Top 10 F1 drivers with the most race starts

#9 - David Coulthard (246)

David Coulthard's final and 13th win in F1 was in Australia in 2003

David Coulthard may be more famous for his work on British Formula 1 coverage these days, but the Scot also enjoyed a very successful career on the track as well. Being brought in as a temporary replacement for the late Ayrton Senna at Williams in 1994, Coulthard had a mixed start in F1.

He became a full-time driver the following season alongside Damon Hill and got his first win in Portugal the same year. Williams signed Jacques Villeneuve for 1996, so Coulthard transferred to McLaren, who were struggling in the midfield of the pack. The Woking outfit were steadily improving, though, and Coulthard picked up a pair of wins in 1997.

1998 saw McLaren return to the front of the field, but Coulthard failed to capitalise on his car's fantastic pace, only winning once as his teammate Mika Hakkinen stormed to the world title.

1999 was more of the same, while 2000 saw him as the main challenge to Michael Schumacher in the first half of the season but he fell away in the latter stages. He'd remain at McLaren until 2005 when Coulthard joined the new Red Bull team, which had been risen from the ashes of Jaguar.

Red Bull weren't yet the force that they'd become, but Coulthard picked up some notable results, including a stunning podium at Monaco in 2006, hilariously forcing Christian Horner to go skinny dipping. David's final podium would come at Canada in 2008, his last season in Formula 1, after 15 years in the sport.