David Coulthard

David Coulthard

Born	27 March 1971 (1971-03-27) (age 40)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	British
Active years	1994–2008
Teams	Williams, McLaren, Red Bull
Races	247 (246 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	13
Podiums	62
Career points	535
Pole positions	12
Fastest laps	18
First race	1994 Spanish Grand Prix
First win	1995 Portuguese Grand Prix
Last win	2003 Australian Grand Prix
Last race	2008 Brazilian Grand Prix

David Marshall Coulthard, MBE, (/ˈkoʊlθɑrt/; born 27 March 1971^[1]), sometimes known as DC, is a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland.^[2]

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. 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's Formula 3000 car which he drove for Pacific Racing in the 1993 season

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.^[1]

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

Coulthard driving for the Williams team at the 1994 British Grand Prix.

Coulthard driving for Williams at the 1995 British Grand Prix.

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.^[3]

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 1996 in July 1995, Coulthard had already signed for McLaren.

1996–2004: McLaren

Coulthard driving for the McLaren team at the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix.

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.

Coulthard driving for McLaren at the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix.

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,^{[citation needed]} 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.^[4]

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.

Coulthard at the 2007 Italian Grand Prix.

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.^{[citation needed]} 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 2008.^[5]

Coulthard driving for RBR at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, where he scored his second podium finish for the team

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 who would replace him at Red Bull in 2009, in his last British Grand Prix.^[6]

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."^[7]

Helmet

Coulthard's 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. At McLaren a white ring was added around the top. When he joined Red Bull a dark blue line was added in the middle to highlight Red Bull's logo. At the Japanese GP in 2007 he wore a grey helmet with a stylized saltire in its sides as an homage to the late Colin McRae.

Post-Formula One

Coulthard made his DTM début at Hockenheim in 2010.

At the 2008 Race of Champions, Coulthard made the final only to lose out to Sébastien Loeb. He will return to the event in 2011, his sixth participation in the end-of-season competition. ^[8]

From 2009, Coulthard has worked on the BBC's F1 coverage as an expert summariser (pundit).^[9] From the 2011 season onwards, he has been co-commentator to Martin Brundle, starting at the opening race in Australia.^[10] 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.^[11]

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.^[12]

In 2010, Coulthard competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, driving a 2008-spec Mercedes C-Class run by Mücke Motorsport.^[13] 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.^[14]

Coulthard was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.^[15]

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.^[16]

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.^[17]

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".^[18] 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 2.8 kilograms (6 lb 3 oz).^{[citation needed]}

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.^[19]

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,^[20] currently racing in the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series for Walkinshaw Racing.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final placing
1989	Formula Ford 1600 Dunlop/Autosport	?	?	?	?	?	1st
	Formula Ford 1600 P&O Ferries Junior	?	?	?	?	?	1st
	Formula Ford Festival	?	1	0	0	N/A	3rd
1990	Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries	?	11	1	?	?	5th
	Formula Vauxhall Lotus	?	?	?	?	80	4th
	British Touring Car Championship	Cook Racing	1	0	0	4	33rd
1991	British Formula Three	Paul Stewart Racing	16	0	5	66	2nd
	Macau Grand Prix	Paul Stewart Racing	1	0	1	N/A	1st
	Masters of Formula Three	Paul Stewart Racing	1	0	1	N/A	1st
	Formula Three Fuji Cup	?	1	1	0	N/A	2nd
1992	International Formula 3000	Paul Stewart Racing	10	0	0	11	9th
	Macau Grand Prix	Paul Stewart Racing	1	0	0	N/A	NC
1993	International Formula 3000	Pacific Racing	9	0	1	25	3rd
	Formula One	Williams	–	–	–	–	Test driver
	Le Mans 24 Hours GT Class	TWR Jaguar Racing	1	–	–	N/A	DSQ
1994	Formula One	Williams	8	0	0	14	8th
	International Formula 3000	Vortex	1	0	0	6	9th
1995	Formula One	Williams	17	5	1	49	3rd
1996	Formula One	McLaren	16	0	0	18	7th
1997	Formula One	McLaren	17	0	2	36	3rd
1998	Formula One	McLaren	16	3	1	56	3rd
1999	Formula One	McLaren	16	0	2	48	4th
2000	Formula One	McLaren	17	2	3	73	3rd
2001	Formula One	McLaren	17	2	2	65	2nd
2002	Formula One	McLaren	17	0	1	41	5th
2003	Formula One	McLaren	16	0	1	51	7th
2004	Formula One	McLaren	18	0	0	24	10th
2005	Formula One	Red Bull	19	0	0	24	12th
2006	Formula One	Red Bull	18	0	0	14	13th
2007	Formula One	Red Bull	17	0	0	14	10th
2008	Formula One	Red Bull	18	0	0	8	16th
2009	Formula One	Red Bull	–	–	–	–	Test driver
2010	Formula One	Red Bull	–	–	–	–	Test driver
2010	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mücke Motorsport	11	0	0	1	16th

