 Coulthard akatanga mwaka wacho nokukunda muAustralia uye akarega basa muMalaysia apo motokari yake yakava nechinetso chemagetsi. Akakwanisa kutora mapoinzi kumashure-kumashure muBraziluye San Marino sezvo akanga ari pamudyandigere kubva pakurovera muSpain. Muna Nyamavhuvhu, Coulthard akasaina chibvumirano chekuwedzera chibvumirano chake chaizomuchengeta paMcLaren kusvika muna 2004. Coulthard akakwanisa kuwana dzimwe nzvimbo mbiri dzepodiyamu muGermany neJapan. Coulthard akapedza ari wechinomwe muDrivers Championship, achiwana mapoinzi makumi mashanu nerimwe. Mushure mekupera kwemwaka, McLaren yakazivisa kuti Coulthard achadonhedzwa pakupera kwa2004 uye achatsiviwa naJuan Pablo Montoya. Coulthard akawana Hawthorn Memorial Trophy yake yechina yakatevedzana nokuda kwezvaakaita mumwaka. 