Jonathon Webb

Jonathon Webb
Jonathon Webb, pictured in 2013
Nationality	Australian
Supercars Record
Car number	19
Current team	Tekno Autosports
Series championships	0
Races	133
Race wins	3
Podium finishes	6
Pole positions	0
2015 Championship position	30th (699 pts)

Jonathon Webb (born 10 December 1983 in Castle Hill, New South Wales^[1]) is an Australian motor racing driver and team owner of Tekno Autosports. Driving with Will Davison, Webb won the 2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.^[2]

Racing history

Early career

Webb, a former BMX bicycle racing champion, first came to national attention racing Porsches out of the family run Tekno Autosports team which had previously operated racing cars for his father Steve. Webb spent several years racing in the Australian Carrera Cup Championship finishing eighth in the inaugural 2003 series. Webb's best run with Carrera Cup was third place in the 2005 series. The following year Webb made his debut in V8 Supercar as a co-driver in the endurance races for Marcus Marshall in a Paul Cruickshank Racing-prepared Ford BF Falcon.

In 2007, Webb focused full-time on V8 Supercar racing, taking the family Tekno Autosports team into the second-tier Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, in a Stone Brothers Racing-prepared Ford Falcon. Webb finished fourth in his first season, improving to third in 2008. In 2009 Webb moved to the MW Motorsport team, a professional Fujitsu Series team for an assault on the championship. In the second half of the series Webb won six out of the last seven races in the season in an irresistible charge to the championship crown. Webb began his association with Dick Johnson Racing in 2009, taking part in his fourth season as an endurance race co-driver in the V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Supercars

Webb continued this involvement into 2010, having secured a former Britek Motorsport Racing Entitlement Contract for the Tekno Autosport team. Tekno formed a technical alliance with Dick Johnson Racing, with Webb's car to effectively become the team's third car, with ownership of the franchise remaining with the Webb family. Tekno secured race number 19 from the Sieders Racing Team to use for 2010, to match DJR's existing cars, 17 (Steven Johnson) and 18 (James Courtney). Mother energy drink became the major sponsor of the #19 Ford from the 2010 Sucrogen Townsville 400. Webb won his first V8 Supercar race on the Saturday at the Sydney 500 in wet conditions.

For the 2011 season, Tekno Autosports was re-established as an independent racing team and sourced a Holden VE Commodore from Triple Eight Race Engineering. The team gradually moved forward, expanding to a second car in 2012 and matching the results Webb achieved in 2010 in the DJR fold. Despite not winning a race, Webb was the event winner of the Skycity Triple Crown in 2013. Following the 2013 season, the team downgraded to a single car for Shane van Gisbergen, leaving Webb without a full-time drive. He continued to drive for the team for the three endurance races, Sandown, Bathurst and Surfers Paradise, which collectively became known as the Enduro Cup in 2013. Alongside Van Gisbergen, Webb won a race at the Gold Coast 600 in both 2014 and 2015.^[3][4]

In 2016, with Van Gisbergen having departed the team, Webb paired with Will Davison for the Enduro Cup. Having finished third at the Sandown 500, the pairing capitalised on late drama, including a late-race penalty for Jamie Whincup, to win the Bathurst 1000.^[2]

GT

Jonathon Webb won the Dubai 24 Hour in 2008, alongside Craig Baird, Klark Quinn and Tony Quinn in a Porsche 997 GT3-RSR. In 2016 he won the Bathurst 12 Hour in a McLaren 650S entered by Tekno Autosports, alongside Van Gisbergen and Álvaro Parente.

Career results

The Ford FG Falcon of Jonathon Webb at the 2011 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

Complete Intercontinental GT Challenge Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	1	2	3	Rank	Points
2016	Tekno Autosports	AP	McLaren 650S GT3	BAT 1	SPA	SEP	4th*	25

* Season still in progress.

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	No.	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2006	20	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford BA Falcon	Marcus Marshall	DNF	90
2007	111	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford BF Falcon	John Bowe	14th	160
2008	9	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BF Falcon	Shane van Gisbergen	DNF	91
2009	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford FG Falcon	Warren Luff	DNF	84
2010	19	Tekno Autosports	Ford FG Falcon	David Russell	19th	161
2011	19	Tekno Autosports	Ford FG Falcon	Richard Lyons	13th	161
2012	19	Tekno Autosports	Holden VE Commodore	Scott McLaughlin	6th	161
2013	19	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	Marc Lieb	12th	161
2014	97	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	Shane van Gisbergen	16th	158
2015	97	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	Shane van Gisbergen	8th	161
2016	19	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	Will Davison	1st	161

* Events highlighted in green denote designated co-driver role

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2009	Rockstar Energy Drink	Josh Hunt Paul Stokell	Nissan 350Z	B	149	DNF	DNF
2016	Tekno Autosports	Álvaro Parente Shane Van Gisbergen	McLaren 650S GT3	AP	297	1	1

References