Sébastien Bourdais
Sébastien Olivier Bourdais[1] (born 28 February 1979) is a French professional racing driver. He is one of the most successful drivers in the history of the Champ Car World Series, having won four successive championships from 2004 to 2007. As of December 2015, he has won a total of 70 races in his career.
He drove in Formula One for the Toro Rosso team during 2008, and the start of the 2009 season, but was unable to translate his past successes to that competition. As of October 2016, Bourdais drives for Dale Coyne Racing in the Verizon IndyCar Series.
Early years
Karting
Born into a racing family in Le Mans (his father Patrick races in touring cars, hill climbs, and sports cars), Bourdais began his racing career at age 10 in karts. During the early 1990s, he competed in a variety of karting championships, winning the Maine Bretagne League in 1991 and the Cadet France championship in 1993. Bourdais was part of the winning Sologne Karting team which won the 1996 24-hour Le Mans kart race at the Circuit Alain Prost on a Merlin chassis with Atomic motors.
Junior formulae
Bourdais progressed to single-seater racing in 1995, finishing 9th in the Formula Campus by Renault and Elf Championship. He then spent two years in the French Formula Renault Championship, ultimately finishing second in points in 1997 after winning four races and five pole positions. 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.
Formula 3000
Following his success in the lower formulae, Bourdais joined the Prost Junior Team in the International F3000 Championship. He finished ninth in the series with one pole and a best finish of second. In 2001, Bourdais moved to the DAMS team in Formula 3000 and took his first win in the series at Silverstone. He changed teams again for 2002, taking his Super Nova Racing car to three victories and seven pole positions. He beat Giorgio Pantano to the championship by two points after Tomáš Enge, who had scored the most points, was penalised for failing a drug test.[2]
Champ Car career
Following in the footsteps of recent F3000 graduates such as Juan Pablo Montoya and Bruno Junqueira, Bourdais moved to Champ Car racing in the United States and joined Newman/Haas Racing for the 2003 CART season. At St. Petersburg, Florida, Bourdais became the first rookie since Nigel Mansell to claim pole position for his very first race. However, he did not finish higher than 11th until his fourth race, when he led 95 laps en route to his first Champ Car victory at Brands Hatch.
He followed this up with another victory at the Lausitzring. By the end of the season, he had earned five more podium finishes, including a win from pole at Cleveland. With a runner-up finish in Mexico City, he clinched the Rookie of the Year title and finished 4th in the overall standings.
Staying with Newman-Haas for 2004, Bourdais dominated the Champ Car series with seven wins and eight poles in his McDonald's-sponsored Lola, beating his team mate Junqueira by 28 points. His record also included podium finishes in 10 out of 14 events and qualifying results no lower than third all season.
Bourdais successfully defended his Champ Car title in 2005 with five wins in six races towards the end of the season, again with the Newman-Haas/Lanigan team. That May, he also finished 12th in his first Indianapolis 500.
Bourdais won a third consecutive Champ Car title in 2006. His season began with four consecutive victories at Long Beach, Houston, Monterrey, and Milwaukee, although his winning streak was ended by the emergence of A. J. Allmendinger, who won three races in a row through the middle of the season. Bourdais responded with a commanding victory from pole at San Jose, leaving him leading the Champ Car points standings.
However, an incident with his arch-rival Paul Tracy that knocked him out on the final lap of the following race in Denver, and a subsequent win by Allmendinger narrowed the gap between the two. Bourdais's win in Montreal and Allmendinger's DNF had widened his points lead to 62 points with three races left, and Bourdais clinched the championship at the next race in Surfers Paradise despite a weak performance in that race. Bourdais became the first Champ Car driver to win three consecutive titles since Ted Horn achieved the hat trick in 1948.
Bourdais won a fourth consecutive Champ Car title in 2007 with victory at Lexmark Indy 300 on 21 October.
Formula One career
Pre-Champ Car
In 2002, Bourdais got his first F1 test with the Arrows team and was signed on to drive for the team[3] but the team were on the verge of bankruptcy. In December he tested for Renault at Jerez but fellow Frenchman Franck Montagny secured the test drive instead of Bourdais.[2]
Toro Rosso
Bourdais returned to F1 in 2007 after being given several tests with Scuderia Toro Rosso. On 10 August 2007 it was announced Bourdais would replace Vitantonio Liuzzi[4] at Red Bull's b-team, Toro Rosso, as team-mate to Sebastian Vettel. On 16 March 2008 Bourdais competed in his first Formula One Championship race, the 2008 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. After qualifying in 17th position he took advantage of mistakes made by other drivers, in the first Formula One race since the 2001 San Marino Grand Prix without traction control, and worked his way up to fourth. However, with three laps remaining an engine problem forced Bourdais to retire, but he was still classified 8th having completed more than 90% of the race distance. He later inherited seventh place (and two Championship points) after the disqualification of Rubens Barrichello.
