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David Coulthard is a British racing driver who competed at the highest levels of motorsport. He is notable as a significant figure in professional racing history, though specific details about his career achievements would require additional context to describe accurately.
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Twynholm, Scotland, UK
David Marshall Coulthard MBE (born 27 March 1971) is a British retired racing driver from Scotland, later turned presenter, commentator and journalist. Nicknamed "DC", he competed in 15 seasons of Formula One between 1994 and 2008, taking 13 Grand Prix victories and 62 podium finishes. He was runner-up in the 2001 championship, driving for McLaren. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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- Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70 — Self (archive footage)2023
- Project ONE - A Milestone in Automotive History2023
- Verstappen: Lion Unleashed — Self2022
- F1 Talks2022
- From Castle to Castle — Self2021
- Top Gear: A Tribute to Sabine Schmitz — Self2021
- Schumacher — Self2021
- On the Line: The Race of Champions — Self2020
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Twynholm
- Spouse
- Karen Minier
- Employer
- BBC
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- Formula One
- Sport
- auto racing
- Member of team
- Williams Racing
- Country for sport
- United Kingdom
- Mass
- 72.5
- Official website
- www.davidcoulthard.co.uk
- Image
- David Coulthard at the 2025 Adelaide Grand Final Parade - 12.jpg
- Height
- 183
- Residence
- Monaco
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- David Coulthard
- date of birth
- 1971-03-27
- social media followers
- 605597
- sponsor
- Red Bull GmbH
- number of wins
- 13
- points for
- 535
- pole positions
- 12
- podium finishes
- 62
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 247
- name in native language
- David Coulthard
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Encyclopedic overview
David Marshall Coulthard (born 27 March 1971) is a British former racing driver and broadcaster from Scotland who competed in Formula One from 1994 to 2008. Nicknamed "DC", he was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2001 with McLaren, and won 13 Grands Prix across 15 seasons.
Born and raised in Kirkcudbrightshire, Coulthard began karting at age 11 and achieved early success before progressing to car racing in the British Formula Ford Championship and the Formula 3000 series. He first drove in Formula One with Williams in the 1994 season succeeding the late Ayrton Senna. The following year he won his first Grand Prix in Portugal, and then for the 1996 season he moved to McLaren. After winning two races in the 1997 season, he finished 3rd in the World Drivers' Championship in the 1998 season.
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