Description

This book entitled ‘Davids diary’ records details of thrilling wheel-to-wheel battles from the perspective of the cockpit of his West McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 car.

Coulthard gives his readers a privileged view of the machinations behind his controversial decision to allow team mate and eventual champion Mika Hakkinen overtake him on the final lap of the season’s first race in Australia. His rivalry with Michael Schumacher is tracked as it develops in to animosity after a dramatic collision in Argentina and, as the season reached its climax, into near fisticuffs in Belgium.

Coulthard takes the reader through the disappointments of a season in which he started as many people’s favourite to take the ultimate crown and finished with only one race win and a series of crashes and mechanical failures to his credit. This quality book contains 288 pages with many glossy photos from the 1998 world championship and is in excellent condition with minimal shelf wear to the dust jacket. The title page has been signed in black marker by Coulthard.

1998 Hardback and dust cover, in generally good condition.