David Marshall Coulthard,
MBE, (; born 27 March 1971), sometimes known as
DC, is a
British former
Formula One racing driver from
Scotland.
Coulthard, who was born in Dumfries and raised nearby in Twynholm, made his Formula One debut in 1994 and won 13 Grands Prix in a career spanning 15 seasons. Twice a winner in Monaco, Coulthard was team-mate to Mika Häkkinen in the Finn's two Drivers' Championship-winning seasons for McLaren Mercedes before helping establish the Red Bull team.
Coulthard amassed a notable points total placing him eleventh on the all-time scorers list. His best Drivers' Championship finish was second in 2001.
Coulthard is now a BBC F1 TV commentator and pundit while also being a team consultant for Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso.
Coulthard returned to racing sports as an active driver in the DTM series for 2010, piloting a 2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class for Mücke Motorsport. He finished his first DTM race at Hockenheim in 12th place.
Pre-Formula One
Coulthard began
karting at an early age.
Allan McNish credited the start given to him, David Coulthard, and
Dario Franchitti largely to
David Leslie, senior and junior.
Coulthard graduated to Formula Ford in 1989. He won the first ever McLaren/Autosport Young Driver of the Year award. In 1990, he suffered a broken leg at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, but came back the following year to win Formula Three races at Zandvoort, Netherlands and Macau. In 1992, he raced in the Formula 3000 series, finishing ninth, and in 1993 he improved to third overall.
Formula One
1994–1995: Williams
In 1993, Coulthard became test driver for the world champion Formula One team Williams-Renault and played an important role in advancing the car's technology. For 1994 he stayed with Williams as tester, but following Ayrton Senna's death at Imola, he was promoted to the race team alongside Damon Hill for the Spanish Grand Prix. He spent much of the season driving the second car, but had to step aside for ex-champion Nigel Mansell on four occasions. Renault were keen to have a big name in the second Williams, and Mansell, at that time reigning Indycar champion, fitted the bill. Coulthard showed flashes of speed, but errors and bad luck saw him take just one podium, a second-place finish at Estoril. For the last three races he had to sit back and watch Mansell take his place, but it was he, and not Mansell, who would race for Williams full-time in 1995.
Entering the 1995 season, Coulthard was forced by the FIA Contract Recognition Board to fulfil his contract with Williams despite having an option to race for McLaren that season.
The 1995 season saw Coulthard win the 1995 Portuguese Grand Prix. There were other races where he could have won, but poor luck and mistakes once more cost him. He did score five pole positions, four of them consecutively. However, some unforced errors tarnished his season.
When Williams were firming up their driver lineup for in July 1995, Coulthard had already signed for McLaren.
1996–2004: McLaren
In 1996, Coulthard contracted with
McLaren to drive alongside future champion
Mika Häkkinen. His first season with McLaren was unremarkable, as the
Mercedes-powered team struggled to find speed. He led at Imola and lost out to
Olivier Panis at Monaco.
In 1997, in his second year with McLaren, he finished the drivers' championship tied with Jean Alesi for third place (after the disqualification of Michael Schumacher). He had taken two wins and could have added more, but for problems. At Montreal he was leading, but was brought into the pits for a precautionary stop. Coulthard stalled his engine twice whilst trying to exit the pits, losing his lead in the process. What made this even more frustrating for Coulthard was that the race was stopped just a few minutes later due to Olivier Panis' crash. If Coulthard had not pitted, he would have won the race. At Jerez, Coulthard was running in 2nd place towards the end of the race and was catching race leader Jacques Villeneuve after his earlier collision with Michael Schumacher. Due to team orders, Coulthard was forced by McLaren to allow his teammate, who was running close behind him, into 2nd place. On the final lap of the race, Villeneuve let both McLarens by and Coulthard thus felt he maybe should have won the race.
In 1998, the McLaren was consistently the fastest car on track, but it was Häkkinen who made the most of it, winning the title. Coulthard took just one win and spent most of the year in a supporting role.
In 1999, a combination of unreliability, under-performance and bad luck saw Coulthard finish the season in fourth place, and McLaren lost the constructors' title to Ferrari. Häkkinen became champion, whilst Coulthard won twice. In 2000, he was involved in a tight battle for the drivers' championship with Schumacher and Häkkinen, but eventually fell out of contention into a third place finish. In 2001, he finished the year in second place, but with barely half the points (65) tallied by runaway winner Schumacher (123).
