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Sébastien Bourdais

French racecar driver

Sébastien Olivier Bourdais[1] (born 28 February 1979 in Le Mans) is a French race car driver. He is one of the most successful drivers in the history of the Champ Car World Series. He won four championships in a row, from 2004 to 2007.

Sébastien Bourdais
Bourdais during his ChampCar days
Born (1979-02-28) 28 February 1979 (age 45)
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityFrench
Active years2008–2009
TeamsScuderia Toro Rosso
Entries27
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points6
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry2008 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry2009 German Grand Prix
2009 position19th (2 pts)
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1999–2002, 2004, 2007, 2009
TeamsLarbre Compétition, Pescarolo Sport, Peugeot
Best finish2nd (2007), (2009)
Class wins0

He drove in Formula One for the Toro Rosso team during the 2008 and 2009 seasons. He was unable to repeat his past successes. Bourdais currently drives for Peugeot Sport in the Le Mans Series and for French football club Olympique Lyonnais in the Superleague Formula series.

Early years

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Born into a racing family, Bourdais began his racing career at age 10 in kart racing. Bourdais progressed to single-seater racing in 1995, finishing 9th in the Formula Campus Championship. He then spent two years in the French Formula Renault Championship. He finished second in points in 1997. In 1998, he won five races to become Rookie of the Year (6th overall) in French F3. He won the series outright in 1999, with eight wins and three poles.

In 2000, Bourdais joined the Prost Junior Team in the International F3000 Championship. He finished ninth in the series. In 2001, he moved to the DAMS team and took his first win in the series. He changed teams again for 2002, joing Super Nova Racing. Bordais had three victories and seven pole positions. He won the championship by two points.[2]

Champ Car career

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Bourdais won his second Champ Car title in 2005.

Bourdais moved to Champ Car racing in the United States. He and joined Newman-Haas Racing for the 2003 CART World Series season. At St. Petersburg, Florida, Bourdais became the first rookie since Nigel Mansell to claim pole position for his first race. His first Champ Car victory came at Brands Hatch.

For 2004, Bourdais dominated the Champ Car series. He had seven wins and eight poles in his Lola. His won his first championship. Bourdais won a fourth consecutive Champ Car title in 2007 with victory at Lexmark Indy 300 on October 21.

Formula One career

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Toro Rosso

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Bourdais driving for Toro Rosso at the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix.

On 16 March 2008 Bourdais competed in his first Formula One Championship race, the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. He finished the year in 17th place with four points.

Bourdais tested for the Toro Rosso team during the winter. On 6 February 2009 he was confirmed as a Toro Rosso driver for a second year.[3] He had two points finishes in at the Australian Grand Prix and the Monaco Grand Prix.

On 16 July 2009, Toro Rosso announced that Bourdais would no longer be driving for the team.[4] It was reported that Bourdais was thinking about sueing Toro Rosso, claiming that the team breached his contract.[5] It was then reported that Toro Rosso paid him $2.1 million to avoid legal action.[6]

24 Hours of Le Mans

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Bourdais has frequently raced the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans. He entering for the first time in 1999, at the aged of 20. He drove a Porsche 911 GT2 run by Larbre Competition. He returned in 2000, finishing fourth with Emmanuel Clerico and Olivier Grouillard for the Pescarolo team behind the three dominant Audis.[2]

His next three appearances did not go so well. In 2001 his car retired after 271 laps. The next year, he finished ninth in the LMP900 class. He missed the 2003 race and returned in 2004, but his car retired after 282 laps.[2]

Bourdais' next race at Le Mans would come in 2007. He drove a factory-backed Peugeot 908. The car he shared with Stéphane Sarrazin and Pedro Lamy finished the race second.[2] In 2009 he drovr for the Peugeot factory team again. He finished in second place, one lap behind the winning Peugeot. Bourdais was to drive the pole-winning #3 Peugeot in 2010. A suspension failure halted the car before Bourdais could turn a lap in the race[7]

Superleague Formula

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After leaving Formula One, Bourdais signed up to drive the Sevilla FC car in the Superleague Formula series.[8][9] He won on his debut weekend at the 2009 Estoril round in the Super Final.[10][11] Bourdais won again at the next round, winning race 1 of the 2009 Monza round.[12] He returned for the 2010 season racing for Olympique Lyonnais.[13]

Sports and stock car racing career

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Bourdais made several appearances in other championships. He won the Spa 24 Hours in 2002 in a Larbre Compétition Chrysler Viper GTS-R. He also won his class at the 2006 12 Hours of Sebring in a Panoz Esperante.[2] In 2005 he also competed in the International Race of Champions, winning his first stock car race at Texas Motor Speedway. In 2009, he set the official lap record at Sebring International Raceway, during the 12 Hours of Sebring. In 2010, Bourdais raced in a Level 5 Motorsports prepared Daytona Prototype in Rolex 24 at Daytona, held at Daytona International Speedway in Florida.

