David Coulthard - The unlucky scot

[nickofzo]

mclaren failed to much at that time, david and mika were awesome. Every race when the onboard camera shows us some grey screens you know there were technical difficulties, followed by blue smoke.

[ZamolxisReborn]

have you ever considered that his car breaking down might have had something to do with his driving style?

schumacher's car seemed to be especially lucky...

[nixxxon18]

unlucky? more like average

[SepariTV]

very very good video!

[dood70]

DC... the nineties version of Mark Webber... things just never quite fell his way. :-)

[LGMFerrari]

Un intrascendente más en la Historia de la F1 !!!!!!

[TheMaroth]

love how people claim on 0:23 "its the ferraris fault" srsly, no? the ferrari maybe fast, maybe the fastest this time, but he still unable to disappear into nothing.....

[yunke10]

He's a very good driver and has got unlucky but, ar 0:23 he fail shumacher following his tragectory.

[JMDDE]

one of the only drivers ever to win their home grand prix in 2 different millennia, pretty nice fact to carry around with you I think!

[MitchellTiwon]

Lol besides DC barrichello was also always unlucky..

[manomogul]

Ahh!! T'was the season to be, well dc!!!! :) x

[jeroon01]

you idiots 90 % of it's ccrashes and failure he make him self if you see the one in the beginning with schumacher . coulhard makes the failure and crash his OWN CAN"T YOU SEE ???

[MetalGearSalmon91]

Yeah because a bad driver can collect 13 grand prix wins including two at Monaco...

[industab]

Unlucky ? He was always in the best team ... Hill, Hakkinen, Räikkönen were just better. He failed almost 10 years.

[panik808]

@industab Finally someone that speaks the truth, but what got me the most was his talk of every year he was gonna win the championship. Now I know every top driver must think that otherwise why compete but his talk was of him winning it not of him trying to win it. It was almost as if he was to be given the championship.

[Kimisrcn]

david turns to mika in some parts of this vid.

[kint909]

Such unlucky behavior, indeed, to take out Michael Schumacher in Belgium in the heavy rain when being 1 lap behind the CHAMP... indeed, an unfortunate scot mr. Coulthard, but unfortunate FOR THE REST OF US.

[nixxxon18]

you mean the "not good enough" scot?

[nickJod1234]

I tell you what's unlucky, leaving F1 just before Red Bull get true success. Still, he had good moments before.

[stealthysmirth]

Has anyone else considered he was even more unlucky that when he left red bull they produced a championship winning car.

[Adam786Rs2]

A gentleman like he was in the secound clip 27 sec in to this vid

[allezlesrougess]

Consistent? Yeah, he made mistakes very consistently while driving the best car on the track.

[quandore]

unlucky? lol, he was just a loser

[McLarenMercedes]

@quandore

Yeah, because a loser wins 13 races in Formula 1 (Top 20 of all winners).

He drove for top teams in his entire career, unlike so many others who ended their days in bad teams. Frentzen, Villeneuve, Alesi, Ralf Schumacher, Giancarlo Fisichella...

[afiqhanifah]

Fuck McLaren! Why give coulthard like that? Shit...i know coulthard is good driver...

[FrontPlayer01]

When I think of DC, I remember a crash in the pit entry at Adelaide. Or he span two times in the warm up lap, when he was at Pole! Or lifting the gas in the rain of Spa-Franchorchamps which was just crazy

[kingchamed]

A lot of technical failures... Remeber Monza 1998 where he was over 9 seconds in front of Hakkinen but his engine blew up... UNlucky things like that... However, Raikkonen destroyed him at McClaren after 2002... David helped Red Bull , in development, to the position where they may win the 2010 drivers and constructors' title.....

[SuperPogo69]

He was a good driver but no world champion

[luckyrazer]

HAHAH THE UNLUCKY SCOT????

At 0:25 its the fault of coulthard........theres no room for schumacher....

[nixxxon18]

unlucky? more like not good enough.

[piovos]

coulthard a gentleman???wtf!!!!!!!.....ple­ase!!