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
1992	Paul Stewart Racing	Reynard/92D	Judd	SIL 7	PAU Ret	CAT 8	PER Ret	HOC Ret	NÜR 7	SPA 4	ALB 7	NOG 3	MAG 3	9th	11
1993	Pacific Racing	Reynard/93D	Ford Cosworth	DON 13	SIL 2	PAU 2	PER 1	HOC Ret	NÜR 7	SPA 3	MAG Ret	NOG Ret		3rd	25
1994	Vortex Motorsport	Reynard/94D	Ford Cosworth	SIL 2	PAU	CAT	PER	HOC	SPA	EST	MAG			9th	6

Complete Formula One results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	WDC	Points
1994	Rothmans Williams Renault	Williams FW16	Renault RS6 3.5 V10	BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP Ret	CAN 5	FRA	GBR 5												8th	14
		Williams FW16B										GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 4	ITA 6	POR 2	EUR	JPN	AUS
1995	Rothmans Williams Renault	Williams FW17	Renault RS7 3.0 V10	BRA 2	ARG Ret	SMR 4	ESP Ret	MON Ret	CAN Ret	FRA 3	GBR 3	GER 2	HUN 2	BEL Ret	ITA Ret								3rd	49
		Williams FW17B														POR 1	EUR 3	PAC 2	JPN Ret	AUS Ret
1996	Marlboro McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4/11	Mercedes FO 110/3 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA Ret	ARG 7	EUR 3	SMR Ret	MON 2	ESP Ret	CAN 4	FRA 6											7th	18
		McLaren MP4/11B											GBR 5	GER 5	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	POR 13	JPN 8
1997	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4/12	Mercedes FO 110E 3.0 V10	AUS 1	BRA 10	ARG Ret	SMR Ret	MON Ret	ESP 6	CAN 7													3rd	36
			Mercedes FO 110F 3.0 V10								FRA 7	GBR 4	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA 1	AUT 2	LUX Ret	JPN 10	EUR 2
1998	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4/13	Mercedes FO 110G 3.0 V10	AUS 2	BRA 2	ARG 6	SMR 1	ESP 2	MON Ret	CAN Ret	FRA 6	GBR Ret	AUT 2	GER 2	HUN 2	BEL 7	ITA Ret	LUX 3	JPN 3				3rd	56
1999	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4/14	Mercedes FO 110H 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA Ret	SMR 2	MON Ret	ESP 2	CAN 7	FRA Ret	GBR 1	AUT 2	GER 5	HUN 2	BEL 1	ITA 5	EUR Ret	MAL Ret	JPN Ret				4th	48
2000	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4/15	Mercedes FO 110J 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA DSQ	SMR 3	GBR 1	ESP 2	EUR 3	MON 1	CAN 7	FRA 1	AUT 2	GER 3	HUN 3	BEL 4	ITA Ret	USA 5	JPN 3	MAL 2			3rd	73
2001	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-16	Mercedes FO 110K 3.0 V10	AUS 2	MAL 3	BRA 1	SMR 2	ESP 5	AUT 1	MON 5	CAN Ret	EUR 3	FRA 4	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN 3	BEL 2	ITA Ret	USA 3	JPN 3			2nd	65
2002	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-17	Mercedes FO 110M 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	BRA 3	SMR 6	ESP 3	AUT 6	MON 1	CAN 2	EUR Ret	GBR 10	FRA 3	GER 5	HUN 5	BEL 4	ITA 7	USA 3	JPN Ret			5th	41
2003	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-17D	Mercedes FO 110M/P 3.0 V10	AUS 1	MAL Ret	BRA 4	SMR 5	ESP Ret	AUT 5	MON 7	CAN Ret	EUR 15	FRA 5	GBR 5	GER 2	HUN 5	ITA Ret	USA Ret	JPN 3				7th	51
2004	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-19	Mercedes FO 110Q 3.0 V10	AUS 8	MAL 6	BHR Ret	SMR 12	ESP 10	MON Ret	EUR Ret	CAN 6	USA 7											10th	24
		McLaren MP4-19B											FRA 6	GBR 7	GER 4	HUN 9	BEL 7	ITA 6	CHN 9	JPN Ret	BRA 11
2005	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB1	Cosworth TJ2005 3.0 V10	AUS 4	MAL 6	BHR 8	SMR 11	ESP 8	MON Ret	EUR 4	CAN 7	USA DNS	FRA 10	GBR 13	GER 7	HUN Ret	TUR 7	ITA 15	BEL Ret	BRA Ret	JPN 6	CHN 9	12th	24
2006	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB2	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	BHR 10	MAL Ret	AUS 8	SMR Ret	EUR Ret	ESP 14	MON 3	GBR 12	CAN 8	USA 7	FRA 9	GER 11	HUN 5	TUR 15	ITA 12	CHN 9	JPN Ret	BRA Ret		13th	14
2007	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB3	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	BHR Ret	ESP 5	MON 14	CAN Ret	USA Ret	FRA 13	GBR 11	EUR 5	HUN 11	TUR 10	ITA Ret	BEL Ret	JPN 4	CHN 8	BRA 9			10th	14
2008	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB4	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL 9	BHR 18	ESP 12	TUR 9	MON Ret	CAN 3	FRA 9	GBR Ret	GER 13	HUN 11	EUR 17	BEL 11	ITA 16	SIN 7	JPN Ret	CHN 10	BRA Ret		16th	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
2010	Mücke Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	HOC1 12	VAL 13	LAU Ret	NOR 13	NÜR 10	ZAN 12	BRH 12	OSC 14	HOC2 Ret	ADR 10	SHA 8	16th	1
2011	Mücke Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	HOC1 10	ZAN 16	SPL 9	LAU 13	NOR 8	NÜR 17	BRH 12	OSC 10	VAL DSQ	HOC2 17		16th	1

