In 1993, Webber won the Canberra Cup, the King of Karting Clubman Light Class titles, the 1993 Top Gun Award at the Ian Luff Advanced Driving School, and the 1993 NSW Junior National Heavy Championship in a Lawson kart with a larger, more powerful engine.
His funding almost dried up mid-season until motor racing journalist suggested Webber solicit funding from rugby union player and family friend to complete the year and stop Webber ending his international career early.
Webber was assigned as his when his previous engineer, , became the team's chief race engineer.
The rest of the season saw the crew win four of the next six races and qualify on pole position once for fourth in the WEDC with 134.