David Coulthard’s son benefited from his father’s more sedate post-retirement driving style yesterday as he returned from hospital to the family’s home near Brussels, three days after his birth.
The Scottish motor racing veteran of 246 Grand Prix and winner of 13 F1 world championship races had cause for a double celebration yesterday as he was confirmed as a member of the BBC commentary team for next year’s F1 season after the corporation secured a five-year television deal.
Coulthard, 37, yesterday described his first child’s birth as “the start of a fantastic period” in his life.
“Racing has been my only focus but the miracle of birth and creation of another being is a completely special and separate thing. It does not even compare.”
Dayton is Coulthard’s first child but Karen, 32, already has a ten-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. The couple plan to marry “in the near future”.
