Chris Hayes
David Coulthard is quickly gaining a reputation as the driver his competitors can't avoid, with after the Scot fell victim to another onslaught of over-ambitious overtaking attempts in the Spanish Grand Prix.
Coulthard's hectic race overshadowed an impressive performance from
Red Bull Racing team-mate
Mark Webber, who quietly charged to fifth place, his best result of the year.
Coulthard, meanwhile, was twice hit from behind over the course of the 65-lap race, but still managed to finish the race, albeit out of the points, in twelfth place.
Having started well down the pecking order, in 17th place, the veteran found himself entrenched in a battle with the
Force India and Toro Rosso pairings on the opening lap and, at turn four,
Adrian Sutil attempted to dive up the inside of the RB4, only to drastically overshoot his mark and career into the side of the dark blue car.
“It's a horrible thing about being down near the end of the grid – you try to keep out of trouble, but it's never so easy,” vented Coulthard, “I got whacked by Sutil going into turn four and picked up some light damage to the side of the car but, after that, I was running okay.”
Despite the incident, which saw Sutil retire and take the luckless
Sebastian Vettel out of the race with him, Coulthard scythed his way through the field and was running as high as ninth place after his second pit-stop, looking in good shape for a possible points finish.
However, in characteristic fashion, the out-of-luck Scot then suffered his second knock of the day, this time from
Toyota's
Timo Glock, who punctured Coulthard's left rear tyre with his front wing whilst trying to pass on the inside of turn five.
“After my pit-stop, I took a defensive line into turn four and five to show Glock that I knew he was there, but he hit the rear of my car and punctured a tyre anyway,” DC commented.
