Coulthard enjoys private dining at McLaren

British Formula One driver David Coulthard was a surprise guest at the offices of rival constructor McLaren Mercedes this week after being the highest bidder at a charity raffle.

The 37-year-old Scot visited his former employees in Woking for a private tour of the team's facilities, plus corporate entertainment at one of the company's private dining rooms.

Also in attendance at the McLaren Technology Centre for the unusual visit was ITV pundit Martin Brundle, another former McLaren driver, plus Red Bull team principal Christian Horner and executive director of engineering Adrian Newey.

Ironically, the latter was also an alumni of the Woking base, having served as technical director of the McLaren Racing team until 2005.

The trio were escorted around the state-of-the-art facilities by none other than McLaren Group chief operating officer Martin Whitmarsh.

"David has always been a popular driver at McLaren and we've known him for a long time," said the McLaren bigwig.

"In fact he's driven more grand prix for McLaren than any other driver in Formula One history. It's fantastic that he put his hand in his own pocket to support this charity auction and it's great to see him back at Woking."

According to the BBC, David Coulthard - who as won 13 races in his career - is due to announce his retirement from the sport at the end of this season, on the eve of what could be his final Silverstone grand prix.

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