Bourdais qualified ninth for the Belgian Grand Prix. During the race he quickly gained places and held on to fifth place for much of the distance, and was on course for a podium position. As the rain fell harder on the last lap he was overtaken by several cars on wet tyres and finished 7th. After the race an emotional Bourdais was in tears following the result. This marked his best weekend of the season and his first World Championship points since Melbourne.
Bourdais qualified in fourth place for the 2008 Italian Grand Prix. However, his car would not select first gear on the grid and had to start from the pit lane, a lap down (as the race started behind the safety car, there was no warm-up lap). Although he eventually finished a lap behind the race winner, team-mate Vettel, he set the second fastest lap of the race; only Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen went faster. At the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix he was 6th on the road, but received a 25-second penalty for causing an avoidable accident with Felipe Massa dropping him to 10th. Few agreed with the decision – ITV Sport's Martin Brundle had stated during live TV coverage of the race that he felt Massa might receive a penalty, whilst his colleague James Allen stated that 99% of experts he spoke to felt that Bourdais did not deserve a penalty; the FIA were under such public scrutiny at the time following a string of controversial decisions that they made the unprecedented step of releasing publicly "stewards only" footage of the incident, to justify the decision.[5]
Bourdais tested significantly for the Toro Rosso team during the winter, though he was uncertain of a drive heading into the new year. On 6 February 2009 however he was confirmed as a Toro Rosso driver for a second year, partnering Swiss rookie Sébastien Buemi.[6] Despite two points finishes in the year at the Australian Grand Prix and in Monaco, Bourdais struggled to match his less experienced team-mate. In Spain Bourdais struck Buemi's car as the field attempted to avoid a spun Jarno Trulli on the first lap, ending the race for both drivers. At the British Grand Prix Bourdais collided with McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen, again ending the race for both. At the German Grand Prix he suffered a mechanical failure after qualifying last by over a second.
On 16 July 2009, Toro Rosso announced that Bourdais would no longer be driving for the team. Toro Rosso's Franz Tost said the partnership had not met up to his expectations, and Bourdais would be replaced as of the Hungarian Grand Prix.[7] Breach of contract, Bourdais had a viable case, and was advised by counsel to file suit.[8] Realization their legal position was, at best, tenuous, Toro Rosso relented with a $2.1 million out-of-court settlement to Bourdais, to skirt impending litigation.[9]
24 Hours of Le Mans
Bourdais has frequently contested the famous 24-hour race of his home town, entering for the first time in 1999 (aged only 20) in a Porsche 911 GT2 run by Larbre Compétition. The car, which he shared with Pierre de Thoisy and Jean-Pierre Jarier, retired after 134 laps with engine failure.
He returned in 2000, finishing fourth with Emmanuel Clérico and Olivier Grouillard for the Pescarolo team behind the three dominant Audis.[2]
His next three appearances did not go so well. He shared a Courage C60 with Jean-Christophe Boullion and Laurent Rédon in 2001 but it retired after 271 laps. He drove the same model the next year and finished ninth in the LMP900 class with Bouillon and Franck Lagorce. He missed the 2003 race and returned in 2004, only for the car he shared with Nicolas Minassian and Emmanuel Collard to retire after 282 laps.[2]
Bourdais' next assault on Le Mans would come at the wheel of a factory-backed Peugeot 908 HDi FAP in 2007. The car he shared with Stéphane Sarrazin and Pedro Lamy finished the race second behind the winning Audi R10 TDi, despite an embarrassing slide on the first lap in wet conditions that cost Bourdais a place to one of the Audis,[2] and car problems forcing him to park the car for the last minutes of the race, waiting for the lead R10 to cross the line. In his second Le Mans as part of the Peugeot factory team, in 2009, he finished in second place, one lap behind the winning Peugeot. Bourdais was to drive the pole-winning No. 3 Peugeot in 2010, but a suspension failure halted co-driver Pedro Lamy before Bourdais could turn one lap in the race.[10]
Superleague Formula
After leaving Formula One, Bourdais signed up to drive the Sevilla FC car in the Superleague Formula series.[11][12] He won on his debut weekend at the 2009 Estoril round in the Super Final.[13][14] Bourdais won again at the next round, winning race 1 of the 2009 Monza round.[15] He returned for the 2010 season racing for Olympique Lyonnais.[16]
Sports and touring car racing career
While racing in the junior formulae and Champ Cars, Bourdais made several appearances in other championships. He won the Spa 24 Hours in 2002 with Christophe Bouchut, David Terrien and Vincent Vosse 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 with Scott Tucker, Christophe Bouchut, Emmanuel Collard and Sascha Maassen for Crown Royal in a Level 5 Motorsports prepared Daytona Prototype in the prestigious Rolex 24 at Daytona, held at Daytona International Speedway in Florida. Bourdais recorded incredibly fast laps before the car retired due to an engine failure with Collard at the wheel.
