David Coulthard's victories

AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX 13.5.01
Starting grid: 1 M Schumacher 2 Montoya 3  R Schumacher 4 Barrichello 5 Trulli 6 Heidfeld 7 Coulthard
Results: 1 Coulthard 2 M Schumacher 3 Barrichello 4 Räikkönen 5 Panis 6 Verstappen

BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX 1.4.01
Starting grid: 1 M Schumacher 2 R Schumacher 3 Häkkinen 4 Montoya 5 Coulthard 6 Barrichello
Results: 1 Coulthard 2 M Schumacher 3 Heidfeld

FRENCH GRAND PRIX 2.7.00
Starting grid: 1 M Schumacher 2 Coulthard 3 Barrichello 4 Häkkinen 5 R Schumacher 6 Irvine
Start: Michael keeps his position, Rubens passes David and takes the second place. DC is third and Mika fourth.
Race: Michael builds up a gap to his team mate, he's about 0.5 seconds faster than Rubens every lap. Rubens and DC are close together, Mika's a bit behind them. On lap 21 DC passes Rubens at the hairpin of Adelaide. At this point the gap to Michael, who is leading, is about seven seconds. Two laps later Michael makes a pitstop which lasts 8.8 seconds. David's stop on the next lap is 7.3 seconds long. After the stops the gap between Michael and David is five seconds. DC catches Michael easily, and few laps later tries to pass him at Adelaide, but ends up only giving Michael the finger. Six laps later, on lap 39, DC finally manages to pass Michael - at Adelaide. DC increases his lead. His second stop on lap 46 lasts 7.9 seconds. On lap 58 Michael retires due to engine failure. David reaches the chequered flag almost 15 seconds before his team mate.
Results: 1 Coulthard 2 Häkkinen 3 Barrichello 4 Villeneuve 5 R Schumacher 6 Trulli

GRAND PRIX OF MONACO 4.6.00
Starting grid: 1 M Schumacher 2 Trulli 3 Coulthard 4 Frenzen 5 Häkkinen 6 Barrichello
Starts: First start is stopped when Wurz stalls his engine. Second start is stopped probably because of an error at the computers. After that, there's a crowd at Loews. Third start is the final one. At the top 5 everyone keep their places.
Race: Schumi starts to build a gap to Trulli, his pace is about one second a lap faster than Jarno's. DC is stuck behind Trulli, as well as Mika is behind Frenzen. R Schumi is 6th. On lap 36 Mika has a problem in his car and drives slowly to the pits. On the next lap David almost hits the wall at St. Devote when he tries to pass Trulli. Mika's stop lasts over 50 seconds, and he's 14th when he finally returns to the track. On the same lap Trulli retires due to a technical failure. On the next lap Ralf Schumacher hits the wall and hurts his leg. Michael's lead to DC is 37 seconds, but David starts to catch him. On lap 49 Schumi makes his pit stop which lasts 7 seconds. After the stop Michael's lead to DC is 11 seconds. After few laps the gap is only 5 seconds. Then, on lap 55 Michael's car brakes down, and DC gets the lead. David's pit stop on next lap lasts 7 seconds. Frenzen is second, 17 seconds behind. On lap 70 Frenzen hits the wall in first corner and retires. Now Barrichello is second, 23 seconds behind. When the flag falls down, the gap between the winner & second is 15 seconds.
Results: 1 Coulthard 2 Barrichello 3 Fisichella 4 Irvine 5 Salo 6 Häkkinen