Motorsports career results

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins Points Final Placing
1995 French Formula Renault Campus ? ? 0 0 ? 9th
1996 French Formula Renault ? ? 0 0 ? 7th
1997 French Formula Renault La Filière 18 5 4 172 2nd
1998 French Formula Three La Filière 22 0 0 98 6th
British Formula Three La Filière 1 0 0 0 NC
Macau Grand Prix Equipe de France 1 0 0 N/A NC
Masters of Formula Three ? 1 0 0 N/A 20th
1999 French Formula Three La Filière 20 3 8 229 1st
Le Mans 24 Hours Larbre Compétition (GTS) 1 0 0 N/A NC
Macau Grand Prix Equipe de France 1 0 0 N/A NC
Masters of Formula Three ? 1 0 0 N/A 10th
2000 Formula 3000 Prost Junior Team 10 1 0 9 9th
Le Mans 24 Hours Pescarolo Sport (LMP 900) 1 0 0 N/A 4th
2001 Formula 3000 DAMS 12 1 1 26 4th
Le Mans 24 Hours Pescarolo Sport (LMP 900) 1 0 0 N/A 4th
FIA Sportscar Championship Pescarolo Sport (SR1) 2 0 0 0 NC
2002 Formula 3000 Super Nova Racing 12 6 3 56 1st
24 Hours of Le Mans Pescarolo Sport (LMP 900) 1 0 0 N/A 10th
FIA Sportscar Championship Pescarolo Sport (SR1) 3 1 2 55 4th
2003 CART World Series Newman/Haas Racing 18 5 3 159 4th
2004 Champ Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 14 8 7 369 1st
Le Mans 24 Hours Pescarolo Sport (LMP1) 1 0 0 N/A NC
2005 Champ Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 13 6 6 348 1st
International Race of Champions N/A 4 2 1 46 5th
IndyCar Series Newman/Haas Racing 1 0 0 18 28th
American Le Mans Series Larbre Compétition (GTS) 1 0 0 0 NC
Rolex Sports Car Series Silverstone Racing 1 0 0 6 89th
2006 Champ Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 14 6 7 387 1st
Grand-Am Cup GS ? 1 0 0 24 80th
2007 Champ Car World Series Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 14 6 8 364 1st
Le Mans 24 Hours Team Peugeot Total 1 1 0 N/A 2nd
2008 Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso 18 0 0 4 17th
2009 Le Mans 24 Hours Team Peugeot Total 1 0 0 N/A 2nd
Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso 9 0 0 2 19th
Superleague Formula Sevilla FC 6 1 1 — —
2010 Superleague Formula Olympique Lyonnais 10 0 1 — —
Le Mans 24 Hours Team Peugeot Total 0 1 0 N/A N/A

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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  • Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap (key)
Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2000 Gauloises Formula IMO
Ret 		SIL
10 		CAT
8 		NÜR
4 		MON
Ret 		MAG
2 		A1R
9 		HOC
DNS 		HUN
14 		SPA
Ret 		9th 9
2001 DAMS INT
3 		IMO
Ret 		CAT
11 		A1R
Ret 		MON
4 		NÜR
8 		MAG
6 		SIL
1 		HOC
4 		HUN
3 		SPA
6 		MNZ
9 		4th 26
2002 Super Nova Racing INT
14 		IMO
1 		CAT
3 		A1R
Ret 		MON
1 		NÜR
1 		SIL
2 		MAG
2 		HOC
Ret 		HUN
3 		SPA
2 		MNZ
Ret 		1st 56

American Open-Wheel

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  • Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap (key)

CART/Champ Car results

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2003 Newman/Haas STP
11 		MTY
17 		LBH
16 		BRH
1* 		LAU
1* 		MIL
9 		LAG
17 		POR
14 		CLE
1 		TOR
4 		VAN
3 		ROA
2 		MDO
5 		MTL
19 		DEN
2 		MIA
17 		MXC
2 		SRF
17 		4th 159
2004 Newman/Haas LBH
3 		MTY
1 		MIL
18 		POR
1 		CLE
1 		TOR
1 		VAN
5 		ROA
3 		DEN
1 		MTL
15 		LAG
8 		LVS
1 		SRF
2 		MXC
1 		        1st 369^
2005 Newman/Haas LBH
1 		MTY
5 		MIL
6 		POR
2 		CLE
5 		TOR
5 		EDM
1 		SJO
1 		DEN
1 		MTL
4 		LVS
1 		SRF
1 		MXC
17 		          1st 348
2006 Newman/Haas LBH
1 		HOU
1 		MTY
1 		MIL
1 		POR
3 		CLE
18 		TOR
3 		EDM
2 		SJO
1 		DEN
7 		MTL
1 		ROA
3 		SRF
8 		MXC
1 		        1st 387
2007 Newman/Haas/Lanigan LVS
13 		LBH
1 		HOU
1 		POR
1 		CLE
12 		MTT
2 		TOR
9 		EDM
1 		SJO
5 		ROA
1 		ZOL
1 		ASN
7 		SRF
1 		MXC
1 		        1st 364

