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David Coulthard

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Also known as David Marshall Coulthard, DC

British racing driver

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David Coulthard is a British individual born on 27 March 1971. He stands 183 centimeters tall and weighs 72.5 kilograms. His racing career includes 247 starts, during which he achieved 13 wins, 12 pole positions, and 62 podium finishes, accumulating 535 points.

Coulthard has authored several works, including *Knockhill*, *On the other side of the lens*, *David's Diary*, *The Winning Formula*, and *Every Split Second Counts*. He maintains an official website and has 606,609 social media followers.

Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
7

Top works

  • Knockhill
  • On the other side of the lens
  • David's Diary
  • The Winning Formula
  • Every Split Second Counts

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Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1999-08-18

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
15
Total plays
61

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
David
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Twynholm
Employer
BBC
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Participant in
Formula One
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
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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