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David Coulthard's top 10 greatest F1 drives

Twenty years ago, David Coulthard scored his second British Grand Prix victory. Ahead of Formula 1's return to Silverstone this weekend, he helps us pick out his best races

Kevin Turner Jul 28, 2020, 3:30 PM

Upd: Jan 10, 2022, 9:22 AM

David Coulthard is one of the most successful Formula 1 drivers never to win the world championship. The Scot finished third in the points four times, was runner-up in 2001 and helped McLaren to the constructors' title in 1998.

Coulthard started 246 F1 races between 1994 and 2008 and drove for Williams, McLaren and Red Bull. He took 12 pole positions, 13 victories and finished on the podium 62 times.

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Author Kevin Turner

Kevin Turner is Autosport’s Chief Editor. While studying History at the University of York, Kevin began covering UK club events as a freelance reporter for Autosport and Motorsport News. He joined the Autosport staff as Editorial Assistant on the magazine in 2006, winning what is now known as the Motorsport UK Young Journalist of the Year Award. He became National Editor in 2008 and over the next few seasons covered a range of international events, including the Le Mans 24 Hours, as well as the British Touring Car Championship and British GT. Kevin became Features Editor before switching to edit Motorsport News in 2014.

He returned to Autosport in 2016 to become editor of the magazine, a dream job that is still part of his role.

He became Chief Editor in 2020, helping to plan content for autosport.com and Autosport’s podcast as well as seeing the magazine through the coronavirus pandemic. Kevin also led work on the special publication celebrating 70 years of Autosport and has been a judge on the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award, formerly known as the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award, since 2008. He lives in Warboys with his wife and two children.