In October 2010, Bourdais drove with Jonathon Webb in the Mother Racing Ford Falcon V8 Supercar in the Gold Coast 600. In October 2011, Bourdais drove with Jamie Whincup in the Team Vodafone Holden Commodore V8 Supercar in the Gold Coast 600, winning Saturday's opening race and finishing second in the second race landed Bourdais the inaugural Dan Wheldon Memorial Trophy, awarded to the international driver who scored the most points over the Gold Coast weekend.[17] Wheldon had been set to contest the event but lost his life in the 2011 IndyCar season finale just a week earlier. Winning the V8 Supercar race meant that he is the only driver to have won a race at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in both Champcar/Indycar, as well as V8 Supercar. He has also participated in the Bathurst 1000 once, finishing ninth with Lee Holdsworth in 2015.
In July 2012, Bourdais won the inaugural Brickyard Grand Prix Rolex Sports Car Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, teaming with Alex Popow in the No. 2 Starworks Motorsport Riley-Ford Daytona Prototype. In October, Bourdais teamed up again with Jamie Whincup in the Team Vodafone Holden Commodore V8 Supercar for the Gold Coast 600, again taking the victory on Saturday and scoring enough points on Sunday to win the event. This also awarded him the Dan Wheldon Memorial Trophy for the second time.
He won the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2014 in the Action Express Corvette DP with João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi. In 2015 he finished second at the 24 Hours of Daytona and claimed the win at the 12 Hours of Sebring, both with an Action Express Corvette DP.
IndyCar career
Bourdais made his IRL debut at the 2005 Indianapolis 500. His first full-time season in the IRL (2011) with Dale Coyne, Bourdais wound up 23rd in the championship. In a second rate team with 3rd rate equipment, yet even still, scoring fastest race lap at Edmonton, it became apparent to the trained eye Bourdais was, slowly but surely, acclimating well to the peculiarities of IndyCar's spec-series venue.
A switch to Dragon Racing Team for 2012–13, first with the ill-fated Lotus, then with improved Chevrolet power, he finish 25th and 12th, respectively, in the IndyCar championship. By 2014, Bourdais broke through for two pole positions, and one victory. By midpoint in the 2015 season, his second year driving for Jimmy Vasser's KV Racing team alongside teammate Stefano Coletti, Bourdais's stock steadily rose, to top 20 status in the world drivers' ranking.
On 20 July 2014, having won the 1st heat race in Toronto, Sébastien Bourdais joined Al Unser, Jr. and Ryan Hunter-Reay as the third driver in the history of organised motor sport to score open-wheel Championship Racing victories, under three sanctioning bodies (e.g., CART, and CCWS, and IRL sanction), in North America. Against stiff opposition, Bourdais finished 2014 scoring 5 top-5s, and 10th overall in the 2014 IRL championship.
On 31 May 2015, in the second heat race at Belle Isle, Detroit, in a drive from far back on the grid harkening back to Stefan Bellof at Monaco in 1984, effortlessly carving his way by lesser drivers on a tight, composite street circuit, in heavy rain, breaking through with an impressive, high-profile victory and fastest race lap, Bourdais recorded his 33rd victory in American Championship car racing, just behind Al Unser, Jr. with 34.
In October 2016, it was announced that Bourdais would make the change to Dale Coyne racing to drive the number 19 for the 2017 season. His KVSH race engineer Olivier Boisson will also follow him to DCR.
