Jonathon Stephen Webb (born 10 December 1983) is an Australian former professional racing driver and team owner of

Team Sydney Tekno Autosports was an Australian motor racing team, established in the 1990s initially for the motor racing activities of Stephen Webb, and later his son Jonathon Webb. The team competed in the Supercars Championship using two Holden ZB Commod ...

, who once co-drove alongside

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in the No. 19

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for the Pirtek Enduro Cup. In 2016, Webb and

Will Davison William Davison (born 30 August 1982) is an Australian professional racing driver. He currently drives the No.17 Ford Mustang (sixth generation), Ford Mustang GT for Dick Johnson Racing in the Supercars Championship, Repco Supercars Championshi ...

won Australia's most prestigious motor race, the

Bathurst 1000 The Bathurst 1000 (known for sponsorship reasons as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a Touring car racing, touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently run as part of the Supe ...

Racing history

Early career

Webb, a former

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bicycle racing champion, first came to national attention racing

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s out of the family-run

Tekno Autosports Tekno Autosports was an Australian motor racing team, established in the 1990s initially for the motor racing activities of Stephen Webb, and later his son Jonathon Webb. The team competed in the Supercars Championship using two Holden ZB Commo ...

team which had previously operated racing cars for his father Steve. Webb spent several years racing in the

Australian Carrera Cup Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Australia (known commercially as the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia) is an Australian motor racing series open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. First held in 2003, it is administered by Porsche Cars Australia Pty Lt ...

finishing eighth in the inaugural

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series. Webb's best run with Carrera Cup was third place in the 2005 series. The following year Webb made his debut in

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as a co-driver in the endurance races for

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in a

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-prepared

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. In 2007, Webb focused full-time on V8 Supercar racing, taking the family Tekno Autosports team into the second-tier

Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series The Dunlop Super2 Series (formerly known as Dunlop Series, Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series, HPDC V8 Supercars Series, Konica Minolta V8 Supercars Series and Konica V8 Supercars/Lites Series) is an Australian touring car racing competition, specifical ...

, in a

Stone Brothers Racing Stone Brothers Racing (SBR) was an Australian motor racing team that competed in the International V8 Supercars Championship between 1998 and 2012. The team was formed in 1998 when Ross and Jim Stone bought Alan Jones (racing driver), Alan J ...

-prepared Ford Falcon. Webb finished fourth in his first season, improving to third in 2008. In 2009 Webb moved to the

MW Motorsport MW Motorsport (formerly known as Matthew White Racing) is a motor-racing team that is competing in the Dunlop Super2 Series. The team currently races with Nissan Altimas, with Thomas Maxwell, Angelo Mouzouris, Tyler Everingham and Declan Fra ...

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 Dick Johnson Racing (formerly DJR Team Penske) is Australia's oldest motor racing team competing in the Supercars Championship. Founded by Dick Johnson, the team's drivers have won ten Australian Touring Car Championship titles (five of the ...

in 2009, taking part in his fourth season as an endurance race co-driver in the V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Supercars Championship

Webb continued this involvement into 2010, having secured a former

Britek Motorsport Britek Motorsport was an Australian Supercars motor racing team owned by Bathurst 1000 winning driver Jason Bright. Established in 2005, the team originally ran as an independent team, however since 2010, its only remaining asset has been one R ...

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

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to use for 2010, to match DJR's existing cars, 17 ( Steven Johnson) and 18 (

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energy drink became the major sponsor of the #19 Ford from the

2010 Sucrogen Townsville 400 The 2010 Sucrogen Townsville 400 was the eighth race meeting of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It featured Races 15 and 16 of the series and was held on the weekend of 9–11 July at the Townsville Street Circuit, in Townsville, ...

. Webb won his first V8 Supercar race on the Saturday at the

2010 Sydney Telstra 500 The 2010 Sydney 500 (commercially titled 2010 Sydney Telstra 500) was the fourteenth and final event of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series and the second running of the Sydney 500. It was held on the weekend of the December 3 to 5 on the Ho ...

in wet conditions. For the 2011 season, Tekno Autosports was re-established as an independent racing team and sourced a

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from

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. 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

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, 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

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in 2013. Alongside van Gisbergen, Webb won a race at the

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in both 2014 and 2015. In 2016, with van Gisbergen having departed the team, Webb paired with

for the Enduro Cup. Having finished third at the

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, the pairing capitalised on late drama, including a late-race penalty for

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, to win the

GT

Jonathon Webb won the

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in 2008, alongside

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, Klark Quinn and Tony Quinn in a Porsche 997 GT3-RSR. In 2016 he won the

Bathurst 12 Hour The Bathurst 12 Hour, currently known as the Meguiar's Bathurst 12 Hour for sponsorship reasons, is an annual endurance race for Group GT3, GT and Production car racing, production cars held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, in Bathurst, New South ...

in a

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entered by Tekno Autosports, alongside Van Gisbergen and

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Career results

Supercars Championship results

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

Complete Intercontinental GT Challenge Series results

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

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

References

External links

V8 Supercars Official Profile
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