Mark Webber was one of the drivers who had to wait a long time for his first F1 victory, which came in his eighth season in the sport. Webber had not been in a car capable of regularly fighting at the front until 2009 when Red Bull took advantage of new regulations to emerge as a force in F1. Webber's first win came at the Nurburgring in 2009, starting from pole position and recovering from a drive through penalty to take a popular victory.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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