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Birthday boy Coulthard's final Grand Prix triumph

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Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard who turns 53 today retired from racing in 2008 but remains an integral part of the Formula 1 community as a TV commentator for Britain's Channel 4.

Coulthard's 13th and final Grand Prix victory was in Australia in March 2003 while racing for McLaren. He qualified in 11th place but made up positions during the race to climb to second.

A late unforced error by race leader Juan Pablo Montoya then handed Coulthard the race victory, while the Scot's  team mate Kimi Raikkonen finished third.

 

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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