COLLAGES

David Coulthard

These days when i watch the Formula One, my loyalties are quite split. I have grown over the years to love pretty much most of the grid. However there was a time when my heart belonged to one team, and one team only, Mclaren.

Ron Dennis, Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard were quite simply my heros, and everyone else were the enemy. In that team i had a favorate, and that was DC. My passions at this point in my life were so strong that i quite often got myself in trouble (not intentionally) by shouting out obsenities at the screen, especailly when watching abroad. On one occasion i was in the Canary Islands watching the French Race in a German bar, looking like a Mclaren threw up on me, ( hat and t shirt in 37 degree heat) when DC was being held up by a certain German driver and finally passed him flicking him the finger and displaying other hand gestures. I jumped up shouting go on DC and then a mouth full of not so pleasent insults at the certain German driver, in the German bar. Needless to say my poor sister and friend had to pull me out of that bar rather sharply before i got pounced on.

The first time i actually got to attend a Grand prix was for my 30th birthday pressi off a friend. i went to Spa 2004 so excited to see the cars for real and watch DC race in his last season for Mclaren, as it had already been anounced that Montoya would take his place the next season. (yeah that was a great hire there Uncle Ron). DC crashed his car right infront of me (how rude) at least i got to climb over a huge fence and collect a little peice of his car!

Anyway DC, the guy that should have won a world title, the current highest british point scorer (although probably not for long). The guy that has a brilliant mind, great sense of humour, a great driver, who never should have been the "almost guy". Bad luck was his middle name for many years, and for many years i suffered and celebrated with his wins and misfortunes. The guy who was British when he won, and Scotish when he lost. The guy that will always remain one of my favorate drivers, and for me, has become the highlight of the BBC F1 coverage.

DC i Salute you.

David Coulthard Collage
F1 Racing magazine articles on wood 2.4 meters by 1.55 meters
August - October 09

I got rather Muddy climbing over the fence trying to claim a peice of DC's car at Spa 2004

Other F1 driver collages
Jenson Button Kimi Raikkonen.

Other Formula 1 art
Lewis Hamilton made of hole punch dots

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