David Coulthard
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Coulthard: Hamilton should join GPDA
20 March 2008
David Coulthard agrees with Pedro de la Rosa that McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton should become a member of the GPDA. The Grand Prix Drivers' Association is the union of Formula 1 drivers and was founded back in 1961.
Speaking in his ITV column Coulthard said about the situation: "I think Lewis is a fantastic role model for other young drivers who want to be in Formula 1 - his professionalism, the way he works with the team and deals with the media are exemplary, and he deserves all the success he is achieving on-track.
"It wouldn't take much effort for him to sign a piece of paper to become a member of the GPDA, and it would massively strengthen our ability to continue to influence the safety of the cars that we drive."
Coulthard strongly believes the GPDA's work played an important role in preventing serious accidents and injuries in Formula 1. "By the very nature of our business, it is dangerous," said Coulthard. "There will be another injury or fatality at some point in the future. Hopefully, by continuing to work together, we can make that a distant point.
"Lewis walked away from the crash he had in qualifying at the Nurburgring last year thanks to the efforts of Jackie Stewart in his day, Max Mosley throughout his FIA presidency, and all the drivers who have been members of the GPDA. Having someone like Lewis add his support would be a massive boost to us.
"His name is worth more currently than a lot of the other drivers because he has such a high media profile. I haven't spoken to him personally about it because it's up to the chairman and the directors to do that, but I would certainly encourage him to join."
Massa won't apologise to Coulthard
20 March 2008
In Sunday's Australian Grand Prix Felipe Massa and David Coulthard crashed into each other as Massa tried to overtake Coulthard on the inside. Coulthard never saw the Ferrari driver coming. The two drivers touched and Coulthard's Red Bull car was a wreck. After the race Coulthard said he expects the Brazilian to apologise for his absurd actions, but Massa said on Thursday he refuses to apologise to him.
Coulthard said after the race he expects Massa to apologise, but commenting on this special request Massa reacted: "I was a bit surprised, to be honest, because we are there to race. I tried to pass him. I was inside and he closed (the door on) me and we crashed. I think everybody knows two cars cannot be in the same place in a corner and usually the guy who's outside has more possibility to go off, so that's it."
When asked if he has apologised for the incident Massa replied: "No, because I didn't do anything wrong. When I do something wrong, I will apologise but this time I don't need to."
But Coulthard completely disagrees with Massa. The Scotsman believes he could have never see Massa coming. Speaking about the incident Coulthard said in Malaysia: "The reality is, in this situation, Felipe is not racing me for the world championship so he can do the same manoeuvre for the next 17 Grands Prix and have the same result, because quite clearly my eyes point forward, they don't point rearward.
"He's got a much clearer view as to how much space there is and I didn't take a different line than I took any other lap so… I was fully prepared for him to pass me in corner three because a Ferrari has a much better top speed, it's a much quicker car. He made his choice. If he makes the same choice (again), he'll get the same result. I can't make my car invisible but as I say, I'm not fighting for the world championship, he is, so next time he should wait until corner three."
To be continued?
