David Coulthard Trivia

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David`s parents are Duncan and Joyce Coulthard.
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David attended Twynholm Primary School (1976-1983) and Kirkcudbright Academy (1983-1986). He later dropped out of a Business Studies computing course at college to pursue motor racing.
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DC dropped out of a Business Studies computing course at college to pursue motor racing.
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DC is 1.82m tall and weights approx 72.5kg.
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DC`s helmet design was painted by Stranraer karter Brian Smith as a thank you to his father for sponsorship in karting.
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David wore a cape on the podium as he celebrated 3rd place at the 2006 Monaco GP. This was in response to the Red Bull tam promoting the new 2006 Superman movie starring Kevin Spacey.
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David asked Belgian girlfriend, former F1 TV journalist for France`s TF1, Karen Minier, to marry him on Friday 2 June 2008. In July 2008 they revealed they were expecting their first child together
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David was beaten by Yvan Muller in an Aston Martin in the 2006 Race Of Champions.
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On February 7th, 2007, a Monaco court fined David 500 euros (330 pounds) for injuring a woman passenger when he crashed his Mercedes during a high-speed tour of the principality`s grand prix circuit in 1999. David was travelling at 100-150 kph through the tunnel on the night of the accident in April 1999, several weeks before that year`s Monaco GP. The passenger was slightly hurt but withdrew her complaint in 2002, the year in which he took his second Monaco victory for Mercedes-powered McLaren, after being compensated by the driver. The court still fined David after finding him guilty of accidental injury.
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David has his own museum in his birthplace of Twynholm in Scotland. Started by his father Duncan, it houses nearly every trophy and artefact David has won or collected during his career.
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Witnesses have said the terrifying shunt between David and Alex Wurz at the 2007 Australian GP could easily have been F1`s worst moment since the horror Imola weekend of 1994. Alex`s helmeted head nearly bore the brunt of David`s flying Red Bull. At a speed in the range of 160kph, the distance between the left sidepod of David`s RB3 and Williams racer Alex`s face is estimated at about 15cm.
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In June 2007, David was a guest of Ireland`s rally tarmac champion Eugene Donnelly, and advised the new Reid team `on all aspects of team building as well as diet, training and the mental approach to competitive driving`. David also drove Donnelly`s Subaru Impreza, ahead of the Donegal International Rally, held in the northwest of Ireland.
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In July 2007 it was revealed David was set to secure a multi-million dollar windfall by selling his five-star hotel Columbus in Monaco. David co-owns the hotel with hotel magnate and fellow millionaire Ken McCulloch, who had apparently fallen out with a third partner, Chicago-based Peter Morris. It was reported in British newspapers that the pair were seeking (US) $70 million.
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In September 2007 David released his autobiography titled, It Is What It Is.
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David wore special helmet colours for the Japanese GP in honour of fellow Scot and friend Colin McRae. The former Rally world champion died in September 2007 along with his five year old son Johnny and two family friends when the helicopter he was piloting crashed in Scotland.
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David`s hobbies include: Golf, cycling, yachting & watching movies.
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David`s favorite actors are Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone.
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David was fined 4,000 Euros for missing the Sunday drivers` parade for the 2008 Spanish GP. The drivers` parade is mandatory for all drivers. David, who had to pay the fine out of his own pocket, attempted in vain to have the penalty reduced when he spoke to the race stewards after Sunday`s grand prix.
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Scott Speed was fined $5000 by the FIA stewards after swearing at David during a hearing that also saw him lose his eighth place for passing under yellows. Speed told David to f*ck Off`.
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David took up a position with the BBC in 2009, to commentate on Formula One races alongside Martin Brundle, Eddie Jordan, Jonathan Legard, Lee McKenzie and Ted Kravitz.
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Earned through both his Red Bull retainer and sponsorship deals, as well as investments such as his Monaco hotel, David placed second on the Scottish high-earners list, just behind tennis player Andy Murray ($18.2m) in 2008. [edit]
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David and fiancée, Karen Minier, welcomed their first child, a baby boy on November 25 2009. The couple named the 6lb child Dayton Minier Coulthard. David joked "He`ll be signed up for Ferrari in 2028."
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Asked for the three things he most cherishes, David responds: Life, love and health.
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In 2009, David, along with friends Jacques Villeneuve & Damon Hill, took part in a charity ski endurance race in Switzerland. The annual 24-hour race is sponsored by Jacques Villeneuve and his long-time business partner Craig Pollock.
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David was invited to test Citroen`s Red Bull sponsored world rally car by Sebastien Loeb, following his test for the Red Bull Formula One team in 2008. David accepted the invitation, but hastily added a pinch of caution, saying he didn`t want to drive in the forest as at the rate he`d been crashing, he was uncomfortable with idea of driving in the bush.
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