David Coulthard

Nationality: Scottish
Date of Birth: 27/03/1971
Team: Red Bull
World Championship Titles: 0
First Race: 1994 Spanish Grand Prix
First Win: 1995 Portuguese Grand Prix
Car Number: 9
2008 Championship Position: 16th (retired)

David Coulthard is the highest points-scoring British driver in the history of Formula One racing. One of the racing veterans participating in the Formula One series, Coulthard is also the overall 4th highest point scorer in the history of the sport.

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David Coulthard graduated from Kart racing to open wheel racing at the age of 18, joining the Formula Ford series. He subsequently won the Young Racing Driver of the Year award in this form of racing. Coulthard began participating in Formula One in 1993, beginning as a test driver for Williams.

In 1994 Coulthard was promoted to racing driver at Williams after the tragic death of Ayrton Senna. Coulthard spent two years at Williams, where a series of accidents handicapped his performance, before joining McLaren for the 1997 season.

Coulthard spent the following 9 years racing for McLaren. During this period he achieved impressive results, but the partnership between Ferrari and Michael Schumacher proved unbeatable, and Coulthard had to settle for a succession of 3rd and 2nd place finishes in the Drivers’ Championship.

In 2005 David Coulthard was recruited to the Red Bull racing team to help guide the team through its development phase. The move to Red Bull had a significant effect on his results, and he has been unable to recapture the form that enabled him to win dozens of Grand Prix with McLaren.

David Coulthard retired from Formula One racing at the conclusion of the 2008 Formula One season. His final season in the sport saw him crash out of a number of races as he accumulated only 8 championship points. Coulthard continues to work with Red Bull Racing in an advisory capacity.

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Formula One Rankings
Position Driver Pts
1Sebastian Vettel
(Red Bull-Renault)		392
2Jenson Button
(McLaren-Mercedes)		270
3Mark Webber
(Red Bull-Renault)		258
4Fernando Alonso
(Ferrari)		257
5Lewis Hamilton
(McLaren-Mercedes)		227
6Felipe Massa
(Ferrari)		118
7Nico Rosberg
(Mercedes GP)		89
8Michael Schumacher
(Mercedes GP)		76
9Adrian Sutil
(Force India-Mercedes)		42
10Vitaly Petrov
(Renault)		37
11Nick Heidfeld
(Renault)		34
12Kamui Kobayashi
(Sauber)		30
13Paul Di Resta
(Force India-Mercedes)		27
14Jaime Alguersuari
(Toro Rosso-Ferrari)		26
15Sebastien Buemi
(Toro Rosso-Ferrari)		15
16Sergio Perez
(Sauber)		14
17Rubens Barrichello
(Williams-Cosworth)		4
18Bruno Senna
(Renault)		2
19Pastor Maldonado
(Williams-Cosworth)		1
20Pedro de la Rosa
(Sauber)		0
21Jarno Trulli
(Lotus-Renault)		0
22Heikki Kovalainen
(Lotus-Renault)		0
23Vitantonio Liuzzi
(HRT-Cosworth)		0
24Jerome d'Ambrosio
(Virgin-Cosworth)		0
25Timo Glock
(Virgin-Cosworth)		0
26Daniel Ricciardo
(HRT-Cosworth)		0
27Narain Karthikeyan
(HRT-Cosworth)		0
28Karun Chandhok
(Lotus-Renault)		0
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