Motorsports career results
Career summary
Season | Series | Team Name | Races | Poles | Wins | Points | Final Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | French Formula Renault Campus | ? | 10 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 9th |
1996 | French Formula Renault | La Filière | 15 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 7th |
1997 | French Formula Renault | La Filière | 18 | 5 | 4 | 172 | 2nd |
Eurocup Formula Renault | ? | ? | ? | 26 | 10th | ||
1998 | French Formula Three | La Filière | 22 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 6th |
British Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
Masters of Formula Three | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 20th | ||
Macau Grand Prix | Équipe de France | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | |
1999 | French Formula Three | La Filière | 20 | 3 | 8 | 229 | 1st |
FIA European Formula Three Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
Masters of Formula Three | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 10th | ||
24 Hours of Le Mans – GTS | Larbre Compétition | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | |
Macau Grand Prix | Équipe de France | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | |
2000 | International Formula 3000 | Gauloises Formula | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9th |
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP 900 | Pescarolo Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th | |
American Le Mans Series – LMP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 53rd | ||
2001 | International Formula 3000 | DAMS | 12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4th |
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP 900 | Pescarolo Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th | |
American Le Mans Series – LMP 900 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 31st | ||
FIA Sportscar Championship – SR1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
FFSA GT Championship – GT Cup | Larbre Compétition | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 42nd | |
FIA GT Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17th | ||
2002 | Formula One | Arrows | Test driver | ||||
Renault | |||||||
International Formula 3000 | Super Nova Racing | 12 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 1st | |
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP 900 | Pescarolo Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 10th | |
FIA Sportscar Championship – SR1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 4th | ||
FIA GT Championship | Larbre Compétition | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 14th | |
2003 | CART Champ Car World Series | Newman/Haas Racing | 18 | 5 | 3 | 159 | 4th |
1000 km of Le Mans – LMP 1 | Pescarolo Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 2nd | |
2004 | Champ Car World Series | Newman/Haas Racing | 14 | 8 | 7 | 369 | 1st |
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP 1 | Pescarolo Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | |
2005 | Champ Car World Series | Newman/Haas Racing | 13 | 6 | 6 | 348 | 1st |
IndyCar Series | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 28th | ||
International Race of Champions | N/A | 4 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 5th | |
American Le Mans Series – GT1 | Larbre Compétition | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
Rolex Sports Car Series – DP | Newman Racing/Silverstone Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 89th | |
2006 | Formula One | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Test driver | ||||
Champ Car World Series | Newman/Haas Racing | 14 | 6 | 7 | 387 | 1st | |
American Le Mans Series – GT2 | Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 18th | |
Rolex Sports Car Series – DP | Doran Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 108th | |
Grand-Am Cup – GS | Multimatic Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 94th | |
2007 | Formula One | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Test driver | ||||
Champ Car World Series | Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 14 | 6 | 8 | 364 | 1st | |
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP1 | Team Peugeot Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 2nd | |
2008 | Formula One | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17th |
2009 | Formula One | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19th |
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP1 | Team Peugeot Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 2nd | |
American Le Mans Series – LMP1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 23rd | ||
Superleague Formula | Sevilla FC | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2531 | 9th1 | |
FFSA GT Championship | Larbre Compétition | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
2010 | Superleague Formula | Olympique Lyonnais | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2352 | 18th2 |
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP1 | Team Peugeot Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | N/A | NC | |
Le Mans Series – LMP1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 21st | ||
American Le Mans Series – LMP1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup – LMP1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | ||
Rolex Sports Car Series – DP | Crown Royal/NPN Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69th | |
V8 Supercar Championship Series | Tekno Autosports | 2 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | |
2011 | IndyCar Series | Dale Coyne Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 23rd |
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP1 | Team Peugeot Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 2nd | |
Le Mans Series – LMP1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC | ||
American Le Mans Series – LMP1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup – LMP1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | N/A | N/A | ||
International V8 Supercar Championship | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 2 | 0 | 1 | 288 | 39th | |
2012 | IndyCar Series | Dragon Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 25th |
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP1 | Pescarolo Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | |
FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 86th | ||
Rolex Sports Car Series – DP | Starworks Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 17th | |
International V8 Supercar Championship | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC | |
2013 | IndyCar Series | Dragon Racing | 19 | 0 | 0 | 370 | 12th |
Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series – DP | Starworks Motorsport | 7 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 18th | |
2014 | IndyCar Series | KV Racing Technology | 19 | 2 | 1 | 461 | 10th |
United SportsCar Championship – Prototype | Action Express Racing | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 24th | |
2015 | IndyCar Series | KV Racing Technology | 16 | 0 | 2 | 406 | 10th |
United SportsCar Championship – Prototype | Action Express Racing | 3 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 11th | |
International V8 Supercar Championship | Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 423 | 38th | |
2016 | IndyCar Series | KVSH Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21st* |
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship – GTLM | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 8th* |
- Notes
* Season still in progress.
