With 45 minutes left, Sébastien Bourdais … 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. Bourdais qualified ninth for the Belgian Grand Prix. Bourdais won a third consecutive Champ Car title in 2006. 2005  S. Bourdais He finished 10th in points. In the follow-up year, Bourdais won at the 12 Hours of Sebring with an Action Express Corvette DP. D’après GMM Ancien pilote de l’écurie Toro Rosso, le Français Sébastien Bourdais s’en est pris à la Formule 1 en général. 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. All rights reserved. After his contract with Toro Rosso was ended in 2009, the Italian team settled with Sébastien with a $2.1 million payment. 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 was on the verge of bankruptcy. https://racer.com/bourdais-barbosa-headed-to-jdc-miller/, https://www.indycar.com/Bourdais-citizenship-winners-plaque, https://www.motorsport.comcoyne-confirms-shock-bourdais-exit/, Jimmy Graham – Girlfriend, Net Worth, Height, Age, Biography, Jordan Calloway – Wife, Net Worth, Age, Movies, Height, Biography, Gay Talese – Net Worth, Wife, Children, Books, Quotes. 3 Peugeot in 2010, but a suspension failure halted co-driver Pedro Lamy before Bourdais could turn one lap in the race. During the 2008 and 2009 seasons, he drove in Formula One for the Toro Rosso team. In 2018, they applied for green cards. [17] Wheldon had been set to contest the event but lost his life in the 2011 IndyCar season finale just a week earlier. During the 2008 and 2009 seasons, he drove in Formula One for the Toro Rosso team. 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. Car Nicolas Todt, son agent, perçoit vraisemblablement 20% du contrat du pilote français, soit 300.000 à 400.000 euros à soustraire du salaire cité ci-dessus. He has also participated in the Bathurst 1000 once, finishing ninth with Lee Holdsworth in 2015. Ce qui semble acquis actuellement, c’est que le salaire de Sébastien Bourdais pourrait être de minimum 1,5 millions d’euros voir 2 millions d’euros, brut. Sébastien Olivier Bourdais (born 28 February 1979) is a French professional racing driver, who resides in St. Petersburg, Florida. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing/JDC-Miller Motorsports entry, alongside Joao Barbosa.[18]. In 2005, Sébastien won the Champ Car title again. In 2005, Bourdais competed in the 29th season of the International Race of Champions, racing stock cars against a field of 12 drivers from 8 different US-based racing series', winning 1 race in the 4 race season and finishing 5th in the overall standings. Sébastien Bourdais était d'humeur détendue à Mexico, en 2006. He is one of the most successful drivers in the history of American Championship car racing, having won 37 races., having won 37 races. His first win was in the series at Silverstone. After KV Racing went down to one team for 2016, Bourdais struggled with a lone win again at Detroit. Andretti [citation needed], Bourdais progressed to single-seater racing in 1995, finishing 9th in the Formula Campus by Renault and Elf Championship. In 1996, he was part of the winning Sologne Karting team which won the 24-hour Le Mans kart race at the Circuit Alain Prost. 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. La Grèce accusée d'avoir expulsé et largué en mer plus de 1 000 migrants dans des embarcations de fortune 14h57 Faits divers Un trafic de stupéfiants démantelé à Puygouzon dans … Sébastien Bourdais a été remercié par son écurie de Formule 1 dont nous tairons le nom pour lui faire payer sa goujaterie. At the British Grand Prix Bourdais collided with McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen, again ending the race for both. On 6 February 2009 however he was confirmed as a Toro Rosso driver for a second year, partnering Swiss rookie Sébastien Buemi. [23], On 4 February 2020, it was announced that Bourdais joined A. J. Foyt Racing to drive part-time in the 2020 IndyCar Series season, running the races at St. Petersburg, Barber Motorsports Park, Long Beach and Portland. Sébastien began racing carts at the age of 6. Sébastien Bourdais : après Daytona, il gagne sebring et pense toujours au Mans S Sébastien Bourdais a remporté lors des 12 Heures de Sebring sa seconde classique Américaine en un peu plus de 12 mois, après son succès aux 24 Heures de Daytona 2014. Later, he joined the Prost Junior Team in the International F3000 Championship. The couple has two children, daughter Emma Camille (born on December 2, 2006) and son Alex (born in 2009). Against stiff opposition, Bourdais finished 2014 scoring 5 top-5s, and 10th overall in the 2014 IRL championship. This marked his best weekend of the season and his first World Championship points since Melbourne. Later, he underwent surgery at IU Health Methodist Hospital. 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. 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. [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. Sébastien Bourdais (KV) ne s’était plus imposé sur ovale depuis Milwaukee 2006. 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. 