years championships birth_place races points birth_date poles wins image article_title name podiums
1994 -- 2008 0 twynholm , kirkcudbrightshire , scotland , uk 247 -lrb- 246 starts -rrb- 535 27 march 1971 12 13 david coulthard 2009.jpg david coulthard
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david coulthard

david marshall coulthard , -lrb- ; born 27 march 1971 -rrb- , known as dc , is a retired british formula one racing driver from twynholm , scotland .
he was runner-up in the 2001 formula one world drivers ' championship , driving for mclaren .
coulthard began karting at the age of eleven 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 f1 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 .
he won five races throughout 1999 and 2000 before finishing 2nd in the drivers ' championship to michael schumacher in 2001 .
two more victories followed between 2002 and 2003 before he left mclaren at the end of 2004 .
he moved to red bull in 2005 and secured their first podium a year later .
coulthard retired from formula one racing at the end of 2008 .
after retiring from formula one coulthard continued working with red bull as a consultant and joined the bbc as a commentator and pundit for their coverage of formula one .
he returned to active motorsports in 2010 joining mücke motorsport in the deutsche tourenwagen masters and retired at the end of 2012 .
coulthard has also participated in the race of champions , finishing runner-up in the drivers ' cup in 2008 , and winning the competition in 2014 .