- 1 Includes points scored by other Sevilla FC drivers.
- 2 Includes points scored by other Olympique Lyonnais drivers.
Complete International Formula 3000 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | 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 racing results
(key)
CART/Champ Car
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Newman/Haas Racing | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8 t | 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 Racing | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8 t | 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 Racing | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8 t | 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 Racing | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8 t | 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 Racing | Panoz DP01 | Cosworth XFE V8 t | 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 |
Years | Teams | Races | Poles | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Championships |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | 1 | 73 | 31 | 31 | 52 | 59 | 4 |
- ^ New points system introduced in 2004
IndyCar Series
(key)
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | Newman/Haas Racing | Panoz | Honda | HMS | PHX | STP | MOT | INDY 12 |
TXS | RIR | KAN | NSH | MIL | MCH | KTY | PPIR | SNM | CHI | WGL | FON | 28th | 18 | ||
2011 | Dale Coyne Racing | Dallara | STP DNS |
ALA 11 |
LBH 27 |
SAO 26 |
INDY | TXS | TXS | MIL | IOW | TOR 6 |
EDM 6 |
MDO 9 |
NHM | SNM 6 |
BAL 28 |
MOT 6 |
KTY | LVS | 23rd | 188 | ||
2012 | Lotus-Dragon Racing | Dallara DW12 | Lotus | STP 21 |
ALA 9 |
LBH 17 |
SAO 18 |
25th | 173 | |||||||||||||||
Dragon Racing | Chevrolet | INDY 20 |
DET 24 |
TXS | MIL | IOW | TOR 14 |
EDM 15 |
MDO 4 |
SNM 22 |
BAL 23 |
FON | ||||||||||||
2013 | STP 11 |
ALA 16 |
LBH 15 |
SAO 14 |
INDY 29 |
DET 24 |
DET 11 |
TXS 20 |
MIL 22 |
IOW 14 |
POC 16 |
TOR 2 |
TOR 3 |
MDO 12 |
SNM 10 |
BAL 3 |
HOU 8 |
HOU 5 |
FON 12 |
12th | 370 | |||
2014 | KV Racing Technology | STP 13 |
LBH 14 |
ALA 15 |
IMS 4 |
INDY 7 |
DET 13 |
DET 20 |
TXS 20 |
HOU 4 |
HOU 5 |
POC 16 |
IOW 19 |
TOR 1 |
TOR 9 |
MDO 2 |
MIL 12 |
SNM 11 |
FON 18 |
10th | 461 | |||
2015 | STP 6 |
NLA 21 |
LBH 6 |
ALA 8 |
IMS 4 |
INDY 11 |
DET 14 |
DET 1 |
TXS 14 |
TOR 5 |
FON 14 |
MIL 1 |
IOW 9 |
MDO 17 |
POC 23 |
SNM 20 |
10th | 406 | ||||||
2016 | KVSH Racing | STP 21 |
PHX 8 |
LBH 9 |
ALA 16 |
IMS 24 |
INDY 9 |
DET 1 |
DET 8 |
RDA 18 |
IOW 8 |
TOR 7 |
MDO 20 |
POC 5 |
TXS 10 |
WGL 5 |
SNM 10 |
14th | 404 |
* Season still in progress.
