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Coulthard savours special Silverstone memories

David Coulthard may be a very long shot at winning another British Grand Prix as he lines up on the grid at Silverstone this weekend but the Scot has special memories of his two wins at his home Grand Prix.

"My two British GP wins are right up there in my memories of my 13 GP victories," Coulthard said. "As a young lad going to Silverstone to watch grands prix, if someone said you're going to win the British GP one day, I'd have been delighted. Therefore, to win it twice was fantastic."

"My most memorable British GP moment is actually not one of my two wins, but is from 1995," he mused. "I was going into Stowe corner, which was a ninety degree right hander at the time and I passed Alesi to take the lead. I could hear the crowd cheering above the noise of the engines, which was incredible. I'd never heard that in my life before, and have never heard it again since. I didn't win the race because the electronics failed and I had a ten-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane, so I finished second I think on that occasion."

"Much is made of what it means to be racing at your home GP, but I think the reality is that it shouldn't make any difference to how you perform, as you should be trying your best at every race, so I don't think it adds any more pressure," he added. "Also, when you're in the F1 paddock you're so removed from the outside world you could almost be at any race anywhere in the world. But you do realise you're at home when you go out onto the track and see lots of union jacks in the crowd - and sometimes also a few Scottish Saltires!"

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