The Australian Grand Prix is only around five per cent of Mark Webber's season, but it is far more significant than that, explains Edd Straw

Eleven years ago, Mark Webber climbed onto the Australian Grand Prix podium after his sensational Formula 1 debut with Minardi. He wasn't there on merit, but his appearance there was merited for he had hauled an uncompetitive Minardi home an unlikely fifth.

But he hasn't got anywhere near the Albert Park podium since.

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