David Coulthard archive
The Red Bull driver merry-go-round
Toro Rosso has confirmed Sebastien Bourdais will not race for the team at the Hungarian Grand Prix next weekend. Jaime Alguersuari is expected to take over his place.
This sparked a debate here about whether the Spanish 19-year-old is ready for F1 yet. But Red Bull’s policy of getting racers from their young driver scheme into [...]
Why do McLaren blow hot and cold?
After a pole position and a win in his first two British Grands Prix, Lewis Hamilton goes into this year’s race knowing he’ll be lucky to score points.
At the sharp end of F1, teams come and teams go. But of late no team has oscillated between being championship-challengers and also-rans with the same unpredictability as [...]
Minibus takes on Coulthard’s F1 car in Peru, loses (Pictures and video)
David Coulthard won’t be competing in his home Grand Prix this race for the first time in 16 years.
But he still gets to take F1 cars for a spin every now and then. Yesterday he demonstrated a Red Bull show car in Lima, the capital city of Peru. Here’s some pictures and video from the [...]
Domination: the 1998 Australian GP
A new season, a new generation of Formula 1 cars, and a routing of the opposition. This year’s Australian Grand Prix had much in common with the 1998 race. F1 Fanatic guest writer Andrew Tsvyk tells the story.
During the presentation of McLaren’s newest Formula 1 challenger on January 16th, Ron Dennis announced his retirement from [...]
Hartley loses third driver role to Coulthard
Red Bull will not be able to use Brendon Hartley as a reserve driver this year after the young New Zealander failed to acquire a super licence in time.
David Coulthard, who retired from F1 last year, will instead take the role of Red Bull’s third driver and will return to the cockpit if Mark Webber, [...]
Australian GP history 1996-2008 (Video)
F1 Fanatic guest writer Journeyer concludes his look at the history of the Australian Grand Prix.
Albert Park in Melbourne is a very different place from Adelaide’s streets.
Where Adelaide had long straights and mostly 90-degree turns, Albert Park has more varied corners. But it still provided plenty of action, as we shall see in the second [...]
Australian GP history 1985-1995 (Video)
F1 Fanatic guest writer Journeyer looks back on the history of the Australian Grand Prix.
It’s back! F1 2009 is about to get under way, and so are we! I’m back for the new season, ready to share with you the history of the sport. Let’s kick things off with the season-opener, the Australian Grand Prix. [...]
Coulthard joins new-look Autosport
utosport readers will be confronted with a new-look magazine tomorrow.
The weekly motor sport magazine gets a complete overhaul while ex-F1 driver and new BBC pundit David Coulthard joins them as a correspondent.
According to publishers Haymarket:
The title has been redesigned from front to back, with a new masthead, writers, editorial features and changes on every page [...]
David Coulthard’s racing career in pictures (Autosport International 2009)
Autosport International marks the end of David Coulthard’s career in top-flight motor sport with a collection of his racing cars.
From karts to Formula 1 via Formula Vauxhall Junior and more – here’s a picture gallery of the cars on show.
David Coulthard’s F1 career: 1994-2008
In the last guest article of 2008 Andrew Tsvyk takes a look at David Coulthard’s career highlights as he makes the switch from F1 racing driver to F1 TV pundit.
The 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix was his last-ever Formula 1 race. In this article I will look at some of the races that shaped his career. [...]
