David Coulthard announced on Thursday he will retire from Formula One racing at the end of the current season.
The 37-year-old Scot, who has been racing in Formula One since 1994,
said he will remain as a consultant to Red Bull Racing and has not
ruled out racing in other categories in the future.
"I would like to announce today my decision to retire from racing in
Formula One at the end of this season," said the Scot in a statement
ahead of the British Grand Prix.
"I will remain actively involved in the sport as a consultant to Red
Bull Racing focusing on testing and development of the cars.
"I have an open mind as to whether or not I will compete again in
the future, in some other form of motorsport, so I am definitely not
hanging up my helmet," added the Red Bull driver.
Coulthard, who made his F1 racing debut at the Spanish Grand Prix in
1994, will leave the sport after over 230 races, including 13 wins.
"The decision to make this announcement at the British GP should be
an obvious one for all to understand, as I have achieved two of my
thirteen F1 victories at Silverstone and I am a member of the British
Racing Drivers’ Club, which hosts this event," added Coulthard.
"I am proud of my work at Red Bull Racing and will continue to race
with the same focus until the last lap in Brazil. Thereafter I will
continue to help the team develop and move towards their ultimate goal
of winning races."
All I’d like to say is thank you David! You always were one of my favourites, a gentleman indeed and a special character in F1, and of course, teammate to Kimi for 3 years when he joined the ‘big guns’ at McLaren, you were like a big brother for him there. Here at KRS, we wish you all the very best for your future and family, especially your girlfriend Karen whom I’m sure would be happy to know she has you all to herself now. Red Bull are lucky to have you continue to be part of their team!
FUCK ISRAEL 
This is a sad moment for me. Although I knew it was coming, if not this year then the next, it still leaves me with some sorrow as I’ve been watching GPs since just before he started, and he’s become such a fixture in my mind with F1. Even though some mark him as having never been quite good enough, he’s had his fair share of mechanical faults over the years, and was, I believe, struck with the same lack of appreciation at McLaren that Alonso also suffered last year, especially while Hakkinen was his team mate.A sad day in F1, unless, as rumoured, he may be part of the BBC commentary team next year…lets hope he can just curb some of his more ‘colourful’ remarks!
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