Thank you David!

[bar555]

STATISTICS

Nationality: British
Date of Birth: 27 / 03 / 1971
Lives: Monaco
Height: 183cm
Weight: 72.5kg

Wins : 13
Fastest race laps : 18
Points scored : 533
He scored his 500th point in Australia, 2006. (4th Highest points scorer in GP history behind only Senna / Prost / Schemacher).
Number of GP : 238
Grands prix led : 60
Pole Position : 12
Podiums : 62
First GP : 1994 (Barcelona)




Career Highlights

2005-2007 Red Bull Racing Formula One driver
Third place podium finish (Monaco)
53 starts
Scored 52 points
2006 championship position : 13
2007 championship position : 10

2004 McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver
Fourth place (Germany)
Scored 24 points
Ninth in Drivers' Championship

2003 McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver
Wins Australian Grand Prix
Scored 51 points
Seventh in Drivers' Championship

2002 McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver
Wins Monaco Grand Prix
Scored 41 points
Fifth in Drivers' Championship

2001 McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver
Wins Brazilian Grand Prix and Austrian Grand Prix
Scored 65 points
Second in Drivers' Championship

2000 McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver
Wins in Great Britain, Monaco and France
Scored 73 points
Third in Drivers' Championship

1999 McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver
Wins British Grand Prix and Belgian Grand Prix
Scored 48 points
Fourth in Drivers' Championship

1998 McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver
Wins San Marino Grand Prix
Scored 56 points
Third in Drivers' Championship

1997 McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver
Wins Australian Grand Prix and Italian Grand Prix
Scored 36 points
Third in Drivers' Championship

1996 McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver
Second in the Monaco Grand Prix
Scored 18 points
Seventh in Drivers' Championship

1995 Williams Renault Formula One driver
Wins Portuguese Grand Prix
Scored 49 points
Third in Drivers' Championship

1994 Williams Renault Formula One driver
Promoted from Test Driver to Race Driver

1993 Formula 3000 Championship
Third in Championship
Winner of GT Class at Le Mans 24 Hours
Official F1 Test Driver for Williams Renault

1992 Formula 3000 Championship
Ninth in Championship
Eighth in Euro-Macau-Fuji Formula 3

1991 British Formula 3 Championship
Second in Championship
Wins Formula 3 Macau GP
Wins Marlboro Masters of Formula 3

1990 Formula Vauxhall-Lotus Championship / GM Lotus Euroseries Championship

1989 Dunlop / Autosport FF1600 Champion
Wins P&O Ferries Junior FF1600 Series
Third Formula Ford Festival, Brands Hatch
Wins McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year Award

1988 Scottish Open Kart Champion

1986 - 1987 Scottish Open Kart Champion and British Super Kart 1 Champion

1983 - 1985 Scottish Junior Kart Champion



Sure we will miss him ......

[Giblet]

In that case, I was joking as well, and I am not being sarcastic.

Deal with that.

Tks. Good bio.

[ben_watkins]

From what DM is saying in the article.. DC will have a role in Red Bull Racing, like Schumacher has at Ferrari..

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/71168

[Belatti]

David Coulthard was in Buenos Aires last saturday afternoon, running with his Red Bull across 9 de Julio Av. (the widest Av. in the world in the heart of the city)

He said that he choose to come to Argentina (this was his 4th event out of 30 Red Bull street shows) because he liked the country, its racing tradition and he remembered his 1st pole ever was in the 1995 GP.



A message to Bernie: Is 80,000 persons standing along 1200 metres to see an F1 car screaming just a little bit enough to bring F1 back to Argentina?





A bit of Argentinian flavor



People made the impossible just to watch the car pass by.



Thank you David!

[JamesS]

Thanks for the crashes this year David, it's been entertaining to say the least.

[Vitesse]

Thanks for the crashes this year David, it's been entertaining to say the least.

.... including quote of the year after his coming together with Massa!



Farewell to possibly the last true 'character' left in F1.

[mx_tifoso]

'Belatti', did you take the pictures? I was about to ask if you attended the event anyways...

[Belatti]

'Belatti', did you take the pictures? I was about to ask if you attended the event anyways...

I attend the event, but there were so many people that I could barely breathe, it was impossible I could take those pics from such different locations

[modbaraban]

[tomislavp4]

Too bad he crashed on his last race...

I must say, well done DC, thank you for all the entertaining races you gave us and hope you´ll continue passing buy the paddock and giving comments. Thank you

[vyselegend]

Haha! nice one!:lol: Montoya have often been a source of joke for DC, dunno why.

I will miss him... The last true gentleman driver.

Hopefully we will see him in sportcars or DTM soon. I'd prefer that to the TV commentator option, because even if he is well spirited, seeing a racer in a TV cabin is like seeing a bird in a cage.

[shir0]

Hopefully we will see him in sportcars or DTM soon. I'd prefer that to the TV commentator option, because even if he is well spirited, seeing a racer in a TV cabin is like seeing a bird in a cage.

ditto. Let's have some more mayhem in DTM...DC style

[3KGT]

Coulthard was a great driver and a charismatic figure, a true gentlemen and very fan friendly. I'm glad he will be around the paddock next year even if he is no longer driving. Thanks for the memories DC!

[modbaraban]

Thank you David one more time for your sense of humour!

[mx_tifoso]

David Coulthard, asking Lewis Hamilton to participate in the RoC this coming December;

These two guys together [Jenson and Priaulx] are a very strong team and it would certainly help me a great deal if Lewis would come along. I would love to ride on his coat-tails and win something.

So Lewis if you are watching, which I am sure you are - probably cuddled up in bed with your lovely girlfriend between sessions, wondering... please come along to the Race of Champions. Do it for your country!"

At the underlined section!