Coulthard looking forward to Valencia challenge

Just like the other drivers, Red Bull Racing driver David Coulthard is preparing himself for the new challenge that the street circuit in Valencia brings. Just like his colleagues, the Scot is studying some in-car footage, but knows that the real thing is something else.

David Coulthard said in ITV-column: "I’ve seen some in-car footage of the track and it looks very open for a street course – there’s some run-off in some corners, it’s quite flowing in places and it’s mostly fairly wide.

"Aesthetically it looks more like an American-style street circuit than Monaco or Macau because of the use of concrete walls rather than Armco.

"But it’s only really when you touch it, feel it and scratch it as you walk round on the Thursday and then drive it for the first time in Friday practice that you get a true idea of what a new circuit is like.

"Sony PlayStation doesn’t really cut it; you have to get out there and lay some rubber down."