping them to 9th in the Constructors' Championship, ahead of Toyota and Arrows as it was ahead of Toyota and Arrows best result of 6th. Webber was able to outqualify Yoong (and Anthony Davidson, who replaced Yoong for the Hungarian and Belgian Grands Prix) in every race. In the Hungarian Grand Prix, Webber lost two kilograms in weight over the race as he was forced to drive without a drink after his water bottle broke. Webber was unable to score any more points for the remainder of the year, with his best result coming in France, where he finished 8th. He, along with Yoong, was forced to pull out of the Spanish Grand Prix due to potentially dangerous wing failures during the weekend. Webber was forced into retirement in the Malaysian Grand Prix after a electrical fault, before picking up consecutive 11th-place finishes at Brazil and San Marino. The result made him, the fourth Australian F1 driver to score World Championship points, the first Australian to score points on debut and the first in a car Minardi to score points since Marc Gené in the European Grand Prix in 1999. This was his first race of an initial three race contract and it was extended until the end of the season after his first race where he finished fifth after avoiding the Schumacher and Barrichello spectacular accident with the aftermath forcing eight cars to retire from the race. Webber officialy made his Formula One debut at his home GP.