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David Coulthard

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David Coulthard is a British former racing driver and broadcaster from Scotland, born in 1971 and nicknamed DC, who competed in Formula One from 1994 to 2008. Raised in Kirkcudbrightshire, he started karting at eleven and moved through British Formula Ford and Formula 3000 before replacing the late Ayrton Senna at Williams in 1994. He won his first Grand Prix in Portugal in 1995, moved to McLaren in 1996, and was runner-up to Michael Schumacher in the 2001 World Drivers' Championship, taking 13 wins, 12 poles and 62 podiums in all. He closed his Formula One career with Red Bull from 2005 to 2008, raced in DTM until 2012, won the Race of Champions in 2014 and 2018, and became president of the British Racing Drivers' Club in 2019.

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is a British former racing driver and broadcaster from Scotland who competed in Formula One from 1994 to 2008
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