[fields911]

this is bullshit? u can get 3mins of crashes from any f1 driver..

[64Fabby]

what's the song?

[riksa93]

@64Fabby it's a Finnish song called "haaveet kaatuu" which is in English something like "Fallen dreams"

[64Fabby]

@riksa93

thanks ever so much mate :D

[MrTiti]

Look at 0:28 ...

where is DC unlucky? he has a car next to him and simply drives into that car. he was unlucky sometimes, but moreoften he messed it up himself, as you see in the spot that i just mentioned.

DC also messed up at RBR a lot of times, doing stupid things. he was never fast, that is cause he aint got the talent. 40secs on hakkinnen in the same car is an evidence. and when do you get unlucky? when you drive above your own pace.

[Brrrrreakbeat]

oh my fucking god annoying gay pice of shit music

[juhdiakathat]

hah..eipä toi laarenil sen parempi tuuri häkkiselkää yleesä ollu..kone rikkoi sattu ja muutekaa lelut kestäny..paljo useemmi coulthard sössi ite oman kisansa ja kerra häkkisenki kisan jol mikä olo johossa

[Daveonarave]

Who cares? The guys having the time of his life now, a lovely family, occassional show run and a BBC TV Pundit role, plus he had a decent career, best driver after Sir Stirling not to win world championship. Oh and maybe Gilles Villenueve!

Cool video though cheers

[Astronout07]

poor coulthard :(

[malthe122]

Coultard crashing while Hakinnan and Schumacher takes all the victories :(

[hasler8]

yeah he was reallyyyy unlucky , he deserved more than that , love u dc

[weallfollowmanutd]

Hamilton is one of the greatest driver of all time all ready. His drives at Silverstone last year and Monaco were way ahead of the drives of other drivers in 2008. He deserved the title, especially because of being dealt with badly by the FIA at Spa.

[weallfollowmanutd]

connell256 - biggest load of bullshit ive ever heard.

[Fabregasanddagunners]

That coming from a narrow minded Hamilton fan? Coulthard at the pinnicle of his career I predict will have been better than Lewis at the prime of his. Coulthard had the ability to put the greatest driver of all time to shame, his drive at Magny Cours in 2000 was one of the best I've ever seen

[damiannerd]

Thats why i dislike hamilton he was arse licked by Ron Dennis and he gets spoilt about it and I have no hesitation to say that if Kovalainen ever was in contention for the world championship in 2008 Ron would have told kovi to move over to let lewis by. Anyway he did the same with Mika only Mika ain't a brat or cocky or a southern english person (i'm english too) but Mika deserved every win he got he was one of the last of the proper racers

[MobySenna]

Coulthard was fast enough to be world champion, but McLaren never allowed him to be, 'cause they all worked to make Mika world champion...

[ra3gar]

fuck of Ferrari loser betruger

[astra606]

DC never had the speed to beat Mika und Schumy.

[MichailSchumacher]

the best driver without champion

[MichailSchumacher]

parhain kuski ilman titteliä

[Zetseeni]

coulthard oli paska kuski

[hardc0retim16]

Nearly as unlucky as mark webber :P

[heliumtrophy]

Well he was pretty much unloved by McLaren since Ron always picked sides within the team. "Our drivers have equal standing," anybody should know that that's bollocks when it comes to Ron Dennis. They don't.

[connell256]

bet you if Coulthard was in lewis hamiltons car in 08 he would of won the championship with a large margin

[Gatev]

He's the best driver without a title... the figures say it all... and remember he was the one that had to step into Senna's car after he died - that must have been hard!!!

[Streitstarter]

barichello is the best without a title ...

[Gatev]

actually with this year's stats they are kinda in a tie. Coulthard has more wins and fastest laps but Barichelo has 3 podiums and 30 points more... so I guess I did not expect Rubens to have such a good car this year (he is another favourite of mine)

[jwmm4eva]

nah mate, DC is. rubens is just a whiner who is a race winner but head to head with DC (happened a few times when McLaren was on par with Ferrari) DC buried him everytme. this is a fact.