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://qosfc.com/HeadlineNews/ViewFullStory/tabid/151/selectmoduleid/498/ArticleID/842/reftab/36/Default.aspx Allan McNish interview on qosfc.com
2. ^ Henry, Alan (7 April 2009). "The Scottish former driver". London: The Daily Telegraph. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/apr/06/lewis-hamilton-ralf-schumacher-david-coulthard. Retrieved 21 March 2010. 
3. ^ http://www.teamdan.com/archive/1994/decem94.html
4. ^ http://en.espnf1.com/ferrari/motorsport/story/23249.html
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6. ^ "Coulthard announces retirement from F1". autosport.com. 3 July 2008. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68798. Retrieved 3 July 2008. 
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8. ^ Weeks, James (17 November 2011). "Coulthard signs-up for Race of Champions". motorstv.com (Motors TV). http://www.motorstv.com/car/others/race-of-champions/17112011/coulthard-signs-race-of-champions. Retrieved 17 November 2011. 
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12. ^ Red Bull Racing Podcast – China Red Bull Racing. (19 April 2010). Podcast accessed on 20 April 2010.
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15. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59446. p. 15. 12 June 2010.
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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
• David Coulthard at the Internet Movie Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by None	Formula Three Masters Winner 1991	Succeeded by Pedro Lamy
Preceded by Michael Schumacher	Macau Grand Prix Winner 1991	Succeeded by Rickard Rydell
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Allan McNish	Autosport British Club Driver of the Year 1989	Succeeded by Warren Hughes
Preceded by None	McLaren Autosport BRDC Award 1989	Succeeded by Gareth Rees
Preceded by Robb Gravett	Autosport National Racing Driver of the Year 1991	Succeeded by Tim Harvey
Preceded by Damon Hill	Autosport British Competition Driver of the Year 1994	Succeeded by Damon Hill
Preceded by Ivan Capelli (1992)	Lorenzo Bandini Trophy 1995	Succeeded by Jacques Villeneuve
Preceded by Jacques Villeneuve	Hawthorn Memorial Trophy 1998	Succeeded by Eddie Irvine
Preceded by Eddie Irvine	Hawthorn Memorial Trophy 2000–2003	Succeeded by Jenson Button
Preceded by Eddie Irvine	Autosport British Competition Driver of the Year 2000–2002	Succeeded by Jenson Button

Persondata
Name	Coulthard, David Marshall
Alternative names
Short description	British Formula One racing driver
Date of birth	27 March 1971
Place of birth	Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death