• Former F1 driver takes his first drivers’ world title after thriller in Bahrain
• Team-mates Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard ensure Porsche doubleMissing out on a world championship by the smallest of margins once was disappointing enough for imprint Webber,but that another looked to be slipping from his grasp again at the death will have tested the veracity of his twitter moniker and title of his recent book – “Aussie Grit” – to its limits.
Fortunately no rewrites nor handle changes will be essential. He and his team held their nerve and saw out a nail-biting and gripping finale of the FIA World Endurance Championship in Bahrain, to ensure that this time he would be coming domestic with the title. A deserved reward for a fine driver and for his Porsche team who also won their first top-end sportscar drivers’ championship since 1986.
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Source: theguardian.com