David Coulthard

British racing driver

Thirteen wins and a long McLaren stay

David Coulthard won 13 Grands Prix across 15 seasons, finished runner up in 2001, and gave Red Bull its first podium before moving into broadcasting.

David Coulthard was born in Twynholm, Scotland, on March 27, 1971, and races as a British driver. He started karting at 11, then moved through British Formula Ford and Formula 3000. Williams promoted him to a race seat in 1994 after the death of Ayrton Senna, and he made his Formula 1 debut at the 1994 Spanish Grand Prix.

His first win came at the 1995 Portuguese Grand Prix, and he moved to McLaren for 1996. In 1997 he won the Australian and Italian Grands Prix, and in 1998 he finished third in the championship. Wins followed at Silverstone and Spa in 1999 and three more in 2000, including the Monaco Grand Prix. In 2001 he won in Brazil and Austria and finished second in the standings to Michael Schumacher, the best result of his career.

Coulthard won Monaco again in 2002 and took his final victory at the 2003 Australian Grand Prix. After nine seasons at McLaren he left at the end of 2004 and joined the new Red Bull team for 2005. A year later he scored the team's first podium, third at the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix. He retired after the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Our record shows 246 starts, 13 wins, 12 pole positions, 18 fastest laps and 62 podiums across 15 seasons, with Williams, McLaren and Red Bull. Since then he has worked as a consultant for Red Bull and as a television commentator, raced in the DTM from 2010 to 2012, won the Race of Champions in 2014 and 2018, and in 2019 was elected president of the British Racing Drivers' Club.

0 world titles, 13 wins, 12 pole positions, 246 starts.

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