[Fabregasanddagunners]

Not only that but he had to fend off the attention of Mansell to claim a driver for 1995. U fortunately he was a driver in the same era as Schumi. I mean, when McLaren was the strongest, Hakinnen was at the prime of his career. When Coulthard has the beating of the Finn, Ferraris car is too strong.

[AduneStormwind]

David Coulthard always got a bum wrap. He wasn't the fastest but he didn't need to be. He was very consistent, his machinery was not. He got alot more mechanical failures then this teammates. Yes he did bugger up a few times, what driver has not. But he was always a gentleman, And rare in Formula 1 drivers, he took responsibility when he DID bugger up. I miss him dearly in Formula 1, one less of the old guard. The only driver I can remember that was as unlucky as him was Jean Alesi.

[KevinSilentControl]

and barrichello, sort off.

he never got alot of prizes, net even nowadays 'cause Button is just better than him and the strategies Brawn chooses are in advancement of button

[64Fabby]

@AduneStormwind

and Mark Webber :p

[DanC230K]

@AduneStormwind He also does not get enough credit for supporting Mika's title charges, especially in '98. We must not forget that he had a very good chance at the title in 2000, but as we know, it didn't happen. I will always be a fan of Mika and DC. Reading DC's book is a must for those who are interested in sports psychology and the Mclaren years. I truly believe he had the physical and mental capabilities to be world champion, but his psychological state (thanks ron) made him unable to win.

[muulka]

@AduneStormwind Surely Trulli's been quite unlucky.....

[davenrachel1]

true but if you think about it jenson button was alway pretty damn unlucky untill he went to brawn and seems to be having simila bad luck with mclaren

[MattMK45]

@AduneStormwind and Martin Brundle

[cragz06]

@AduneStormwind

Always expected Coulthard to win one championship but Mclarens team strategy and poor reliabillty cost him dearly during his 8 yrs with them. He was a good driver, won plenty of races, lots of awesome overtaking but Mclaren favoured Hakkinen to be honest.

That said .. Coulthard and Hakkinen were both awesome and its down to them that I got hooked on F1.

[chosthitter123]

the teams always saw him as second by williams always team orders and mclaren when they had a bad car he wasranked higher then hakinen and when they have a good carhe needs to let hakinen pass on it was just unfair for him

[bkent95]

DC and Kimi Raikkonen are the most unluckiest drivers I have seen in the past 10 years. In Kimi's Mclaren days, he had constant mechanical and engine failures. This cost Raikkonen the title in 2003 and 2005. Coulthard was also very unlucky with the same failures when he was with Hakkinen. 2 VERY unlucky F1 drivers!!

[jwmm4eva]

rephrase: 2 awesome drivers bloody McLaren failed over n over again. silver clowns. and now they are like 17th and last on the grid for the aussie gp. good job

[MrTiti]

@bkent95 i was a dear kimi fan in 2005 and i was there seeing his pace at both nürburgring and hockenheim.

every decent mclaren fan back than had swollen arterias when we saw the FLAT SPOT OF THE CENTURY ... he was leading comfortably and braked his rubber off his tire: that vibration made the suspension crack in last lap. that is one example of throwing his championship away by himself. after YEARS of experience. kimi is lively, lovely, but not mature to win the championship till 2007

[zhen86]

@MrTiti

you cannot change tires that year.

[MrTiti]

@zhen86 what do you want to tell ?

when u brake a flot spot so that you have to change tires, then one is absolutely unable. that didnt happen in years at 22 drivers. they changed it away with the next pit stop.

whatever u were trying to say: it is still 100% kimis fault. if u cant race, u must pay for it

[kaczorek1995]

great video

[jwmm4eva]

DC is the man. a pure racer 100% inside and outside. always a gentleman, he will be very much missed in F1. Was the last of the great racers to survive in F1, now F1 has all these young plastic robots posing as racers.