BRITISH GRAND PRIX 23.4.00
Starting grid: 1 Barrichello 2 Frenzen 3 Häkkinen 4 Coulthard 5 M Schumacher 6 Button
Start: Schumi is badly trapped, almost hits Mika and drops down to 8th place, behind his brother Ralf and Villeneuve. Barrichello and Frenzen keep their positions, David passes Mika and takes the third place. Mika is 4th, Button 5th and Villeneuve 6th.
Race: Ralf passes Jacques and is now 6th. The first six cars stick together for the first 20 laps, the gap between Barrichello and Ralf is about four seconds. Schumi is stuck behind Villeneuve and the gap to his team mate increases all the time. Frenzen and the Williams-drivers (Ralf & Jenson) have a two-stop strategy, they make their first stops after 20 laps. The first three cars (Barrichello, DC, Häkkinen) are still very close, the gap between the leader and Mika is 1.5 seconds. On lap 31 David passes Barrichello and takes the lead. On the same lap Mika visits pits - 11 seconds. David's stop two laps later lasts one second less. On lap 35 Barrichello retires. After his only stop David drops down to fourth place, but when the cars in front of him make their second stops (Schumi his only one) DC leads again. Häkkinen is on second place ten seconds behind. 15 laps to go, David experiences a gearbox problem which slows him down and Mika is able to catch him enormously. Finally David's car lasts to the end, the gap is 1.5 seconds when the flag falls down. Schumi takes the third place thanks to his strategy and others' retirements.
Results: 1 Coulthard 2 Häkkinen 3 M Schumacher 4 R Schumacher 5 Button 6 Trulli

BELGIAN GRAND PRIX 29.8.99
Starting grid: 1 Häkkinen 2 Coulthard 3 Frenzen 4 Hill 5 R Schumacher 6 Irvine
Start: Mika makes a mistake and almost gets punished because of a jump start. David gets ahead of him before the first corner, La Source. But Mika doesn't want to give up and hits slightly David's car. Neither car is damaged and David gets the lead and is followed by Mika.
Race: David leaves Mika easily behind, and because a team order is not given, David wins the race with ten seconds gap.
Results: 1 Coulthard 2 Häkkinen 3 Frenzen 4 Irvine 5 R Schumacher 6 Hill

BRITISH GRAND PRIX 11.7.99
Starting grid: 1 Häkkinen 2 M Schumacher 3 Coulthard 4 Irvine 5 Frenzen 6 Hill
Start: Mika and DC get the lead, but the race is stopped because Villeneuve and Zanardi stick to their positions. Schumi doesn't get the information of the red flag and tries to pass Eddie. He ends up to the tyrewall at Stowe and breaks his leg.
2nd start: Mika gets the lead again and is followed by Eddie, David, Frenzen, Ralf Schumacher and Hill. Safety car comes to the track because of de la Rosa's Arrows. When SC curves back to the pits DC tries to get past Eddie, but doesn't succeed.
Race: Mika leaves Eddie behind. DC follows Eddie close (enough). Heinz- Harald is far behind. Everyone's having a two-stop strategy. When Mika goes to pits, the team has problems with his car's tyre. A lap later Mika has to come again to the pits. This stop lasts for almost 30 seconds. When Mika comes back to the track he's 11th, 55 seconds from the leader. Eddie's first stop lasts for 12 seconds. David has the lead after first stops and is being followed by Eddie under one second behind. Few laps later a tyre gets loosen from Mika's car. This time Mika spends 25 seconds at the pits. Villeneuve retires and leaves his car on the main straight and the safety car comes again. On lap 36 Mika retires. Eddie's second stop lasts for 7.1 s; a lap later David's 6.3 s. David manages to maintain his lead to Eddie, the gap is now three seconds. When the chequered flag falls gap is two seconds. Ralf wins H-H in a tight fight for the third place.
Results: 1 Coulthard 2 Irvine 3 R Schumacher 4 Frenzen 5 Hill 6 Diniz

GRAND PRIX OF SAN MARINO 26.4.98
Starting grid: 1 Coulthard 2 Häkkinen 3 M Schumacher 4 Irvine 5 Fisichella 6 Villeneuve
Start: DC, Häkkinen and Schumi get away smoothly, Jacques passes Eddie and takes the fourth place.
Race: DC increases the gap to Mika slowly but steadily, as does Mika for Schuey and Michael for Jacques. On lap 17 Häkkinen retires because of a gearbox problem. On lap 26 the three top cars - DC, Schuey, Jacques - come to the pits. Eddie and H-H make their first stops a lap later. Eddie manages to pass Jacques because of his faster stop and takes the third place. David has over 20 seconds lead to Schumi. On lap 44 David makes his second stop, two laps later Schumi makes his own. The gap is now 20 seconds. Schumi starts to catch DC who is just driving at home. When the flag falls the gap is only 4.5 seconds.
Results: 1 Coulthard 2 M Schumacher 3 Irvine 4 Villeneuve 5 Frenzen 6 Alesi

