Because of SCHUMACHER: DAVID COULTHARD turned down FERRAR's offer

In the first season Formula 1which is David Coulthard leta 1995 done with the team Williams, is fast Scotland on the race v Estoril managed to cross the finish line first. Then he had a tough choice: Does he stay on the team Williams, or accept the offer McLaren ali Ferrari.

In the end Coulthard opted for McLaren and he didn’t make that decision just for the money. “My management managed to get a profitable package at McLarn, which I would get at Williams in two years,”Is popular D.C. told for RTE. "I led a few laps in the last race of the 1995 season and just three months later I was only in thirteenth starting place in the opening race in Melbourne with McLarn. So I got significantly more money, but I was sitting in a worse race car. We had some tough seasons, but then we were at the top again,”He remembers 49-year-old, who unreservedly admits that she was financial side one of the reasons he opted for McLaren.

David Coulthard could have raced for Ferrari instead of McLaren in the 1996 season, as he also had an offer from Maranello. In the end, he opted for McLaren and not just for the money.

Another reason however, it even has a name, namely Michael Schumacher. Because the German is at Ferrari, so Coulthard, enjoyed the status of the first racer. “Ferrari offered me an offer that basically made me, on paper, the number two racer next to Michael Schumacher. I never doubted that he was a stronger racer than us because I knew he represented a better overall package. But at this point in my career, I just didn’t want to sign a contract like that, and that’s why I opted for McLaren,”So the winner of the 13th Grand Prix racing and adds: "I think this was the right decision for my career."

Another reason why he did not go to Maranello was Michael Schumacher, who was guaranteed the number one racing status at Ferrari.

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Bojan Vrbnjak
Bojan Vrbnjak
F1 enthusiast, golf, travel enthusiast and amateur photographer.

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