[Fabregasanddagunners]

Don't be so down yet, rumour has it he'll race in 09 if one of the RBR drivers are unfit to race and could even rac in Asutralia if Webber isn't 100% up to it

[crazystu22]

Have any of u fucked seen thats he is Very unlucky. and in most of the teams he was in he was always ordered to let the other guy past. u guys really know f**k all about DC.

[malthe122]

nice video!

5/5

and wow! nice music can anyone tell me the name?

[Maukow]

Jore Marjaranta - Haaveet Kaatuu

[malthe122]

ty  .

[juhni]

Coulthard oli aina epäonninen kuski.

[nitroboost8765]

I like this video

[thechickenmaster299]

woldnt it be awsome if coulthard and barrichello were going for the championship and not schumacher or hakkinen

[brucecheewai]

i remember DC had reliability problems in 98 and 99 SO MANY times, in the lead of many races or in race winning position.

webber could wipe the floor with kovalainen, probably massa, heidfeld, fisichella, piquet, kubica and they all have competitive cars, but webber gets cars that break down every 5 laps.

[Ennester19]

Mercedes engine is the best!!! hahahaha

[nachospole1]

yeah button aswell is very unluky. like vettle is the superstar now and he will defeat hamilton vettel is a much better driver. webber could out do hamilton aswell just look at this season for webber and vettle. webber should of had a podium in singapor and should of got points in germany then he would of finished top 10 but rely apart from that he had great season considering his car still is not the best it can be there still in development

[martinz101]

Coulthard deserved a championship

[samsemtex]

no he didnt. What year did he deserve a championship? He was beaten by almost every team mate he had. He had numerous championship capable winning cars 95, 98, 99, 00, 01, 2003 and he never even came close to winning it. How did he deserve a title?

[bromanormi]

seriously what is up with the language? f1 attracts all viewers from young to old! at least use symbols or something (s**t), my children watch this, please i would like for them to enjoy it too.

[jopiira]

Laguage is finnish and song tells "dreams don't happen"

[wokkas]

fuck off

[nitroboost8765]

Who gives a shit?

[bromanormi]

all i remember is his decline in race victories? which led him down the ranks and eventually pushed him out of formula1 all together.

[astra606]

0:26 was soll Schumi da bitte schön tun? Er kann sich ja nicht in Luft auflösen. Eine unnötige Aktion von David. War das Coulthard der da in Montreál liegen blieb? Ich dachte es war Häkkinen. Nja, McLaren hat noch nie die standfestesten Wagen gebaut. Alles in allem hat er Pech, sowie Glück gehabt, das gehört dazu, zu einem echten Rennfahrer-Leben. 2:42 was beschwert der sich da bitte?? Wir fahren hier ein Rennen und sind nicht auf einer (Zitat Schumacher) "Kaffee-Fahrt".

It's true ;))

[nachospole1]

coulthard and webber are the unlucky drivers thought they could of had it alot worse

[Lukeno52]

I agree, they and Button have had the talent to win the World Title, but never the car.

[samsemtex]

He had the car in 95, 98, 99, 2000, 2003. That is more than enough opportunity. Button does not have the ability to win a WC. He was destroyed by a 37year old Rubens this year.

[philomac]

dc was an gr8 driver, let down by a poor car and playing second fiddle to mika.

dc will be badly missed

[Fabregasanddagunners]

Lets also remember Dc came into f1 after the back of Senna's death, he was also nearly killed in a plane crash in 2000 and on the track in Monza in the same Year was nearly killed by Pedro De La Rosa's flying Arrows. He has never been a lucky driver and I'm just so hapy he's still driving, one more race of DC COME ON Bring home the podium!!

[Fabregasanddagunners]

I hate all the people here posting who have only followed f1 since Hamilton "the great" was discovered. DC never had the best car at the best time, Williams he was unlucky (and Damon Hill) with different failures liek when he was leading at Australia. At McLaren either the Team favoured Hakinnen or Ferrari were too strong. All in all 13 race victories over, 30-40 Podiums and 12 Poles just show he's a great talented driver. That and the fact he's remained in f1 for 14 Years..

[samsemtex]

DC never had the best car at the best time??!?!?! What?!

