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Coulthard fined over 1999 Monaco crash

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-02-08 13:48

A Monaco court has fined Formula One driver David Coulthard 500 euros ($649.5) for injuring a woman passenger when he crashed his Mercedes during a high-speed tour of the principality's grand prix circuit in 1999.

A judicial source said the Scot, a Monaco resident who was not present in court for Tuesday's hearing, had lost control of the car after it hit a wet patch.

Coulthard, now 35, was travelling at 100-150 kph through the tunnel on the night of the accident in April 1999, several weeks before that year's Monaco Grand Prix.

The passenger was slightly hurt but withdrew her complaint in 2002, the year in which the Scot took his second Monaco victory for Mercedes-powered McLaren, after being compensated by the driver.

The court still fined Coulthard, who now drives for Red Bull, after finding him guilty of accidental injury