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. He returned in 2000, finishing fourth with Emmanuel Clérico and Olivier Grouillard for the Pescarolo team behind the three dominant Audis. 1993  N. Mansell, 1994  A. Unser Jr. He won the series outright in 1999, with eight wins and three poles. Against stiff opposition, Bourdais finished 2014 scoring 5 top-5s, and 10th overall in the 2014 IRL championship. 1984  Ma. In February 2020, he joined A. J. Foyt Racing to drive part-time in the 2020 IndyCar Series season. In his first full-time season in the IRL (2011) with Dale Coyne, Bourdais wound up 23rd in the championship, scoring fastest race lap at Edmonton. He later inherited seventh place (and two Championship points) after the disqualification of Rubens Barrichello. 1996  J. Vasser He drove the same model the next year and finished ninth in the LMP900 class with Bouillon and Franck Lagorce. 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. 1991  Mi. At the German Grand Prix he suffered a mechanical failure after qualifying last by over a second. 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. 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. 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. He changed teams again for 2002, taking his Super Nova Racing car to three victories and seven pole positions. On 22 November 2019, the day it was announced he had lost his IndyCar series ride, Bourdais was announced as one of the drivers for the No. Grew up in Tampa fl. In 1995, Bourdais finished ninth in the Formula Campus by Renault and Elf Championship. 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. 2003  P. Tracy I take no pleasure in going over the many failures of the team, but I have no reason to think that Sébastien Bourdais In the follow-up year, Bourdais won at the 12 Hours of Sebring with an Action Express Corvette DP. On 6 February 2009 however he was confirmed as a Toro Rosso driver for a second year, partnering Swiss rookie Sébastien Buemi. Andretti watch him race in France ,where I lived for 8 years with my French wife. That May, he also finished 12th in his first Indianapolis 500. TORONTO (AP) — Sebastien Bourdais is trading in … His car, the response teams and the SAFER barriers around the track kept Sébastien Bourdais alive. [15] He returned for the 2010 season racing for Olympique Lyonnais.[16]. Bourdais made his IRL debut at the 2005 Indianapolis 500. In 2001, Bourdais moved to the DAMS team in Formula 3000 and took his first win in the series at Silverstone. He also won his class at the 2006 12 Hours of Sebring in a Panoz Esperante. (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap). 2002  C. da Matta He followed this up with another victory at the Lausitzring. © Copyright 2020 FAMOUS PEOPLE TODAY. [7] Bourdais was advised by counsel to file suit for breach of contract by Toro Rosso, as he had a viable case. 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. Sébastien Bourdais s'est confié à Motorsport.com avant sa participation aux 24 Heure sud Mans avec le Risi Competizione. By 2014, Bourdais broke through for two pole positions, and one victory. Bourdais was emotional in victory lane and said "he never doubted that he would run in IndyCar again". 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. He finished ninth in the series with one pole and a best finish of second. As the rain fell harder on the last lap he was overtaken by several cars on wet tyres and finished 7th. 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 2007, Sébastien won a 4th consecutive Champ Car title with victory at Lexmark Indy 300. He ended up losing a tire on the opening lap but the misfortunes of Will Power and Tony Kanaan saved him from going a lap down. In his first race back to DCR, Bourdais won the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg to start the 2017 season coming from last after a qualifying crash, on 12 March 2017. By the end of the season, he had earned five more podium finishes, including a win from pole at Cleveland. For the sake of Bourdais, I hope I’m wrong and Robin Miller is right. [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. 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 … [22] Bourdais was also the only driver to lead laps at each of the first four races of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season. On 22 November 2019, Dale Coyne Racing announced that Bourdais would not return to the team in 2020. In October 2016, it was announced that Bourdais would make the change to Dale Coyne racing to drive the number 18 for the 2017 season. Les 2 Seb font la paire. 2005  S. Bourdais 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. 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. During the 2008 and 2009 seasons, he drove in Formula One for the Toro Rosso team. Sébastien Bourdais (birth name – Sébastien Olivier Bourdais) is a French driver who is best known as the winner of 4 consecutive Champ Car World Series titles. Sébastien Olivier Bourdais[1] (born 28 February 1979) is a French professional racing driver, who resides in St. Petersburg, Florida. The No. [11][12] He won on his debut weekend at the 2009 Estoril round in the Super Final. In August 2007, he replaced Italian professional racing driver Vitantonio Liuzzi at Red Bull’s b-team, Toro Rosso, as team-mate to German racing driver Sebastian Vettel. Moreover, he is the only Indy car driver to win four consecutive championships (2004-2007). [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. After KV Racing went down to one team for 2016, Bourdais struggled with a lone win again at Detroit. He is currently signed to drive the No. Therefore, Sébastien Bourdais has an estimated net worth of $4.8 million. On July 16, 2009, the Italian Formula One racing team Toro Rosso announced that Sébastien would no longer be driving for the Italian racing team. He won four successive championships under Champ Car World Series sanction from 2004 to 2007. The car, which he shared with Pierre de Thoisy and Jean-Pierre Jarier, retired after 134 laps with engine failure. Sébastien Olivier Bourdais, né le 28 février 1979 au Mans, est un pilote automobile français.Après avoir remporté à quatre reprises le championnat du monde de Champ Car avec l'équipe Newman/Haas Racing, il a évolué en 2008 et 2009 dans le championnat du monde de Formule 1 … He went on an off sequence pit strategy and found himself 3rd with a handful of laps to go. