Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tiimata a Coulthard ki te kareti i te tekau ma tahi o ona tau, ana i angitu wawe i mua i tana neke atu ki te whakataetae motuka i te British Formula Ford Championship me te raupapa Formula 3000. I eke tuatahi ia ki te Formula Kotahi me Williams i te tau 1994 i muri i te mutunga o Ayrton Senna. I te tau e whai ake nei ka wikitoria ia i tana Grand Prix tuatahi i
Portugal, kātahi mō te tau 1996 ka neke ia ki McLaren. Whai muri i tana wikitoria i nga whakataetae e rua i te tau 1997, i mutu ia i te tuatoru o nga whakataetae o te Ao Kaihauturu i te tau 1998.