<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-1997, uCoulthard waphinde wabambisana noHäkkinen eMcLaren. Waqala isizini yakhe ngokunqoba emzuliswaneni wokuqala e-Australia  <response>: . futhi. UCoulthard akakwazanga ukufaka amaphuzu emizuzwini emine eyalandela, ngenxa yokuthi wabandakanyeka ekushayisaneni e-Argentina futhi wabhekana nokungathembeki ngemoto yakhe. Isici sokungathembeki saba nomthelela kulo lonke isizini, okwaba sobala eCanada lapho uCoulthard enza ukumiswa kwe-pit ngenkathi ehola futhi imoto yaba nezinkinga ze-clutch. Uhlupheke ngokukhishwa emidlalweni emine kulo lonke isizini, futhi wakwazi ukunqoba kwi-Italian Grand Prix. Wakwazi ukuqinisekisa ezinye izikhundla ezimbili ze-podium e-Austria naseJerez, lapho uCoulthard avuma khona indawo yesibili kumlingani wakhe uHäkkinen ngaphansi kwama-oda eqembu. UCoulthard ukwazile ukuqeda endaweni yesithathu ku-Drivers Championship, ebambene ngamaphuzu nomshayeli weBenetton uJean Alesi. 