Kammala wannan jumlar: Zagaye na farko na kakar ya zama da wuya ga Coulthard; A zagaye na farko a Ostiraliya, ya yi ritaya daga matsalolin injiniya, kuma ya gama na biyu a
Brazil, kafin a soke shi a matsayin bangon gaba na gaba a kan motarsa 7mm kasa da 50mm da ake bukata a sama da jirgin sama. Coulthard ya shawo kan waɗannan matsalolin kuma ya gama a kan podium a cikin tsere biyar na gaba, wanda ya hada da nasara a Birtaniya da Monaco. A watan Yuni, Coulthard ya rattaba hannu kan wata yarjejeniya ta kwantiraginsa, yana tabbatar da cewa zai kasance a McLaren a shekara ta 2001. Ba tare da samun maki ba a Kanada, ya biyo bayan nasara a Faransa, nasarar da daga baya ya bayyana a matsayin abin da ya fi tunawa a cikin aikinsa wanda kuma ya zama nasarar McLaren kawai a kan hanyar Magny-Cours. An ci gaba da cin nasara a cikin zagaye uku masu zuwa kuma ya tabbatar da na huɗu a Belgium. Coulthard ya shiga cikin haɗarin mota da yawa a zagaye na farko a Italiya. Wannan zai kasance ta hanyar samun maki a zagaye na uku na karshe, ciki har da podiums a Japan da Malaysia. Coulthard ya gama na uku a gasar zakarun direbobi, tare da maki 73, kuma McLaren ya gama na biyu a gasar zakarun masu kera. Don kokarinsa a lokacin kakar, an ba Coulthard kyautar Hawthorn Memorial Trophy ta biyu.