David Coulthard won 12 Formula 1 world championship grands prix with McLaren and helped the Woking team take the 1998 constructors’ title with the mighty MP4-13. But it’s the 1995 Williams FW17 that the Scot picks out as the best car of his illustrious career.
Coulthard had made his F1 debut in difficult circumstances, following the death of Ayrton Senna and saddled with the tricky FW16, as Williams struggled to adapt following the banning of the gizmos it had pioneered. Progress was made during 1994 and Adrian Newey’s FW17 for the following campaign was a better proposition.
