Props and shout outs to Leigh O'Gorman for making me aware of this story of two championship-leading Aussies. Insert me weeping into an Australian flag here.
Formula One driver Mark Webber doesn’t have to win the world title this year to be a champion in Will Power’s eyes.
That’s because without getting some financial aid from the Red Bull racer five years ago, Power’s career might have come to a screeching halt.
It is a very good story and shows a side of the drivers that is rarely seen.
Posted by: Leigh O'Gorman | August 05, 2010 at 02:00 PM
Weeping only manly tears, of course. Both Webber and Power are easy to like but that is a great story and says a lot about their character.
Posted by: Mike Hare | August 05, 2010 at 02:07 PM
As if I didn't love Mark enough already. That's awesome and it's another reason I'll be perfectly content if Will continues to run away with the series championship.
Posted by: Carrie | August 05, 2010 at 02:17 PM
I think the best thing about the deal is that Power himself may (hopefully) get to pass on the same help to another promising driver eventually.
Posted by: Leigh O'Gorman | August 05, 2010 at 04:13 PM
That World Series by Renault drive was also funded by the Australian Motor Sport Foundation (http://www.asmf.org.au). Mark Webber is the patron of that organisation (sic).
Didn't help as much as Webber's half a mil, but my $100 donation went a long way, don't you think? :)
Posted by: Shane Rogers | August 05, 2010 at 06:40 PM
a driver has to come up with half a million or more to get a seat in the Renault series?
Posted by: redd | August 06, 2010 at 09:21 AM
Redd, WSR is a pretty top tier F1 development series. It only gets more expensive with the move up to GP2.
Leigh, awesome link. That article was a great read.
Posted by: Stephen_P83 | August 06, 2010 at 10:51 PM
a driver has to come up with half a million or more to get a seat in the Renault series?
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