LEGENDS: Why World Championships eluded David Coulthard

F1: Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

What’s the difference between winning races and winning World Championships?

David Coulthard enjoyed multiple Grand Prix wins and podiums, but titles were out of reach during his 15-year career in Formula 1.

So why was he unable to achieve success that the likes of Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have all experienced?

Speaking to Tom Clarkson, Coulthard analyses everything he tried to maximise his ability when competing against ‘exceptional’ drivers and why he ultimately fell short of becoming World Champion.

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0:00.0	World Championships may have alluded him, but David Coulthard gave everything on track.
0:09.0	I dreamt of what it must be like to compete at the highest level in Formula One.
0:14.0	I never truly believed it could be possible because I grew up in a small village.
0:18.0	It was a farming region. Why and how could that happen?
0:21.0	I continued to want to explore and exploit every opportunity
0:25.8	to be the best I could. And he had to because he was racing Michael Schumacher and
0:31.0	Mikahackenin when they dominated the sport in the late 90s and early 2000.
0:36.5	D.C. even studied his own brain to unlock new levels of performance as he explored how to beat the very best.
0:44.0	Your Schumacas, Hamiltons, Vistapens and Senas and all the other exceptional drivers.
0:49.0	They're there all the time and it just feels like the car is an extension of your body.
0:55.0	They can make themselves more rounded, more consistent.
0:58.0	I just don't think they can make themselves more exceptional.
1:00.0	I just don't think you can be better than nature intended.
1:02.0	What you saw in my career was as good as it was I just don't think you can be better than nature intended.
1:02.8	What you saw in my career was as good as it was going to get.
1:08.8	Hello and welcome to the latest F1 Beyond the Grid legends episode.
1:15.0	I'm Tom Clarkson and this week's legend is
1:18.0	former Williams McLaren and Red Bull driver David Coultharn.
1:22.0	With 13 wins, 62 podiums and 12 pole positions, the Scotsman
1:26.7	was clearly an elite racer during his 15-year Formula One career. So what was the
1:31.9	difference between winning races and winning world
1:35.1	championships? DC tells me why he didn't achieve the same success as some of his
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