Coulthard's subsequent years at McLaren, from 2002 through 2004, were disappointing as well, as he was regularly out-paced by younger teammate Kimi Räikkönen. Many of Coulthard's critics argue that his decline began in 2003, when the FIA introduced the single-lap qualifying format. Since his Formula Three days, Coulthard had the reputation of being a poor qualifier. He openly admitted that he did not like the format and was a vocal opponent of it. With the announcement that Juan Pablo Montoya was to join McLaren in 2005 alongside Räikkönen, 2004 was to be Coulthard's last year with the team. A poor tenth place finish in the final 2004 standings (24 points, equal with the injured Ralf Schumacher) had not helped Coulthard's cause for 2005 either.
In 2010 while working on air for the BBC F1 coverage, he admitted that Ferrari had approached him for a drive while he was racing with McLaren. He turned down the offer, because he realised that if he was in the lead of a Grand Prix race and Michael Schumacher was behind him, he would have to move out the way to let him through.
2005–2008: Red Bull
Red Bull Racing were attracted by Coulthard's experience and signed him for the
2005 Formula One season. He was teamed with the inexperienced
Christian Klien and
Vitantonio Liuzzi. Coulthard's contract at Red Bull Racing was also extended prior to the
2005 British Grand Prix, prolonging his Formula One career to at least the end of 2006.
For 2006, Coulthard continued at Red Bull, partnered again with Christian Klien. The team were powered by Ferrari engines, with a contract for Renault engines agreed for 2007 during the 2006 season. Technical director Adrian Newey joined the team from McLaren to design the 2007 car. These positive developments led Coulthard to state that he wished to remain with the team after the 2006 season, and to add to his victory tally with them. On 7 August 2006, the day after the Hungarian Grand Prix where Coulthard finished 5th, it was announced the he had extended his contract with Red Bull Racing for 2007 and would be teamed up with Mark Webber.
Coulthard is the highest-scoring British driver ever with 535 points, beating Nigel Mansell's previous record of 482 points. At the 2006 Spanish Grand Prix he also became the 8th member of Formula One's "200 Club", joining Riccardo Patrese, Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello, Gerhard Berger, Andrea de Cesaris, Nelson Piquet and Jean Alesi in the list of drivers to have competed in 200 Grands Prix. In the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix, Coulthard scored his first podium finish with Red Bull Racing, his best result with the team and also the team's first podium finish. During the trophy presentation, Coulthard wore a red cape as the team was promoting the film "Superman Returns".
After a slow start to the 2007 season, Coulthard delivered two strong drives at the Bahrain Grand Prix and the Spanish Grand Prix where he picked up the team's first points of the season. On 6 July 2007, Red Bull Racing announced that Coulthard's contract had been extended to the end of .
Coulthard had a bad start to his 2008 campaign after a racing incident with Felipe Massa. In a live post-incident interview with ITV's Louise Goodman, he expressed dissatisfaction with Massa's aggressive on-track behaviour.
:"I know I screwed up the same way with Alex [Wurz] last year, and took full responsibility for it, and I would expect Felipe to do the same. If he doesn't, I'm going to kick three colours of shit out of the little bastard."David Coulthard, 2008, after tangling with Felipe Massa.
At the second race in Malaysia, Coulthard suffered a bad suspension failure which saw his Red Bull team investigated for car safety. Although cleared to drive, the lack of testing time had a negative impact on his race performance and he managed only a 9th place finish. Despite a series of poor performances over the course of the 2008 season, he came back and managed to secure a hard-fought 3rd place at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, the 62nd podium finish of his Formula One career.
On the Thursday before the 2008 British Grand Prix, Coulthard announced that he would retire at the end of the season, but would remain at Red Bull as a consultant. He retired on the first lap after colliding with Sebastian Vettel, the driver that would replace him at Red Bull in , in his last British Grand Prix.
For Coulthard's final race, he competed in a car with a one-off livery promoting the charity "Wings for Life". In the event, Coulthard retired in the second corner on the first lap after he was hit from behind by Nico Rosberg's Williams. In his final website blog before the race, Coulthard said, "I was thinking of asking the drivers to keep well clear of me into turn 1 to give me a better chance of finishing my last GP but I know all too well that when the lights go out racing instincts take over."
Helmet
Coulthard helmet is blue with a white saltire on the top (resembling the Scottish flag) with its 4 tips trepassing from the top to the chin area, In Mclaren it was added a white ring around the top and in Redbull was added a dark blue line in the middle (to higlight red bull's logo). At Japanese GP in 2007 he wore a gray helmet with a stylized saltire in its sides as a homage to the late Colin McRae.
Post-Formula One
At the 2008 Race of Champions, Coulthard made the final only to lose out to Sébastien Loeb.
From 2009, Coulthard has worked on the BBC's F1 coverage as an expert summariser (pundit). From the 2011 season onwards, he has been co-commentator to Martin Brundle, starting at the opening race in Australia. He was also the Red Bull Racing reserve driver for the first two Grands Prix of the 2009 season and is remaining with the team as a consultant and demonstration driver.