^ New points system introduced in 2004

IndyCar results

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2005 Newman/Haas  
HMS
  
PHX
  
STP
  
MOT
  
INDY
12 		 
TXS
  
RIR
  
KAN
  
NSH
  
MIL
  
MIS
  
KTY
  
PPIR
  
SNM
  
CHI
  
WGL
  
FON
 28th 18

Formula One results

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  • Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap (key)
Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 WDC Points
2008 Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR2B Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8 AUS
7* 		MAL
Ret 		BHR
15 		ESP
Ret 		TUR
Ret 		17th 4
Toro Rosso STR3 MON
Ret 		CAN
13 		FRA
17 		GBR
11 		GER
12 		HUN
18 		EUR
10 		BEL
7 		ITA
18 		SIN
12 		JPN
10 		CHN
13 		BRA
14
2009 Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR4 Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8 AUS
8 		MAL
10 		CHN
11 		BHR
13 		ESP
Ret 		MON
8 		TUR
18 		GBR
Ret 		GER
Ret 		HUN EUR BEL ITA SIN JPN BRA ABU 19th 2

*Did not finish the race but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race

Superleague Formula results

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  • Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap (key)

2009

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Year Team Operator 1 2 3 4 5 6
2009   Sevilla FC Reid Motorsport MAG
  		ZOL
  		DON
  		EST
  		MOZ
  		JAR
 
11 2 1 3 2 6

2009 Super Final results

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  • Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.
Year Team Operator 1 2 3 4 5 6
2009   Sevilla FC Reid Motorsport MAG
  		ZOL
  		DON
  		EST
  		MOZ
  		JAR
 
N/A 1 N/A 2

2010

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Year Team Operator 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2010   Olympique Lyonnais LRS Formula SIL
  		ASS
  		MAG
  		JAR
  		NÜR
  		ZOL
  		BRH
  		ADR
  		POR
  		ORD
  		TBA
  		NAV
 
15 1 4 17 DN X 9 15 X 7 18 X 14 17 X

Le Mans 24 Hours results

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Year Team Car Team colleague Team colleague Final Placing
1999   Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2   Jean-Pierre Jarier   Pierre de Thoisy Did Not Finish
2000   Pescarolo Sport Courage C52   Olivier Grouillard   Emmanuel Clérico Rank 4
2001   Pescarolo Sport Courage C60   Jean-Christophe Boullion   Laurent Redon Rank 13
2002   Pescarolo Sport Courage C60   Jean-Christophe Boullion   Franck Lagorce Rank 10
2004   Pescarolo Sport Courage C60   Emmanuel Collard   Nicolas Minassian Did Not Finish
2007   Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP   Stéphane Sarrazin   Pedro Lamy Rank 2
2009   Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP   Stéphane Sarrazin   Franck Montagny Rank 2
2010   Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP   Simon Pagenaud   Pedro Lamy Did Not Finish

References

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  1. ↑ "Sebastien Bourdais". news.bbc.co.uk. 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Who's Who: Sebastien Bourdais". F1Fanatic.co.uk. 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
  3. ↑ Beer, Matt (2009-02-06). "Bourdais confirmed at Toro Rosso". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  4. ↑ Elizalde, Pablo (2009-07-16). "Toro Rosso confirms Bourdais' exit". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  5. ↑ "Toro Rosso confirms Bourdais' exit". itv-f1.com. ITV. 2009-07-17. Archived from the original on 2009-07-19. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  6. ↑ "Toro Rosso settles with Bourdais". gp.com. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  7. ↑ "Audi claim victory as Peugeot crumble". Autosport.com. 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
  8. ↑ "Bourdais to compete in Superleague". Auto Trader. 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-27.[permanent dead link]
  9. ↑ "Bourdais joins Superleague Formula". AOL. 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  10. ↑ "Bourdais wins on Superleague debut". ITV-F1. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-09-10. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  11. ↑ "Superleague: Bourdais wins Estoril super final". Racer. 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  12. ↑ "Bourdais making his mark in Superleague, wins race one at Monza". AutoWeek. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  13. ↑ Bourdais joins Lyon for 2010

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