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing/JDC-Miller Motorsports entry, alongside Joao Barbosa.[18]. 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. 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. 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. It was his first win since last year at St. Petersburg and his first since the injury. 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. Sebastien Bourdais (No. Later, he joined the Prost Junior Team in the International F3000 Championship. [citation needed], Bourdais progressed to single-seater racing in 1995, finishing 9th in the Formula Campus by Renault and Elf Championship. 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. Bourdais, 38, was walking without crutches and says his progress is ahead of schedule. Bourdais qualified in fourth place for the 2008 Italian Grand Prix. Therefore, Sébastien Bourdais has an estimated net worthof $4.8 million. Bourdais suffered a fracture to his right hip and multiple fractures to his pelvis. He won the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2014 in the Action Express Corvette DP with João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi. He joined Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2008 and benefited from the team’s improving fortunes to lead the Japanese Grand Prix. But he was alive. “Sébastien is in good hands here at IU Methodist Hospital with the staff and now we just wait for him to recover.”. 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. His record also included podium finishes in 10 out of 14 events and qualifying results no lower than third all season. Bourdais became the first Champ Car driver to win three consecutive titles since Ted Horn achieved the hat trick in 1948. 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. He drove in Formula One for the Toro Rosso team during 2008, and the start of the 2009 season, returned to America in the united IndyCar Series in 2011, and has raced sports cars throughout his career, winning his home race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the GTE-Pro class in 2016. 9 ans plus tard, il triomphe au même endroit. 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. Bourdais responded with a commanding victory from pole at San Jose, leaving him leading the Champ Car points standings. After the race an emotional Bourdais was close to tears following the result. Sébastien Bourdais a été lâché par son écurie Dale Coyne Racing en Indycar il y a quelques jours. [10], After leaving Formula One, Bourdais signed up to drive the Sevilla FC car in the Superleague Formula series. Sébastien Olivier Bourdais (born 28 February 1979) is a French professional racing driver, who resides in St. Petersburg, Florida. At the British Grand Prix Bourdais collided with McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen, again ending the race for both. 1995  J. Villeneuve Sébastien Loeb, né le 26 février 1974 à Haguenau (), est un pilote de rallye français reconverti dans les compétitions sur circuit dans un premier temps, puis en rallye-raid et en rallycross plus récemment. 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. [24] He finished fourth in the rescheduled St. Petersburg finale, an effort that kept the entry in the Leaders' Circle program for 2021. 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 teammate Junqueira by 28 points. In 2010, Bourdais returned to race for Olympique Lyonnais. Sébastien Bourdais a été remercié par son écurie de Formule 1 dont nous tairons le nom pour lui faire payer sa goujaterie. While racing in the junior formulae and Champ Cars, Bourdais made several appearances in other championships. 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. [13][14] Bourdais won again at the next round, winning race 1 of the 2009 Monza round. This also awarded him the Dan Wheldon Memorial Trophy for the second time. On 12 July 2015, at the Milwaukee Mile, Bourdais dominated the field and had the entire field a lap down at one point and won, his second of the 2015 season. 5 JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R as full-time in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the No. D’après GMM Ancien pilote de l’écurie Toro Rosso, le Français Sébastien Bourdais s’en est pris à la Formule 1 en général. During the 2008 and 2009 seasons, he drove in Formula One for the Toro Rosso team. In October 2010, Bourdais drove with Jonathon Webb in the Mother Racing Ford Falcon V8 Supercar in the Gold Coast 600. I would also like to be wrong for Foyt’s sake. He was born on February 28, 1979, in Le Mans, France. (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class), † Bourdais did not complete sufficient laps to score points, (key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class), 1979  R. Mears “Emma, she’s supportive in everything but she’s not particularly interested.”, “She’s a dance freak and all she talks about is dancing and she dances about 28 hours a week.”. Trois semaines auparavant, il avait décroché son troisième titre Champ Car … [21] Bourdais would return at Gateway and run the final three races of the season. 1997  A. Zanardi 1998  A. Zanardi 1981  R. Mears He is one of the most successful drivers in the history of American Championship car racing, having won 37 races., having won 37 races. 