Williams 95 was the best car

McLaren 98 was BY FAR the best car

McLaren 99 was the best car and Schumacher didnt even race most of the season so he never had a better chance

McLaren 00 was equal best car.

That is 4 occassions when he had the best car at the best time and he did nothing with it. In 2008 he was a laughing stock and crashed into everyone.

[Fabregasanddagunners]

Schumacher's Benneton was miles quicker than that Williams in 95.

McLaren 98 okay was fastest but he wasn't favoured

Neither was he in 99.

00 the Ferrari was faster and you can't deny that.

[samsemtex]

The only reason schumachers bennetton was faster in 95 was because of Schumacher. Herbert was nowhere in it and he regularly qualified outside the top 6 while Coulthard/Hill never qualified outside the top 4.

In 1998 whether Mika was favoured in strategy or not DC never had the pace in qualifying. Mika got 25 poles between 98-2000. DC got 5. That says it all about their relative pace.

The 2000 Ferrari was not faster. It was at best equal fastest but it was more reliable.

[inculotuamadre]

dc keep on being a LOOOSER!!! what a SHITTY driver. In the end he is retiring, YEEEEESSSSS!!! Now, more talented drivers get the chance to show how to drive.

[Bawhair1]

MORON!

[bowie731]

THANK GOD david is retiring soon your shit good ridance take jenson with you. your a disgrace too all the british and scottish driver before you

[ddgvj]

Fuck you!!!

David,We remember all!!!

[ChazzzaEustice47]

i and also david get a feeling of emptiness when i think of what could have been. he is so talented. so very brilliant. rothman's williams in 95 was his best chance, he should have got it then, the bastard schumacher was always playing dirty and DC's car was always unreliable. we love you david coulthard, you will be sorely missed next season, and for many seasons to come.

[lmeck]

David is my the most favourite driver in F1, he was - he is :)

[ReeceY814]

dc is a legend

[inculotuamadre]

ahhaa david coolfart go home!! you had the best cars in the f1, but you did nothing!!! ahhaha, i am so lucky you go home

[trademe900]

fuck you cunt!!! he was a great racer...

[B31217]

yes, a legend for his dirty shit and his terrible moron.

[JMDDE]

he may well have pipped schumi in 95" i=with better reliability and won in 96 and 97 if they kept him, he may well have also won in 99 and 2000 with better reliability, that makes him a 5 times world champion - i still admire him for what he could of been but the fact that he didnt through no fault of his own

[samsemtex]

that is the most delusional thing i have ever read. He was nowhere near Damon Hill in 1995, in 98 and 99 and 00 Mika was simply much faster than him. in 2001 Schumacher was the class of the field and no one would have beaten him.

Saying DC could have been a 5 time world champion is madness. You should see a doctor if you believe that was ever possible.

[Rickko8]

I have noticed that when Scots do get behind the wheel, they often do a good job. Take for example the likes of either Sir Jackie Stewart or even John Cleland..

With the right car, i think the Scots can prove worthy.

[AndrewMooneyDesign]

Don't forget two-time world champion Jim Clark, one of the all-time F1 greats

[mvfF1Fanatic]

Everyone knows Ron favoured Mika way more.

[pimpedvw]

DC bites.

[StreetGlowMusashi]

Infossa... "Finnish media"... Hehahaheahahiheha. Jokseenkin hupaisaa. Ei kukaan nyt välitä jostain Suomen pienestä mediasta.

[fenhen]

Coulthard's not a bad driver at all.

He partnered Hakkinen for 6 years, and actually outscored Hakkinen for 3 of them!

[luputtaja]

well maybe he isnt but while you screw up few times and never win championship all they can remember was how you screwd up...

[050999742]

It is a shame. He is really unlucky. But his car is getting better.

Everyone says he's a bad driver, but recently he went to another teams car (cant remember which team) and went round the test track in Jerez and set one of the fastest times on record.

So he is a good driver.

[TheEternalPain]

Red Bull?

