David Marshall Coulthard, MBE, often known as DC, is a retired British Formula One racing driver from Twynholm, Scotland. He was runner-up in the 2001 Formula One World Drivers' Championship, driving for McLaren. Coulthard currently works for BBC Sport as a commentator and pundit for their Formula One coverage. Coulthard began karting at the age of eleven and achieved early success before progressing to car racing in the British Formula Ford Championship and the Formula 3000 series. He first drove in Formula One with Williams F1 in the 1994 season succeeding the late Ayrton Senna. The following year he won his first Grand Prix in Portugal, and then for the 1996 season he moved to McLaren. After winning two races in the 1997 season, he finished 3rd in the World Drivers' Championship in the 1998 season. He managed to win five races throughout 1999 and 2000 before finishing the runner-up in the Drivers' Championship to Michael Schumacher in 2001. Two more victories followed between 2002 and 2003 before he left McLaren at the end of 2004. He moved to Red Bull in 2005, managing to secure their first podium a year later. Coulthard retired from Formula One racing at the end of 2008. 

March 27th, 1971 in Twynholm (Age 53)