Tuesday 24 / December / 2024
Muscat: David Coulthard has been announced as the driver of the Red Bull F1 Showrun, which is set to take place on the streets of Oman on Friday, April 8, at Muttrah Corniche.
The Scottish driver, who dominated Britain's junior Formula Ford categories in 1989 and became the first ever recipient of the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award for young drivers, is all set to perform a full repertoire of donuts, burnouts and speed stretches in front of Omani fans.
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Starting out, Coulthard fought a titanic battle in 1991 with future Formula 1 rival Rubens Barrichello for the British Formula 3 Championship, and won the prestigious Macau F3 Grand Prix. He later joined the Williams Formula 1 team as a test driver in 1993, and after competing in eight grand prix for the team in the 1994 season he became a full-time F1 driver in 1995.
That year he won the Portuguese Grand Prix and finished third in the championship. After moving to McLaren, Coulthard took his new team's first win in three seasons at the 1997 Australian Grand Prix. In all, he scored 12 of his 13 grand prix wins and 51 of his 62 podium finishes with McLaren, and, after supporting teammate Mika Häkkinen in the drivers' championship in 1998 and '99, he finished as a runner-up to Michael Schumacher in 2001.
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In 2005, Coulthard moved to Red Bull Racing where he became the highest scoring British driver of all time with 535 race points. In 2008, he retired from the sport, but is still a familiar face around the paddock and on our television screens.
The excitement around the Red Bull F1 Showrun will commence a few days before Coulthard takes to the wheel as the team’s car will be displayed and fired up around various locations in Oman, including at Omantel’s headquarters on April 7.
Red Bull Showruns take place at racing circuits, on city streets, at festivals and exhibitions. Often playing to crowds numbering hundreds of thousands, they give fans a chance to witness the contained ferocity of a Formula 1 car from close quarters. Formula 1 is a great sport for TV, but there is no substitute for the ear-splitting roar of the engine, the haze of tyre smoke and the aroma of burning rubber.
The Showrun Team has been to every inhabited continent, from cobbled city streets in Europe to baking deserts in the Americas. It has conquered the highest road in the Himalayas, skated on frozen rivers in Canada and drifted across golden Caribbean beaches.
This Red Bull F1 Showrun is being held under the umbrella of the Oman Automobile Association and the Royal Oman Police, with the support of the Ministry of Tourism. The event is being held in partnership with Omantel, Khimji Ramdas, HiFM, Hala FM, Times of Oman and Shabiba.