Malaysian Grand Prix
1st Free Practice
1 F. Massa 1:35.392 20
2 K. Raikkonen 1:36.459 8
3 H. Kovalainen 1:36.556 21
4 N. Rosberg 1:36.578 23
5 L. Hamilton 1:36.626 17
6 F. Alonso 1:37.022 18
7 N. Piquet jr. 1:37.034 28
8 R. Kubica 1:37.218 9
9 J. Button 1:37.282 17
10 J. Trulli 1:37.540 24
11 N. Heidfeld 1:37.649 17
12 K. Nakajima 1:37.649 18
13 R. Barrichello 1:37.076 20
14 T. Glock 1:37.782 27
15 S. Vettel 1:38.219 26
16 D. Coulthard 1:38.232 7
17 M. Webber 1:38.707 12
18 S. Bourdais 1:38.798 25
19 G. Fisichella 1:39.046 21
20 T. Sato 1:40.178 1
21 A. Davidson 1:40.351 14
22 A. Sutil 1:41.269 5
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2nd Free Practice
1 L. Hamilton 1:35.055 32
2 F. Massa 1:35.206 33
3 K. Räikkönen 1:35.428 36
4 J. Button 1:36.037 40
5 S. Vettel 1:36.474 35
6 J. Trulli 1:36.493 38
7 H. Kovalainen 1:36.512 30
8 R. Kubica 1:36.671 33
9 G. Fisichella 1:36.756 37
10 K. Nakajima 1:36.838 34
11 R. Barrichello 1:36.879 38
12 N. Rosberg 1:36.908 36
13 N. Heidfeld 1:37.106 3
14 F. Alonso 1:37.328 23
15 N. Piquet jr. 1:37.331 42
16 M. Webber 1:37.346 37
17 T. Glock 1:37.512 35
18 A. Sutil 1:37.614 35
19 T. Sato 1:39.021 27
20 A. Davidson 1:39.361 30
21 S. Bourdais no time 1
22 D. Coulthard no time
3rd Free Practice
1 N. Heidfeld 1:35.019 18
2 K. Räikkönen 1:35.262 17
3 F. Massa 1:35.388 17
4 J. Trulli 1:35.389 20
5 M. Webber 1:35.437 16
6 D. Coulthard 1:35.653 17
7 N. Piquet jr. 1:35.768 15
8 J. Button 1:35.781 19
9 S. Vettel 1:35.827 16
10 T. Glock 1:35.911 21
11 L. Hamilton 1:35.927 13
12 F. Alonso 1:36.068 14
13 K. Nakajima 1:36.183 14
14 G. Fisichella 1:36.229 21
15 N. Rosberg 1:36.490 7
16 H. Kovalainen 1:36.529 16
17 R. Kubica 1:36.618 19
18 S. Bourdais 1:36.668 15
19 T. Sato 1:36.908 14
20 A. Sutil 1:36.939 21
21 A. Davidson 1:37.140 12
22 R. Barrichello 1:37.703 6
Malaysian Grand Prix
Qualifying
1 F. Massa 1:35.748
2 K. Räikkönen 1:36.230
3 H. Kovalainen 1:36.613
4 L. Hamilton 1:36.709
5 J. Trulli 1:36.711
6 R. Kubica 1:36.727
7 N. Heidfeld 1:36.753
8 M. Webber 1:37.009
9 F. Alonso 1:38.450
10 T. Glock 1:39.656
11 J. Button 1:35.208
12 D. Coulthard 1:35.408 
13 N. Piquet jr. 1:35.562
14 R. Barrichello 1:35.622
15 S. Vettel 1:35.648
16 N. Rosberg 1:35.670
17 G. Fisichella 1:36.240
18 K. Nakajima 1:36.388
19 S. Bourdais 1:36.677
20 T. Sato 1:37.087
21 A. Sutil 1:37.101
22 A. Davidson 1:37.481
Red Bull happy with qualifying
22 March 2008
Red Bull Racing got more than it expected in qualifying at Sepang as Mark Webber put his car eighth on the grid and David Coulthard recovered from his suspension problem on Friday to qualify twelfth.
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"Today went better than expected to be honest," Webber said. "We worked hard on the car yesterday and the guys did a great job to make the improvements that they did, so we've laid the foundations ahead of tomorrow's race. Q3 was quite tricky for a lot of people, as the grip level was lower than in Q2, but we're in a sensible position for the start of the race. If it's half as wild as Melbourne - it will be interesting to see."
Coulthard commented, "I was a bit surprised as in qualifying I was slower in the first sector than I had been in the morning practice. I'd lost some mechanical grip, which made it difficult to nail the middle sector. What's happened this weekend doesn't concern me, as a racing driver you never think you're going to have a car failure, so you don't think about it, and I have complete faith in the team too."
Team boss Christian Horner added, "A strong qualifying performance from Mark puts him on the fourth row for tomorrow's race. The weather was closing in towards the end of Q3 and it all got a little bit frantic, but P8 is a positive result. David has been recovering today after losing a lot of track time yesterday. He only just missed out on Q3 and starts from 12th,so the target tomorrow is obviously for points."
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