David Coultard

Nationality: British
Date of Birth: 27 March 1971
Drivers championships: 0
Grand Prix victories: 13
Races started: 246
Pole positions: 12
Teams: Red Bull 2004 - 2008, McLaren 1996 - 2004, Williams 1994 - 1995

David Coultard career

David Coultard was a successful British Grand Prix driver who was runner runner up on in the drivers championship and third four times. In 2006 David Coultard started his 200th GP and with over 500 points this gave him more points than any other British driver. He is the fourth highest points scorer on the all time list. He contributed much to F1, but did not quite manage to achieve the results that equalled his talents. After 9 years with the McLaren team he moved to Red Bull in 2005 and has worked to help them develop a car that consistently challenged for points. The 2008 season was David Coultard's last in F1 and was disappointing for him and Red Bull. In 2009 he was a pundit for the BBC as well as consultant for Red Bull.

2008

Team: Red Bull
Position: 16
Points: 8
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
This was David Coultard's final season in F1 but he had only had two points scoring races.

2007

Team: Red Bull
Position: 10
Points: 14
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
This was another difficult season with Coultard only managing to score points in a few races.

2006

Team: Red Bull
Position: 13
Points: 14
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
This was not a successful season, although he did achieve Red Bull's first podium finish with with a 3rd in Monaco.

2005

Team: Red Bull
Position: 12
Points: 24
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
His first season at Red Bull was a difficult season although he did score points in a few races.

2004

Team: McLaren
Position: 10
Points: 24
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
In his final season at McLaren he scored points in a number of races but failed to achieve a podium finish all season.

2003

Team: McLaren
Position: 7
Points: 51
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 0
This was another mixed season with several podium finishes as well as several retirements.

2002

Team: McLaren
Position: 5
Points: 41
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 0
This was less successful than the previous season with only 1 race win in Monaco.

2001

Team: McLaren
Position: 2
Points: 65
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 2
This was David Coultard's best season in F1, finishing 2nd in the drivers championship with 2 race wins and 8 further podium finishes.

2000

Team: McLaren
Position: 3
Points: 73
Race wins: 3
Pole positions: 2
This was a solid season of race wins and podium finishes.

1999

Team: McLaren
Position: 4
Points: 48
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 0
This season was again a mix of race wins and podiums but also retirements.

1998

Team: McLaren
Position: 3
Points: 56
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 3
His only non-points scoring result was in a controversial Belgium GP. In the wet Michael Schumacher was coming up to lap Coultard, who slowed on the racing line to let him pass but Schumacher was unsighted due to the spay and ran into the back of Coultard.

1997

Team: McLaren
Position: 3
Points: 36
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 0
HE had two race wins but unreliability limited his success, but he still managed 3rd in the championship.

1996

Team: McLaren
Position: 7
Points: 18
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
For this season he moved to McLaren and had quite a difficult season though with a best results of 2nd in Monaco.

1995

Team: Williams
Position: 3
Points: 49
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 5
After a contract dispute Coultard stayed at Williams and scored his first F1 race win. He finished 3rd in the drivers championship with a mix of podiums and retirements.