2006  S. Bourdais Le pilote sarthois raconte ces 24 Heures du Mans pas comme les autres, dont il s’apprête à prendre le départ au volant de la Ferrari Risi (LM GTE Pro), samedi 19 septembre. 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. During the race he quickly gained places and held on to fifth place for much of the distance, getting as high as 3rd and was on course for a podium position. I had the good fortune to be able to visit the garages of Peugeot and Pescarolo. “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.”. 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. Sébastien Bourdais était d'humeur détendue à Mexico, en 2006. [20] The surgery was successful but Bourdais was forced to sit out for most of the season to recover. Bourdais won a fourth consecutive Champ Car title in 2007 with victory at Lexmark Indy 300 on 21 October. 2007  S. 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Contraint de quitter son écurie en Indycar vendredi, Sébastien Bourdais s'alignera la saison prochaine dans le Championnat américain d'endurance … In 2018, they applied for green cards. This marked his best weekend of the season and his first World Championship points since Melbourne. Andretti In 1998, he won five races to become Rookie of the Year (6th overall) in French F3. 1983  A. Unser 2004  S. Bourdais That might not have been the case 20 years ago. Moreover, he is the only Indy car driver to win four consecutive championships (2004-2007). 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. Sébastien Bourdais a bénéficié d'un drapeau jaune pour remonter dans le top 5 en fin d'épreuve à Austin tandis que cette neutralisation a coûté de nombreuses places à Simon Pagenaud. 14 car for AJ Foyt Enterprises as part-time in the NTT Indycar Series. His first win was in the series at Silverstone. Bourdais went on to win pole at the very next race in Phoenix, his first on an oval since 2006. 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. 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. In 2002, Bourdais won the Spa 24 Hours with Vincent Vosse, David Terrien, and Christophe Bouchut in a Larbre Compétition Chrysler Viper GTS-R. Bourdais started The Firestone St. Petersburg Grand Prix in 14th place. 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). † Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance. 1999  J. Montoya 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. His KVSH race engineer Olivier Boisson would also follow him to DCR. 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. He finished 10th in points. Formula 1 with Scuderia Toro Rosso While fame and some fortune was ensured in America, Bourdais still hankered after F1. On May 20, 2017, he was involved in a car accident (at over 230mph) while qualifying for the Indianapolis 500. On 16 July 2009, Toro Rosso announced that Bourdais would no longer be driving for the team. 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. 2 Starworks Motorsport Riley-Ford Daytona Prototype. 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. Bourdais was to drive the pole-winning No. Bourdais qualified ninth for the Belgian Grand Prix. The couple has two children, daughter Emma Camille (born on December 2, 2006) and son Alex (born in 2009). As I write these words, the day of testing is coming to an end. For the 2004 season, he won the Champ Car series with 8 poles and 7 wins in his McDonald’s-sponsored Lola. Few agreed with the decision â€“ 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'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. Sébastien Bourdais (KV) ne s’était plus imposé sur ovale depuis Milwaukee 2006. In October 2011, he drove with Australian professional racing driver Jamie Whincup in the Gold Coast 600 in the Team Vodafone Holden Commodore V8 Supercar. After his contract with Toro Rosso was ended in 2009, the Italian team settled with Sébastien with a $2.1 million payment. Loeb qui a récidivé en WRC vient d'être imité par son compatriote expatrié de force aux Etats Unis, Sébastien Bourdais. He has also participated in the Bathurst 1000 once, finishing ninth with Lee Holdsworth in 2015. He said: “We didn’t do it earlier because we didn’t know how long we would stay or how long my contracts would be.”, ”I’m just happy to be where I am now and you can bet that I will make the most out of this opportunity.”, ”The physical question is something which I undertake for the whole season and not especially for one event.”, ”Every car is particular and every series is different and your position changes obviously but the overall level of competition has gone up significantly.”, ”You can only be of help to the rookie as much as he is willing or wanting to learn from you.”, ”You can’t be friends be everybody. Bourdais tested significantly for the Toro Rosso team during the winter, though he was uncertain of a drive heading into the new year. In December he tested for Renault at Jerez but fellow Frenchman Franck Montagny secured the test drive instead of Bourdais.[2]. 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. 1986  B. Rahal, 1987  B. Rahal Bourdais earned most of his wealth from working as a professional driver. 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. also many times at st Pete Grand Prix. Bourdais returned to F1 in 2007 after being given several tests with Scuderia Toro Rosso. Sébastien began racing carts at the age of 6. 1985  A. Unser 2000  G. de Ferran, 2001  G. de Ferran [citation needed], Following his success in the lower formulae, Bourdais joined the Prost Junior Team in the International F3000 Championship. Présent aux 24 Heures du Mans en GTE Pro aux côtés d'Olivier Pla et Jules Gounon, Sébastien Bourdais a découvert sur le tas la Ferrari 488 GTE engagée par …