Here at Silverstone, where the British Grand Prix takes place on Sunday, David Coulthard today announced his retirement from Formula One racing. The oldest driver on the grid - hey, he's only 37 - said that it was time to stop racing and consider his future. He will continues as a consultant for Red Bull, however, and help them in testing and things. A little like what Michael Schumacher is doing at Ferrari.

Just a couple of hours after Coulthard announced his retirement, Red Bull had a small press conference at the team Energy Station to announce that Mark Webber has signed another contract to continue racing at the team next year. Actually, we already figured that out, since Coulthard said in his press conference that he would hang around next year to help Mark Webber and whoever the other driver was....

As far back as the middle of last year," said Webber, "it was very clear to me that I enjoyed working with the team, playing my part in its development and helping it move forward. So far this year, our reliability has improved and that's allowed us to exploit our performance."