David Marshall Coulthard is a British former racing driver and broadcaster from Scotland who competed in Formula One from 1994 to 2008. Nicknamed "DC", Coulthard was runner-up in the Formula One World
Coulthard in 2025
Coulthard's Formula 3000 car which he drove for Pacific Racing in the 1993 season
Coulthard in the paddock at the 1993 British Grand Prix as Williams test driver
Coulthard at the 1994 British Grand Prix
The 1997 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 51st season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1997 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1997 Formula One World Champion
David Coulthard
…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. Coulthard won five races during 1999 and 2000 before finishing second in the…
Jacques Villeneuve (pictured in 2010) won his first and only championship in his second year of F1 participation.
Villeneuve's teammate, Heinz-Harald Frentzen (pictured in 2006), was promoted to runner-up with 42 points following Michael Schumacher's disqualification from the standings at the end of the year.
David Coulthard (pictured in 1999), finished the season ranked third for McLaren.
Lola-Ford failed to qualify for their only Grand Prix appearance.