Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1997, Coulthard ya sake haɗin Häkkinen a McLaren. Ya fara kakar wasa ta ne ta hanyar lashe gasar a zagayen farko a Australia
Ka yi haƙuri. Coulthard ya kasa cin kwallo a zagaye hudu masu zuwa, saboda ya shiga cikin karo a Argentina kuma ya yi gwagwarmaya da rashin aminci tare da motarsa. Rashin amincin ya yi tasiri a duk lokacin kakar, wanda ya zama sananne a Kanada lokacin da Coulthard ya tsaya a lokacin da yake jagorantar kuma motar ta sami matsala. Ya sha wahala daga karin ritaya guda hudu a duk tsawon kakar, kuma ya sami damar cin nasara a Grand Prix na Italiya. Ya sami damar tabbatar da ƙarin matsayi biyu na podium a Austria da Jerez, inda Coulthard ya ba da matsayi na biyu ga abokin aikinsa Häkkinen a ƙarƙashin umarnin ƙungiyar. Coulthard ya yi nasarar gamawa a matsayi na uku a gasar zakarun Turai, ya daidaita maki tare da direban Benetton Jean Alesi.