Coulthard on Hamilton: “Less controversial than Senna, Schumacher and Verstappen”

Coulthard’s 90s Establishing who was the best driver of all time in the now 76-year history of Formula 1 is an extremely difficult task not only for the fans, who are often carried away by their sympathy for a particular champion, but also for the drivers who challenged those who won the most world titles. One of these was the Scotsman David Coulthard, test driver for Williams in 1994 (the year in which Ayrton Senna arrived at Grove before the Brazilian’s sad death) and subsequently a McLaren driver at the end of the 90s, a period which also became famous for the challenges between him and Michael Schumacher, not without controversies such as those which exploded in the 1998 Belgian GP. From driver to TV commentator Once his career was over, Coulthard became a television commentator, during which he observed the growth and successes of other drivers who became multiple world champions such as Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. In general, the 54-year-old had no doubts in indicating the one who, in his opinion, was the greatest champion of all time, while opening a parenthesis between all the champions mentioned: “Senna is the greatest of all time – he explained in the podcast The Red Flags – and the reason why I say this is because, if I’m not mistaken, I even heard Max recognize his admiration for what he achieved in that era and for his resolute approach. If he believed in something, he didn’t let himself be influenced. Senna, however, was not free from controversy, as were Schumacher and Max.” Precisely in this respect, Coulthard wanted to ‘reward’ the one who, in his opinion, was the most correct of all the greatest champions of all time: “Of the four, Schumacher, Hamilton, Senna and Verstappen, Lewis is probably the least controversial on the track, which must obviously be recognised”.