FORMULA One legend David Coulthard was paid £10,000 of taxpayers’ cash to star in a 40-second road safety advert.
Transport Scotland agreed the payout to the multi-millionaire race ace – who lives in the tax haven of Monaco – for the one-day TV shoot.
The Scottish Government then splashed more public cash in a bid to keep the deal secret after the Sunday Mail submitted a Freedom of Information request asking how much Coulthard was paid.