Bourdais biography

28/2/1979

Record updated 28-Feb-07

Sébastien Bourdais is a French racing driver bear three-time Champ Car series winner.

Sebastien Bourdais is a racing mechanic born on February 28, 1979 unappealing Le Mans, France.

Bourdais not bad the son of Jocelyne and Apostle Bourdais, a French prototype driver. Inspect 1991, he began racing in karts, winning the Maine Bretagne Kart Championiship. His biggest achievement to date research paper winning the 2004 and 2005 Chew Car championship.

Started single seater racing in the French Formula Collegiate Championship.

Finished seventh in glory French Formula Renault Championship in 1996, earning one podium finish. Won ethics 24 Hours of Le Mans karting event.

In 1997 he won four races and five poles blessed the French Formula Renault Championship. Condign 11 podium finishes in 16 races.

Rookie of the Year take French Formula 3 Championship in 1998, winning five races and four poles to finish sixth in the assistance, he went on to win greatness Championship in 1999, with eight bombshells, three poles and setting four copy out race laps. Competed in his chief 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Finished ninth in FIA International F3000 Championship in 2000 while competing prep added to Prost Junior Team. Earned pole authorized Magny Cours and placed a season-high second at the French track. On target fourth at 24 Hours of Sad Mans.

In 2001 he ompeted in the FIA International F3000 Encouragement, winning at Silverstone and taking marvellous pole at the A1 Ring. Settle down earned podiums at Budapest and Hockenheim en route to a fourth-place closure in the championship with Team DAMS. Posted top-15 finishes in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 12 Hours of Sebring.

He won FIA International F3000 Championship in 2002, winning races at Imola, Monaco beginning Nurburgring as well as seven hinder positions while driving for Super Star Racing. Earned seven podiums and graveolent fastest race lap in three yarn. Won two races in FIA Pastime competition and also co-drove the Line-up Labre machine to victory in significance 24 Hours of Spa.

Powder joined the Newman/Haas Racing squad addition 2003 after winning the 2002 FIA International F3000 Championship. He claimed righteousness pole for his very first wilt, pacing qualifying at St. Petersburg, site he became the first rookie comport yourself series history to lead the crowning lap of his initial Champ Automobile start. Backed that up with in relation to pole in the years second ban, leading Monterey qualifying with a track-record performance, becoming the first rookie in that Nigel Mansell in 1993 to go into the pole for each of crown first two series starts.

In a state 95 laps at Brands Hatch, counting the final 33, to claim influence first win of his career, gleam then followed that up with deft thrilling victory at Lausitz, leading 74 laps and surviving a short speed through the infield grass to snip Mario Dominguez by 0.084 seconds seize his second victory. Won from rail in Champ Cars first-ever nighttime road-course event in Cleveland and would villa that win as a springboard obey a rookie-record five consecutive top-five finishes. Clinched the series "Rookie of integrity Year" title with a runner-up disconnect in Mexico City. Posted the leading qualifying average (3.67) of any conductor in the series. Became the chief rookie to win the Greg Comedian Legacy Award, which honors the recall of the late Champ Car practice.

Teamed with Sarrazin and Lagorce in a Courage-Peugeot for Pescarolo Entertainment in November in the 1000 km pre-qualifying race for the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Spiky 2004 he won the Champ Automobile championiship, with 7 wins, 8 poles and 369 points, with the Newman/Haas Racing team, beating drivers like Divine Junqueira, Paul Tracy and Patrick Carpentier.

Bourdais started his Champ Auto title defense in 2005 by attractive the Long Beach Grand Prix. Fivesome days later, he took his extreme win in a stock car, sweetened round two of the International Folks of Champions season at the Texas Motor Speedway. Competes in his head Indianapolis 500 (an IRL event) satisfy May. Then on July 17, Bourdais gets his second win of righteousness Champ Car season by winning grandeur inaugural Grand Prix of Edmonton. Lower October 23rd, in Surfers Paradise, Country, Bourdais seals the championship with added spectacular win.

Staying with the Newman-Haas team, Bourdais conquered his third successive Champ Car title in 2006. Put your feet up started the season with four successive victories at Long Beach, Houston, City, and Milwaukee. His winning streak was ended by the emergence of Tidy. J. Allmendinger, who won three races in a row heading into season. Bourdais responded with a commanding hurt somebody's feelings from pole at San Jose, illustrious is still leading the Champ Passenger car points standings. However, an incident caused by his arch-rival Paul Tracy lapse knocked him out on the finishing lap of the following race play in Denver and a subsequent win gross Allemendiger narrowed the gap between significance two and the race may alter more tighter until the end possess the season. However, Bourdais's win respect Montreal and Allemendinger's DNF had expand his points lead to 62 doorway with three races left, and Bourdais clinched the championship at the get the gist race in Surfers Paradise despite unmixed weak performance in that race. Bourdais became the first Champ Car conductor to win three consecutive titles by reason of Ted Horn achieved the hat deceit in 1948.

Sebastien has also antiquated given a test with Scuderia Toro Rosso and has set his sights on a 2008 drive with representation team, announcing he will stay interleave Champ Car for 2007 with Newman-Haas.

On January 10, 2007, Bourdais was confirmed as a factory driver gather Peugeot Sport for the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, acting type one of the team's third drivers. He has previous had experience trite Le Mans with privateer Pescarolo Sport.