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With the Red Bull Racing being a strong team in the current Formula 1 season, Mark Webber is certainly looking at a strong chance of winning the season as well. With Vettel as his teammate, the Australian driver will certainly maximize the opportunity and try to take the title. Webber has always been an exceptional driver nonetheless.

Born August 27th, 1976, Webber started racing in the Formula 1 in the 2002 Australian Grand Prix. Unfortunately, he had to wait no less than 130 races before he finally won his first Grand Prix in 2009; Webber won his first Formula 1 trophy in the 2009 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim. He was already with Red Bull Racing at the time.

As he continues his career in the Formula 1, Webber scored more victories and built a prominent career. The 2009 Formula 1 season ended with Webber in 4th place; he scored 8 podiums and 2 first-place finishes during the season. His points was 69.5 that particular season.

Aside from racing in the Formula 1, Webber also joined the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He drove for AMG-Mercedes in the 1998 and 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, putting his skills as driver to the test. He then joined the European Arrows, a team competing in the International Formula 3000 in 2000 before transferring to Super Nova Racing the following year. It was in 2002 that he was brought to Formula 1 and raced as the driver of KL Minardi Asiatech in the competition.

We’ve talked about a lot of Formula 1 drivers records before, yet there are still so many interesting things to uncover from the long history of Formula 1. In this second part, we are going to take a look at more interesting facts about Formula 1 drivers. Let’s have a look!

We already know that Michael Schumacher is holding the record for most victories in Formula 1. He is way ahead of his competitions; the closest driver is Alain Prost with 51 victories. However, Michael Schumacher is only third when it comes to percentage of victories compared to the number of appearances. The person holding that record is Juan Manuel Fangio who won 24 out of 52 races.

Both Alberto Ascari and Michael Schumacher are holding the record for most consecutive wins with 7 wins each. Ascari did it in the 1952–53 season while Schumacher accomplish it in the 2004 season. Also in 2004, Schumacher matched Nigel Mansell’s record for most consecutive wins from the first race of the season with 5 wins.

Lewis Hamilton along with Jacques Villeneuve are holding the record for most wins in their first Formula 1 season. Villeneuve won 4 races in his first Formula 1 season in 1997 while Hamilton won 4 races in his debut year in 2007. However, Hamilton was not the youngest driver to win a Formula 1 race even though he was only 22 years and 154 days when he won the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix; the youngest winner is Sebastian Vettel who won the 2008 Italian Grand Prix at the age of 21 years and 73 days.

The Formula 1 is always interesting to follow, with top teams and drivers competing for the drivers and constructors championships. There are some interesting records in the history of Formula 1, but in this part we are going to take a look at some of the drivers’ records and great accomplishments.

A driver is considered to have entered the race if they attempt to compete in at least one official practice session with the intent of entering the race. In terms of number of entries, the driver holding the most entries is of course Rubens Barrichello with a total of 302 entries. Michael Schumacher is in second place with 264 entries, while Riccardo Patrese is third with 257. Both Barrichello and Schumacher are still racing so it is certainly possible to see them improve their records.

The youngest driver to start so far in the Formula 1 history is Spanish driver Jaime Alguersuari. He drove for the first time for Scuderia Toro Rosso in the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix at the age of 19 years and 125 days. Louis Chiron, on the other hand, is noted as the oldest driver to start a race. He started in the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix at the age of 55 years and 292 days.

Despite of his recent not-so-successful comeback, Michael Schumacher is still holding the record for most victories. Out of 264 entries, he won 91 races throughout his career in the 1991-2006 period. He has yet to win a race this season, but of course things can still improve for the Formula 1 legend.