Comments on: David Coulthard Retires From Formula One

By: Oliver White

Oliver White — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:05:33 +0000

@Alia: See, I don’t read “blogs” of this nature because the comment forms are always disabled whenever I visit. Thanks for the link and insight though, muchly appreciated.

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:08:12 +0000

It’s a joke trophy. The awarding body is apparently the FIA (Federation Installation de l’Apex) and the citation read:

“Presented to David Coulthard in recognition of his services to bollard sales worldwide from all your friends at the FIA”.

The bollard was sourced from China.

By: Oliver White

Oliver White — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:31:58 +0000

what exactly is DC holding in the photo

Hehe, I’ve never seen a driver get one of these before, so I think it’s a one-off. It’s a bollard from the inside of a corner. The ones that are meant to stop the drivers from cutting the corners, but they just flop over and pass under the car when hit.

By: Gman

Gman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:29:26 +0000

Congrats to DC on a very successful career- hopefully he will enjoy retirement while still stickign around the sport quite a bit.

Being a new fan, my only question is what exactly is DC holding in the photo at the top of this article- is it some sort of souviner trophy given to drivers when they retire from the sport?

By: DCFANUSA1

DCFANUSA1 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:34:42 +0000

I’ve followed 12 years of DC’s career. I was a huge Ayrton Senna fan until his untimely death. After a three year period of mourning I tuned back in to F1 and after the first three races of the 1997 season it was clear that DC was the caliber driver I could be a fan of. Fast, smart and always a true gentleman he never displayed the arrogance of other drivers on the grid. Thanks for 12 great years of racing DC and a lot of great F1 memories.

By: Steven Roy

Steven Roy — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:31:10 +0000

It sums up his luck this year. Kept his nose clean in the first corner and Nico hits him from behind into the path of Kaz.

He may never have been champion but he has had a great career and unlike some more successful drivers he has never been less than a complete credit to the sport and any of the teams he has represented.

I hope some of the younger drivers have the good sense to watch how he conducts himself or at least they have someone point it out to them. To be fair the curren young drivers seem to behave a lot better than we should expect given the behaviour of some of the drivers that they grew up watching.

By: Pink Peril

Pink Peril — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:03:13 +0000

I was gutted when I saw him spin. Poor DC, he deserved a better last race than that.

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:43:50 +0000

It’s not going to be the same without him next year – he’s been the main focus of my F1-watching life!

A sad day