ITALIAN GRAND PRIX 7.9.97
Starting grid: 1 Alesi 5 Häkkinen 6 Coulthard
Results: 1 Coulthard 2 Alesi 3 Frenzen 4 Fisichella 5 Villeneuve 6 M Schumacher

AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 9.3.97
Starting grid: 1 Villeneuve 2 Frenzen 3 M Schumacher 4 Coulthard 5 Irvine 6 Häkkinen
Start: Villeneuve, Herbert and Irvine retire because of a first corner mayhem. Frenzen takes the lead and leaves everyone else behind. DC is second, Schumi third and Häkkinen fourth.
Race: Frenzen is the only one having a two-stop strategy. He falls to third place after his first stop. DC leads. Half-way through, others do their only stops and Frenzen takes the lead again. He is followed by DC. During his second stop Frenzen is having problems with a tyre and he drops to third place after DC and Schumacher. Schuey goes to pits with only few laps to go and comes back on third place. Only three laps to go, Frenzen retires from second place because of a brake problem. DC wins the race 20 seconds before Schumacher. Häkkinen joins the fun on the podium - the SILVER ARROW had been christened!
Results: 1 Coulthard 2 M Schumacher 3 Häkkinen 4 Berger 5 Panis 6 Larini

PORTUGESE GRAND PRIX 24.9.95
Starting grid: 1 Coulthard 2 Hill 3 M Schumacher
Results: 1 Coulthard 2 M Schumacher 3 Hill 4 Berger 5 Alesi 6 Frenzen

F1-SEASON 2001


AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 4.3.01, Melbourne


"YOU EITHER HAVE IT - OR YOU DON'T!"

The first qualifying session of the F1-season 2001 didn't work out well for DC. After having problems during the hour his position at the starting grid was 6th. The Ferraris were fast - Michael Schumacher took the pole and Rubens Barrichello was second.
 
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS THING?"
 
The Australian GP was eventful from start to finish. DC took a good start but hit then gently to the rear tyres of two other cars. After the first lap DC was 7th, but after the second lap he was already 5th. On the third lap Barrichello tried to overtake Frenzen, but managed only to send H-H off the circuit. At this point DC was 4th... On the next lap Ralf Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve collided badly, and the safety car came out. And for the second time within six months a marshall died, and several spectators were hurt.
 
On lap 26 Häkkinen drove off the track and retired. Because of this DC took the 3rd place. A few laps later DC overtook Rubens and had the 2nd place. After the pitstops the gap between the leader - Schumi - and David was 15 seconds, but at the finishline the gap was just 1.7 seconds...
 
The most positive thing about the first race of the 2001 season was McLaren's reliability. The two previous years both cars retired, and the pre-season tests had indicated that also this year that might be the case. And even though victory was the only goal, second place feels especially good because of Mika's retirement. Next stop: Malaysia...
 
PROFESSIONAL
 
Despite of all the distraction, in Melbourne DC showed what he's made of: he's a professional to the bone, as already season 2000 proved us. A lot has changed since 1999...
 
MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX 18.3.01, Sepang
 

 
BRAZILIAN  
GRAND PRIX 1.4.01, Sao Paolo

 
GRAND PRIX OF SAN MARINO 15.4.01, Imola

SPANISH GRAND PRIX 29.4.01, Barcelona
AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX 13.5.01, A1-Ring

GRAND PRIX OF MONACO 27.5.01, Monte Carlo
KING FOR A DAY

CANADIAN GRAND PRIX 10.6.01, Montreal

GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE 24.6.01, Nürburgring