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. Contraint de quitter son écurie en Indycar vendredi, Sébastien Bourdais s'alignera la saison prochaine dans le Championnat américain d'endurance … On May 20, 2017, he was involved in a car accident (at over 230mph) while qualifying for the Indianapolis 500. Bourdais qualified in fourth place for the 2008 Italian Grand Prix. [21] Bourdais would return at Gateway and run the final three races of the season. [2], His next three appearances did not go so well. Bourdais responded with a commanding victory from pole at San Jose, leaving him leading the Champ Car points standings. For the sake of Bourdais, I hope I’m wrong and Robin Miller is right. His record also included podium finishes in 10 out of 14 events and qualifying results no lower than third all season. 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. 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. In 1995, Bourdais finished ninth in the Formula Campus by Renault and Elf Championship. [19] He suffered multiple fractures to his pelvis and a fracture to his right hip. Horoscope and natal chart of Sébastien Bourdais, born on 1979/02/28: you will find in this page an excerpt of the astrological portrait and the interpration of the planetary dominants. He finished in 14th in points for 2016. 1981  R. Mears In 2018, Bourdais returned to the Dale Coyne Racing Team now partnered with investors James "Sulli" Sullivan and former driver Jimmy Vasser as Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan. Drivers Dirk Müller, Joey Hand and Sébastien Bourdais – winners at the Le Mans 24 Hours in GTE Pro in June – combined once again to make the podium at the 10-hour race that ended in a dash to the finish. “I want to thank Dale, Jimmy, and Sulli for giving me this opportunity to continue racing in the NTT IndyCar Series over the past few years.”, “I look forward to pursuing new opportunities in racing in the years ahead.”. 1982  R. Mears 2003  P. Tracy Catégories populaires In 2009, he set the official lap record at Sebring International Raceway, during the 12 Hours of Sebring. Grew up in Tampa fl. For the 2004 season, he won the Champ Car series with 8 poles and 7 wins in his McDonald’s-sponsored Lola. 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 2010, Bourdais returned to race for Olympique Lyonnais. Bourdais recorded incredibly fast laps before the car retired due to an engine failure with Collard at the wheel. In 2006, Sébastien Bourdais married Claire Ragot, a French track and field standout. 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). He shared a Courage C60 with Jean-Christophe Boullion and Laurent Rédon in 2001 but it retired after 271 laps. He finished ninth in the series with one pole and a best finish of second. 1993  N. Mansell, 1994  A. Unser Jr. † Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance. [8] Toro Rosso settled the matter with a $2.1 million payment to Bourdais to avoid litigation.[9]. On 22 November 2019, Dale Coyne Racing announced that Bourdais would not return to the team in 2020. 1980  J. Rutherford (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap). Pour Sébastien Bourdais, qui aura fait l'essentiel de sa carrière outre-Atlantique (ChampCar et IndyCar), cet ostracisme est injuste : «La F1 vit sur son île. Therefore, Sébastien Bourdais has an estimated net worthof $4.8 million. His KVSH race engineer Olivier Boisson would also follow him to DCR. With a runner-up finish in Mexico City, he clinched the Rookie of the Year title and finished 4th in the overall standings. He is currently signed to drive the No. He returned in 2000, finishing fourth with Emmanuel Clérico and Olivier Grouillard for the Pescarolo team behind the three dominant Audis. 2000  G. de Ferran, 2001  G. de Ferran 1986  B. Rahal, 1987  B. Rahal 1997  A. Zanardi The 2018 Indianapolis 500 (branded as the 102nd Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil for sponsorship reasons) was a Verizon IndyCar Series held on Sunday, May 27, 2018, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. He won the Spa 24 Hours in 2002 with Christophe Bouchut, David Terrien and Vincent Vosse in a Larbre Compétition Chrysler Viper GTS-R. 9 ans plus tard, il triomphe au même endroit. [2] In 2005 he also competed in the International Race of Champions, winning his first stock car race at Texas Motor Speedway. 1983  A. Unser He drove the same model the next year and finished ninth in the LMP900 class with Bouillon and Franck Lagorce. Sebastien Bourdais (No. He later inherited seventh place (and two Championship points) after the disqualification of Rubens Barrichello. He also won his class at the 2006 12 Hours of Sebring in a Panoz Esperante. In 2014, Sébastien won the Rolex 24 at Daytona in the Action Express Corvette DP with Brazilian former racing driver Christian Fittipaldi and Portuguese auto racing driver João Barbosa. The team also found steady sponsorship in the form of SealMaster, and SportClips Haircuts. 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. Moreover, he is the only Indy car driver to win four consecutive championships (2004-2007). Bourdais became the first Champ Car driver to win three consecutive titles since Ted Horn achieved the hat trick in 1948. After the race an emotional Bourdais was close to tears following the result. After his contract with Toro Rosso was ended in 2009, the Italian team settled with Sébastien with a $2.1 million payment. 1998  A. Zanardi [13][14] Bourdais won again at the next round, winning race 1 of the 2009 Monza round. He followed this up with another victory at the Lausitzring. Andretti 1995  J. Villeneuve I’ve come a long way and I enjoyed my stay in Champ Car.”. In 2001, Bourdais moved to the DAMS team in Formula 3000 and took his first win in the series at Silverstone.