At the first race of the FIA Formula 1 season, David Coulthard seems to have been drinking too much of his sponsor's (Redbull) product. He tried to pull off an absolutely ridiculous move on Alexander Wurz which ended up with him being launched, literally, off the cockpit of Wurz's car!
From the video (courtesy of DaVinCinl1 from YouTube), you can see from a few angles how close Coulthard came to decapitating Wurz.
When exactly is David Coulthard going to retire from F1? Between him and Jenson Button's bad luck with reliability - its no wonder we've won nothing in F1 since Nigel Mansell upped and left for the Indi series!
At least we seem to have a promising talent in McLaren's protégé Lewis Hamilton. 3rd place in his first race - pretty good!
DC to retire ?!
What a silly, uninformed comment.
If there are better players waiting in the wings don't you think they would have been brought forward by now? ... or do you think DC is just there for sentimental reasons at huge expense to his team owner?
Exactly how many GPs has DC won, eh? - A good many more than Button that's for sure.
Lastly, I think you'll find all our most susccessful (& Scottish)drivers are currently plying their trade on N.American circuits. Go check .. !
As for DC's driving ability and safety record ... he's one of the best. I don't think he would have survived (literally and metaphorically) if he'd been anything other than a generally safe driver. And incidentally he is also the top F1 driver/spokesman on safety matters.
Do try and keep up!
Interesting...
You make some good points. I generally dont watch much F1 GP anymore as I have found its not as interesting as it used to be, but when I do watch it seems DC is either already out or is on the verge of impatiently doing something stupid - for example, leaping over the front of someone's car.
I agree there are plenty worse out there, especially on the British Front. Think of this though - the amount they're paying for DC (in terms of salary and new cars almost every race) - who do you think they could get for the same price (or less?!), I think it could be someone 'better'.
Maybe DC would be better on the Indy Circuits? It'd be interesting to see...
I'm sure he has a very safe and calm nature, but it seems he gets frustrated when he gets stuck behind a slower driver (which is the natural reaction). 'Pucka' drivers like Schumacher, Senna, Mansell - they rarely got frustrated behind slower drivers.
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"During the 1982 season, Mansell planned to race in the 24 Hours of Le Mans sportscar event in order to earn extra money. At the time Mansell was paid £50,000 a year and was offerred £10,000 to take part in Le Mans. Chapman believed that by entering the Le Mans race, Mansell was exposing himself to unnecessary risk and paid him £10,000 to not take part in the race. Chapman extended Mansell's contract to the end of the 1984 season in a deal that made him a millionaire." - Wikipedia.
This is an important problem
This is an important problem for the bigger teams like Ferarri and McClaren. They were used to win always and now that Shumi is out of the race there are other to win their places and prestigue. fosamax