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DC said no being Schumi's ‘number two'
David Coulthard turned down a Ferrari deal for 1996 as he 'just couldn't accept' a deal where he would be the number two driver. Coulthard entered Formula 1 with Williams in 1994, called up by the team to take Ayrton Senna's car after the Brazilian's untimely death at that year's San Marino GP. He spent two years with the Grove team before swapping to McLaren in 1996. The McLaren seat, though, wasn't Coulthard's only option. The Scot was also being courted by Ferrari but feared he would be number two to Michael Schumacher. 'At Ferrari, the contract that was offered effectively made me, on paper, number two to Michael,' he said in an interview with Ireland's RTE. 'I've no doubt that Michael...
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