F1 Nurburgring Grand Prix 2020: 3 historic moments at Nurburgring Grand Prix circuit
2. Mark Webber first F1 win
Mark Webber a hardworking Red Bull driver, but never looked upon as one of the greatest in the game had his redemption in 2009 at Nurburgring when he tasted the ultimate glory for the first time.
The Australian driver won a Formula 1 race for the first time in his career, even though he had been in the sport for seven long years back then.
Webber in qualifying for the first time took a pole position and was tipped to win the race with all the excitement generating around the possibility.
He started the race brilliantly but an incident with Michael Schumacher in the race led FIA to penalize him. Despite this Webber gave a powerful performance and managed to defeat all odds to win the first race of his career.
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