Years | Teams | Races | Poles | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Championships |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | 4 | 74 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 0 |
Indianapolis 500
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | Panoz | Honda | 15 | 12 | Newman/Haas |
2012 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 25 | 20 | Dragon Racing |
2013 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 15 | 29 | Dragon Racing |
2014 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 17 | 7 | KV Racing Technology |
2015 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 7 | 11 | KV Racing Technology |
2016 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 19 | 9 | KVSH Racing |
Complete Formula One results
(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 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 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
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Sevilla FC | Reid Motorsport | MAG | ZOL | DON | EST | MOZ | JAR | 9th | 253 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N/A | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | N/A | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Olympique Lyonnais | LRS Formula | SIL | ASS | MAG | JAR | NÜR | ZOL | BRH | ADR | POR | ORD | BEI | NAV | 18th | 235 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 1 | 4 | 17 | DN | X | 9 | 15 | X | 7 | 18 | X | 14 | 17 | X |
Sports car racing
Le Mans 24 Hours results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | Larbre Compétition | Jean-Pierre Jarier Pierre de Thoisy |
Porsche 911 GT2 | GTS | 134 | DNF | DNF |
2000 | Pescarolo Sport | Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico |
Courage C52-Peugeot | LMP900 | 344 | 4th | 4th |
2001 | Pescarolo Sport | Jean-Christophe Boullion Laurent Rédon |
Courage C60-Peugeot | LMP900 | 271 | 13th | 4th |
2002 | Pescarolo Sport | Jean-Christophe Boullion Franck Lagorce |
Courage C60-Peugeot | LMP900 | 343 | 10th | 9th |
2004 | Pescarolo Sport | Emmanuel Collard Nicolas Minassian |
Courage C60-Judd | LMP1 | 282 | DNF | DNF |
2007 | Team Peugeot Total | Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy |
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | LMP1 | 359 | 2nd | 2nd |
2009 | Team Peugeot Total | Stéphane Sarrazin Franck Montagny |
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | LMP1 | 381 | 2nd | 2nd |
2010 | Team Peugeot Total | Simon Pagenaud Pedro Lamy |
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | LMP1 | 38 | DNF | DNF |
2011 | Team Peugeot Total | Simon Pagenaud Pedro Lamy |
Peugeot 908 | LMP1 | 355 | 2nd | 2nd |
2012 | Pescarolo Team | Nicolas Minassian Seiji Ara |
Dome S102.5-Judd | LMP1 | 203 | NC | NC |
2016 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | Joey Hand Dirk Müller |
Ford GT | GTE Pro |
340 | 18th | 1st |
American Le Mans Series results
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Pescarolo Sport | LMP | Courage C52 | Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6 | M | SEB | CHA | SIL 7 |
NÜR | SON | MOS | TEX | ROS | PET | MON | LSV | ADE | 53rd | 13 |
2001 | Pescarolo Sport | LMP900 | Courage C60 | Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6 | M | TEX | SEB ovr:25 cls:7 |
DON | JAR | SON | POR | MOS | MID | MON | PET | 31st | 18 | ||
2005 | Larbre Compétition | GT1 | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | Ferrari 5.9L V12 | M | SEB ovr:27 cls:10 |
ATL | MID | LIM | SON | POR | AME | MOS | PET | MON | NC | 0 | ||
2006 | Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz | GT2 | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8 | P | SEB ovr:9 cls:1 |
TEX | MID | LIM | UTA | POR | AME | MOS | PET ovr:16 cls:3 |
MON | 18th | 45 | ||
2009 | Team Peugeot Total | LMP1 | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) |
M | SEB 2 |
STP | LNB | UTA | LIM | MID | AME | MOS | PET | MON | 23rd | 26 | ||
2010 | Team Peugeot Total | LMP1 | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) |
M | SEB 2 |
LNB | MON | UTA | LIM | MID | AME | MOS | PET | NC | 0 | |||
2011 | Peugeot Sport Total | LMP1 | Peugeot 908 | Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel) |
M | SEB | LNB | LIM | MOS | MID | AME | BAL | MON | PET1 ovr:48 cls:11 |
NC | N/A |
- 1 Driver competed for the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, no points awarded for the American Le Mans Series.
Le Mans Series results
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Team Peugeot Total | LMP1 | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) |
M | CAS | SPA 1 |
ALG | HUN | SIL | 21st | 18 |
2011 | Peugeot Sport Total | LMP1 | Peugeot 908 | Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel) |
M | CAS | SPA 8 |
IMO1 1 |
SIL1 1 |
EST | NC | 0 |
- 1 Driver competed for the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, no points awarded for the Le Mans Series.
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup results
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Team Peugeot Total | LMP1 | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) |
M | SIL | PET | ZHU 4 |
||||
2011 | Peugeot Sport Total | LMP1 | Peugeot 908 | Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel) |
M | SEB | SPA1 8 |
LEM1 2 |
IMO 1 |
SIL 1 |
PET ovr:48 cls:11 |
ZHU 1 |
- 1 Driver did not run for the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.
FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Pescarolo Team | LMP1 | Dome S102.5 | Dome S102.5 | SEB | SPA 15 |
LMS NC |
SIL | SAO | BHR | FUJ | SHA | 86th | 0.5 |
24 Hours of Daytona results
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | Newman Racing/Silverstone Racing | Paul Newman Michael Brockman Cristiano da Matta |
Crawford DP03-Ford | DP | 290 | DNF | DNF |
2006 | Doran Racing | B. J. Zacharias Raul Boesel |
Doran JE4-Ford | DP | 156 | DNF | DNF |
2010 | Crown Royal/NPN Racing | Christophe Bouchut Emmanuel Collard Sascha Maassen Scott Tucker |
Riley Mk. XI-BMW | DP | 619 | DNF | DNF |
2013 | Starworks Motorsport | Ryan Dalziel Allan McNish Alex Popow |
Riley Mk. XXVI-Ford | DP | 696 | 6th | 6th |
2014 | Action Express Racing | Christian Fittipaldi João Barbosa |
Coyote Corvette Daytona Prototype | P | 695 | 1st | 1st |
2015 | Action Express Racing | Christian Fittipaldi João Barbosa |
Coyote Corvette Daytona Prototype | P | 740 | 2nd | 2nd |
2016 | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Joey Hand Dirk Müller |
Ford GT | GTLM | 690 | 31st | 7th |
Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
Year | Team | Make | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | Newman Racing/Silverstone Racing | Crawford DP03 | Ford | DP | DAY 25 |
HOM | CAL | LAG | CMT | WAT1 | BAR | WAT2 | DAY2 | MDO | PHX | WAT3 | VIR | MEX | 89th | 6 |
2006 | Doran Racing | Doran JE4 | Ford | DP | DAY 28 |
MEX | HOM | LBH | VIR | LAG | PHX | LRP | WAT1 | DAY2 | BAR | WAT2 | INF | MIL | 108th | 3 |
2010 | Crown Royal/NPN Racing | Riley Mk. XI | BMW 5.0L V8 | DP | DAY 9† |
HOM | BAR | VIR | LRP | LAG | WAT1 | MDO | DAY2 | NJ | WAT2 | CGV | MIL | NC | 0 | |
2012 | Starworks Motorsport | Riley Mk. XXVI | Ford | DP | DAY | BAR | HOM | NJ | BIP | MDO | RA | WAT1 3 |
IMS 1 |
WAT2 2 |
CGV | LAG | LRP | 17th | 97 | |
2013 | Starworks Motorsport | Riley Mk XXVI | Ford | DP | DAY 6 |
TXS |
BAR | ATL |
BEL |
LEX |
S6H 8 |
IMS 11 |
ELK 9 |
KAN 13 |
LGA 5 |
LRP 5 |
18th | 160 |
- † Bourdais did not complete sufficient laps to score points.
Series Summary
Years | Teams | Starts | Poles | Wins | Podiums (Non-win) |
Top 10s (Non-podium) |
Championships |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
United SportsCar Championship results
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
Year | Team | Make | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Action Express Racing | Coyote Corvette Daytona Prototype | Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | P | DAY 1 |
SIR 3 |
LBH |
LS |
DET |
KAN |
S6H |
MSP |
IMS |
ELK |
VIR |
COA |
PET 2 |
30th | 100 |
2015 | Action Express Racing | Coyote Corvette Daytona Prototype | Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | P | DAY 2 |
SIR 1 |
LBH | LS | DET | S6H | MSP | LRP | ELK |
VIR |
COA |
PET ovr:3 cls:1 |
11th | 105 | |
2016 | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Ford GT | Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6 | GTLM | DAY ovr:30 cls:7 |
SIR ovr:26 cls:8 |
LBH | LS | DET | S6H | MSP | LRP | ELK |
VIR |
COA |
PET |
8th | 49 |
Touring car racing
V8 Supercar results
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Final Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Tekno Autosports | Ford FG Falcon | YMC R1 |
YMC R2 |
BHR R3 |
BHR R4 |
ADE R5 |
ADE R6 |
HAM R7 |
HAM R8 |
QLD R9 |
QLD R10 |
WIN R11 |
WIN R12 |
HID R13 |
HID R14 |
TOW R15 |
TOW R16 |
PHI Q |
PHI R17 |
BAT R18 |
SUR R19 8 |
SUR R20 16 |
SYM R21 |
SYM R22 |
SAN R23 |
SAN R24 |
SYD R25 |
SYD R26 |
NC | 0 † | |||||||||
2011 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | YMC R1 |