[050999742]

No, I think it was one of the faster cars. Can't remember. Sorry

[crazystu22]

gr8 vid common Dc make scotland proud, get a win:)

what teh song called

[Cozorax]

Schumacher was another league than coulhard..

Schumacher was best .

[tuned2008]

wrong,wrong and guess yep you guessed right youre wrong

[SiniRistti15]

i think DC was/is a brilliant driver. he will always be one of my favourite drivers coz of what he did at mclaren and how he was such a gentleman to Mika and Kimi. wish him all the best this season, looks like his car is getting better so i wouldnt bank on him retiring after this season, maybe he'll leave after 2009 season

[remacRS]

baar jom saakuuu. nice vid

[Fabregasanddagunners]

Lmai it isn't a bad song but tbh Schumacher deserved the finger mwuhuhaha

[Fabregasanddagunners]

Lmao it isn't a bad song but tbh Schumacher deserved the finger mwuhuhaha

[Fabregasanddagunners]

You may now add thsi years Australian grand prix to these

[martinz101]

More like the stupid scot

[Fabregasanddagunners]

Anyone's unlcuky when your team mate has been at the team since 1992 and is a double world champion and not only that but your up against a 7 time world champion. Maybe if Mclaren favoured DC over Hakkinnen in 2000, 2001 and 1996 they'd have got more points and maybe two more world championships but no, they had to favour Mika! DC deserves respect for the job he's done and I hope this year is trophy time for Red Bull!

[nixxxon18]

DC is the fourth all time points scorer only beaten by Schumi, Senna and Prost. That means something. Anyway don't worry his good times are over, 2008 is much likely going to be his last year in F1.

[Fabregasanddagunners]

You think that but then we say the same every year, but he always stays!

[nixxxon18]

He is a very hard worker, thats for sure, but I think Liuzzi (young, fast and hungry for success) will beat him and he will retire.

[Fabregasanddagunners]

Or no test driver Bieum

[bexters2105]

he is not that bad he did win 13 races

[AlonsoLegend]

He's not that unlucky if we think about it objectively. Has been with title winning teams all his career until he left for Red Bull.

I do think he is an underrated driver though, people don't like him just because he is Scottish-what do those people know.

[Joonari]

You've seen this video and you think he's not unlucky? I think being driver in a winning team is not about your luck, but if you DNF because of technical failure several times per season, THAT is unlucky.

But no offence dude, thanks for your comment and your opinion.

[vertigo8]

He was kicked out by McLaren for Montoya...it wasn't his choice to leave.

[AlonsoLegend]

I know :P

[Fabregasanddagunners]

1994 Williams - Only there half a season, 1995 - Benneton too strong, 1996 - Mclaren were about 5th in championship, (not good car), 1997 - Williams too strong, 1998 - Hakkinnen favoured, 1999 - Same as 1998, 2000 - was at top of standings but still not favoured, 2001 - Ferrari too strong, 2002 - Dull year for Mclaren, 2003 - good partnership with Kimi but after being top with the first few races Mclaren still couldn't do anything, 2004 - torrid year!

[Cerenityy]

He is unlucky.. but I love him anyway... NEVER QUIT DAVID!

[Monthagny]

Who remembers Coulthard at Suzuka 1999? he went off all by himself on a STRAIGHT!!, AND CRASHING IN THE pitlane ADELAIDE 1995, CRASHING ON THE PARAGDE LAP MONZA 1995? and who can forget silverstone 2003?. And he has got a square hed too!

[gypsyhater]

Adelaide 1995 happened because the electronics wrongly sensed a stall and raised the revs.

[nixxxon18]

Well... The problem with DC is that he played too clean with a the cheat master... He should have played his style too.

Plus lots of stupid moves. Look at 2:28. He should tried the inside but no... He went for the outside... idiot

[Fabregasanddagunners]

Look at who he's trying to get past before commenting about that!

[Ziltoid667]

Good video. Bad song!

[crazystu22]

good video a seen taht on google and i want tae know the song name

[DarkEnergy80]

Like Trulli and Fisichella !!!