At certain Grands Prix in 2010, when regular Red Bull and Toro Rosso reserve drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Brendon Hartley competed elsewhere in the 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season, Coulthard was available to step in as reserve driver.
In 2010, Coulthard competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, driving a 2008-spec Mercedes C-Class run by Mücke Motorsport. It was announced on 8 April 2011 that Coulthard would again race the C-Class for Mücke Motorsport in the DTM, with Ralf Schumacher as his team-mate.
Coulthard was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.
Personal life
Coulthard has lived for some time in the
tax haven principality of
Monaco, and also owns homes in
London,
Belgium and
Switzerland. He owns several luxury hotels in
Britain and is a former owner of the
Columbus Hotel Monaco, which is located in Monaco's
Fontvieille.
On 2 May 2000, while he was leasing the Learjet of friend David Murray, the aeroplane developed engine trouble en route to Côte d'Azur International Airport in Nice, and crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Lyon-Satolas airport, France. Coulthard, his then-girlfriend the American model Heidi Wichlinski and personal trainer/bodyguard Andy Matthews survived; Murray's personal pilot David Saunders and co-pilot Dan Worley died.
On 2 June 2006, he became engaged to Karen Minier, a Belgian Formula One correspondent for French TV channel TF1. The couple planned to marry "in the near future". On 14 July 2008, in his ITV F1 column, Coulthard confirmed that he and Minier were expecting their first child; Dayton Minier Coulthard was born on 20 November 2008, weighing .
The museum in his home village dedicated to Coulthard is currently independently run by local fan Wendy McKenzie after previously being run by Coulthard's family. It is now the home of the "Twynosi" (a cross between Twynholm and the Italian word for "fans", ''tifosi'', as used by Ferrari fans), who gather on race days.
On 7 August 2007, Coulthard released his autobiography, entitled ''It is What It Is''. In it, he admitted that he had suffered from bulimia as a teenager.
In 2008, Coulthard acted as best man at the wedding of Chris Hughes and actress/presenter Amanda Holden.
Coulthard's second cousin, New Zealander Fabian Coulthard, is also a racing driver, currently racing in the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series for Walkinshaw Racing.
Racing record
Career summary
Complete International Formula 3000 results
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! 7th
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! 51
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rowspan="2" |
[[West (cigarette) |
Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines |
bgcolor="#FFFFBF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFDFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#FFDF9F" |
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! 7th
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! 51
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rowspan="2" |
[[West (cigarette) |
McLaren MP4-19>MP4-19
|
| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
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10th
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24
|
Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
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10th
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24
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McLaren MP4-19>MP4-19B
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bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
|
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! Red Bull Racing
|
! Red Bull Racing |
TJ2005 3.0 V10 engine>V10
|
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="white" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
! 12th
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! 24
|
|
! Red Bull Racing
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!
| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#FFDF9F" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
|
! 13th
|
! 14
|
|
! [[Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing |
! [[Scuderia Ferrari |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#FFDF9F" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
|
! 13th
|
! 14
|
|
! [[Red Bull Racing
|
!
| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
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! 10th
|
! 14
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|
! [[Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing |
! [[Renault F1 |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
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! 10th
|
! 14
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|
! [[Red Bull Racing
|
! [[Red Bull Racing |
! [[Renault F1 |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#FFDF9F" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
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! 16th
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! 8
|
Complete DTM results
(
key) (Races in
bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
! Year
|
! Team
|
! Car
|
! 1
|
! 2
|
! 3
|
! 4
|
! 5
|
! 6
|
! 7
|
! 8
|
! 9
|
! 10
|
! 11
|
! Pos.
|
! Points
|
|
Mücke Motorsport
|
|
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
16th
|
1
|
|
Mücke Motorsport
|
|
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |
bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |
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13th
|
1
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References
External links
Official Site
Article on Coulthard's race preparation
Statistics at planet-f1.com
David Coulthard Statistics at f1db.com
BBC article on plane crash
Interview with Coulthard, mentions breakup.
David Coulthard statistics
Crash Investigator : 1995 Australia, David Coulthard
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Category:Kart racing drivers
Category:Formula Ford drivers
Category:British Formula Three Championship drivers
Category:International Formula 3000 drivers
Category:24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
Category:British Touring Car Championship drivers
Category:Monaco Grand Prix winners
Category:Scottish Formula One drivers
Category:McLaren Formula One drivers
Category:Williams Formula One drivers
Category:Red Bull Racing
Category:DTM drivers
Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire
Category:BBC sports presenters and reporters
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