Talk:David Coulthard

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I removed 1996 Barcelona from the list of DC's podium finishes: his official website says he finished 3rd, but http://www.planet-f1.com/ and http://www.f1db.com/ agree that he retired. I also removed 1999 Montreal: the same two sites agree he finished 7th, not 2nd. --rbrwr

Contents 1 Aida's circuit 2 Removed 3 Personal life 4 Comments/Whinger 5 Nationality 6 A bit biased & some un-cited comments

[edit] Aida's circuit

Well, I modified all the section of "Podiums and Wins" and I put the circuits links and not the Grand Prix links, but...I don't found the Aida article...anyone knows which is? --Reignerok 22:07, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

It is the TI Circuit

Gaz C 09:01, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removed

I removed this: "With Jacques Villeneuve on his way to Williams for 1996, Coulthard had to look elsewhere."

Coulthard has recently stated that he regrets moving to McLaren, which he did for money, as he thinks he would have won the title had he stayed at Williams. Therefore the above statement is wrong, it wasn't because of the arrival of Villeneuve. I haven't added anything about DC's regrets as I can't find a link to it. Damiancorrigan 14:36, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

I think the following should be removed or a reference/citation provided

"In 1993, Coulthard..........played an important role in advancing the car's technology."

[edit] Personal life

Isn't the word 'gorgeous' a little subjective for Wikipedia?

Personally I don't go for Heidi Klum.

- Mull1

[edit] Comments/Whinger

Shouldn't the article mention the number of daft comments and whinges (it's always the car's fault, never his; some rules are silly) he's made over the years - the most recent being a claim that he's as good as Hamilton?

No.

You are stating that his claim to being as good as Lewis Hamilton is a whinge. How do you know he IS NOT as good as Lewis Hamilton? That has no place in an encyclopaedia, and nor really deserves any mention anywhere, it is a completely diffrent issue to Murray Walker comments, however. Saying these comments are 'daft' alludes to your oppostition to this driver. It means the article has partiality which is wrong and misleading; it further increases the poor image Wikipedia has in the media, adn justifies the claims of those who possess this view. The section you propose should not be included.

"How do you know he IS NOT as good as Lewis Hamilton?" - is this a joke? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.234.141.22 (talk) 05:44, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nationality

To Lurker, re comment that 'WPs don't get to decide nationality'.

The F1 infobox is about the sportsman/woman's racing career. The nationality in there is the nationality the driver races under. That nationality, by FIA rules, is British not Scottish. This is just the way this sport works and is reflected in all official championship results. Football, and many other sports, are different of course and I wouldn't expect to see British as a nationality in, say, Darren Fletcher's infobox. The racing nationality of a driver will not, by the way, in all cases even match his passport - at lower levels of the sport it's possible to compete for the country that issues your racing license (this is not true for F1, though). A bit like various African runners competing for Middle Eastern countries at present.

In the wider world of course Coulthard is undoubtedly both British and Scottish and both should be reflected in the main text of the article. 4u1e 12:54, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

If the field is not intended to show nationality but the country a sportsman represents, it should not be named "nationality". As long as it displays something beyond the world of sport, it should be treated as part of the wider world, and not a matter for a sporting wikiproject to decide unilaterally. Lurker (said · done) 10:51, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Are you arguing that David Coulthard does not have British citizenship? -- Ian Dalziel 11:39, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Ian's right, Coulthard is unarguably of British nationality. Most (all?) people would also consider him to be of Scottish nationality in some sense, although opinions differ quite widely on what exactly that means. So if we're talking about nationality British is unarguably correct, while Scottish is arguably correct.

The difficulty is that in some cases (not Coulthard!) it's hard to prove what nationality (in the home nations sense) someone considers themselves. By all normal measures Tony Blair is Scottish (born and raised in Scotland to Scottish parents) but he doesn't seem to be considered as such generally. The passport nationality is a good way around this, since it is verifiable and unambiguous. 4u1e 12:42, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A bit biased & some un-cited comments

The opening text seems rather biased as if it has been written by someone who does not like/agree with things that David Coulthard has done. There are a number of personal and un-cited comments such as "He has a bizzare jaw-line which creates unique aerodynamic challenges and often crashes due to jaw induced turbulence which he blames on other factors.". Articles are not meant to be biased in this manner. Smita034 (talk) 10:41, 5 April 2008 (UTC)