B y M ar k t o M ar k
All the difficulties are just part of the ride.
Whether it is the dangerous accidents - some
your fault and some not - or the ginormous
challenge of learning how to beat people at
the highest level consistently, embrace the task
at hand and get amongst it from the start.
And the biggest advice I can give to you is
don’t be afraid to utilize the experts around
you from the very start of your career. On the
technical side, try and get more out of the
resources that you have available to you at a
much younger age. It is really hard to get that
wisdom early, but not impossible.
You will always have good relationships
with so many people you work with but play
to their strengths which in turn will benefit your
performance. It is really important and comes
with experience but working with great people will help get the best out of you. There will
be people with more talent but they will never
figure out how to do this and won’t even have
a career in Formula 1.
Of course you won’t win every race you
enter and you will have some headwind
along the way which you need to deal with
in the best possible way. Use every training
session to squeeze everything possible out of
yourself and that will be the secret to having a
long career. Keep your emotions level and in
check, being sensible with the absolute highs
and dealing with the absolute lows in a measured way – there will regularly be both.
The last chapter of the Mark’s career has been spent with Porsche on
the Endurance Championship. Webber won the World Title in 2015