The Star of David: Deconstructing the Real DC
As much as he tries to play down the change in his attitude, David Coulthard looks like a different man. His days at McLaren now seem long gone, and the refreshing approach of his Red Bull team seems to have helped the Scot find a new lease on life that he is enjoying. Will Gray talks to Coulthard, his team boss Christian Horner, and his manager Martin Brundle about the new DC
Peeling off the corporate facia that covered and seemingly compressed him for most of his Grand Prix career appears to have done David Coulthard a world of good. Red Bull Racing, to coin a phrase, have given him wings, and his chin now bristles with a goatee while his entire body is brimming with a new easy-going confidence and a drive to deliver.
Coulthard's new team, who themselves are rapidly starting to find their own image and ethos after buying Jaguar Racing from Ford last year, have a freedom of expression like no other. It has taken BAR-Honda's 'Pure Racing' and ripped it up, taken Jordan's 2004 'Sex Pistols' image and thrown it in the bin. It has re-written the way to go racing. And, for Coulthard, it's fun.
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