YMC R2 |
ADE R3 |
ADE R4 |
HAM R5 |
HAM R6 |
BAR R7 |
BAR R8 |
BAR R9 |
WIN R10 |
WIN R11 |
HID R12 |
HID R13 |
TOW R14 |
TOW R15 |
QLD R16 |
QLD R17 |
QLD R18 |
PHI Q |
PHI R19 |
BAT R20 |
SUR R21 1 |
SUR R22 2 |
SYM R23 |
SYM R24 |
SAN R25 |
SAN R26 |
SYD R27 |
SYD R28 |
39th | 288 | |||||||
2012 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
SYM R3 |
SYM R4 |
HAM R5 |
HAM R6 |
BAR R7 |
BAR R8 |
BAR R9 |
PHI R10 |
PHI R11 |
HID R12 |
HID R13 |
TOW R14 |
TOW R15 |
QLD R16 |
QLD R17 |
SMP R18 |
SMP R19 |
SAN Q |
SAN R20 |
BAT R21 |
SUR R22 1 |
SUR R23 2 |
YMC R24 |
YMC R25 |
YMC R26 |
WIN R27 |
WIN R28 |
SYD R29 |
SYD R30 |
NC | 0 † | |||||
2015 | Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
ADE R3 |
SYM R4 |
SYM R5 |
SYM R6 |
BAR R7 |
BAR R8 |
BAR R9 |
WIN R10 |
WIN R11 |
WIN R12 |
HID R13 |
HID R14 |
HID R15 |
TOW R16 |
TOW R17 |
QLD R18 |
QLD R19 |
QLD R20 |
SMP R21 |
SMP R22 |
SMP R23 |
SAN R24 7 |
BAT R25 9 |
SUR R26 Ret |
SUR R27 14 |
PUK R28 |
PUK R29 |
PUK R30 |
PHI R31 |
PHI R32 |
PHI R33 |
SYD R34 |
SYD R35 |
SYD R36 |
38th | 423 |
- * Season still in progress.
† Not Eligible for points
Notes
- ↑ "Sebastien Bourdais". news.bbc.co.uk. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Who's Who: Sebastien Bourdais". F1Fanatic.co.uk. 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
- ↑ The Official Formula 1 Website Archived 19 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Bourdais replaces Liuzzi for 2008". F1Fanatic.co.uk. 10 August 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
- ↑ James Allen's verdict itv.com F1 Archived 18 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Beer, Matt (6 February 2009). "Bourdais confirmed at Toro Rosso". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
- ↑ Elizalde, Pablo (16 July 2009). "Toro Rosso confirms Bourdais' exit". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ↑ "Toro Rosso confirms Bourdais' exit". itv-f1.com. ITV. 17 July 2009. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
- ↑ "Toro Rosso settles with Bourdais". gp.com. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- ↑ "Audi claim victory as Peugeot crumble". Autosport.com. 13 June 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
- ↑ "Bourdais to compete in Superleague". Auto Trader. 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- ↑ "Bourdais joins Superleague Formula". AOL. 2009. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
- ↑ "Bourdais wins on Superleague debut". ITV-F1. 2009. Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
- ↑ "Superleague: Bourdais wins Estoril super final". Racer. 2009. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
- ↑ "Bourdais making his mark in Superleague, wins race one at Monza". AutoWeek. 2009. Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
- ↑ Bourdais joins Lyon for 2010
- ↑ Weeks, James (24 October 2011). "Whincup and Bourdais star in Gold Coast 600". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
External links
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- Sébastien Bourdais at IndyCar.com
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by David Saelens |
French Formula Three Champion 1999 |
Succeeded by Jonathan Cochet |
Preceded by Justin Wilson |
International Formula 3000 Champion 2002 |
Succeeded by Björn Wirdheim |
Preceded by Mario Domínguez |
CART Rookie of the Year 2003 |
Succeeded by A. J. Allmendinger (Champ Car Rookie of the Year) |
Preceded by Paul Tracy |
Champ Car World Series Champion 2004–2005–2006–2007 |
Succeeded by Champ Car folded into the IndyCar Series. |