Indycar driver sebastien bourdais update racing news. John tzouanakis, who in his 30year indy car career has worked with mario and michael andretti, sebastien bourdais and nigel mansell among others, has joined andretti autosport for the 97th indianapol. For the second straight season, sebastien bourdais leaves his adopted home of st. Sebastien olivier bourdais born 28 february 1979 is a french professional racing driver, who. View cart 2020 indianapolis motor speedwayindycar store powered by bigcommerce. Accomplished sports car racer who helped ford chip ganassi racing win. On november 22, 2019, the day it was announced he had lost his indycar series ride, bourdais was announced as one of the drivers for the no. The incident took place in may at indianapolis motor speedway indianapolis verizon indycar series driver sebastien bourdais has been cleared to resume driving by dr. Indycar driver sebastien bourdais breaks trophy youtube. Sebastien bourdais stats, race results, wins, news, record. Racing driver sebastien bourdais won a glass trophy for finishing second in saturdays indycar race in toronto. Sebastien bourdais suffers broken pelvis in indy 500. Indycar driver wickens flown to hospital after scary crash.
Katherine legge will be among 26 drivers set to compete in this weekends seasonopening indycar race the first since dan wheldon was tragically killed last year. Sebastien bourdais clearly knows his way around the streets of long beach. Former toro rosso f1 driver sebastien bourdais has been dropped by the dale coyne racing indycar team, but he insists hes not done. Legge denies bourdais claim she tested indycar sports. Emotional win completes comeback for sebastien bourdais. Frenchman sebastien bourdais, the only indycar driver to win four consecutive championships 200407 in champ car, reminded us at belle isle on sunday why he is such a special driver, who spent. Sebastien bourdais, one of the most seasoned openwheel racing drivers in indycar, will not return to his dale coyne racing with. Sebastien bourdais is keeping the momentum going from winning the 2018 verizon indycar series seasonopening race last month at st. Petersburg race winner sebastien bourdais and racers marshall pruett recap a wild day of racing to open the verizon indycar series season where crashes and contact angered some and altered. Indycar driver sebastien bourdais breaks trophy theweirdoddity. Dale coyne racing s sebastien bourdais says that indycar s 2018 universal aerokit is not to blame for the over the top difficult racing on ovals this season. Indycars sebastien bourdais earns victory in rolex 24 at. Sebastien bourdais comments after crash racing news. Last night, sabastian bourdais went into surgery following his crash in indy 500 qualifying.
Indycar driver sebastien bourdais returning to the track. Hes awake and alert and at least hes alive, driver sebastien bourdais said. View career statistics for sebastien bourdais tweet. Bourdais 53, pagenaud 41, dixon 35, hunterreay 32, sato 31, castroneves 28, andretti 26, newgarden 24. Official facebook driver of the jdcmiller motorsports no. Indycar driver sebastien bourdais returning to the track, though not the car, in toronto by norris mcdonald special to the star tues. Sebastien bourdais is angry with just about everybody. Bourdais tops indycar standings after firestone grand prix. All of sebastien bourdais indycar series wins duration. He won the first formula palmer audi in 1998, the international formula 3000 championship with nordic racing in 2001, and was a cowinner of the 2012 24 hours of.
Sebastien bourdais heartbroken for robert wickens after. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for sebastien bourdais on. Sebastien bourdais archives motorsportstalk nbc sports. Brickyard vintage racing invitational the pedigree of the brickyard vintage racing invitational june 2021 at the indianapolis motor speedway is elite, for both machines and drivers. Sebastien bourdais looks for another trophy in sebring. Sebastien bourdais says he was kind of heartbroken to see 2018 indycar debutant robert wickens lose the st petersburg win that the dale coyne racing driver inherited late on. Sebastien bourdais and simon pagenaud will aim to stay on top when the verizon indycar series returns to action in just under a month. Sebastien bourdais wins race 2 of indycar dual in detroit. He was on track to set the fastest indy 500 qualifying run of saturday, but crashed hard into the wall after completing only two of. Driving the last car to take a run, bourdais stole the no. Sebastien bourdais came second in the indycar race in toronto yesterday, and was accordingly given a trophy.
Enjoy the insanse overtake from bourdais on long beach in indycar. On his third qualifying lap for the 101st running of the indianapolis 500 on saturday, may 20th, 2017, indycar driver sebastien bourdais hit the turn two wall nearly headon at full speed, causing. Bourdais laps indy for first time since 2017 crash indycar. Sebastien bourdais loses indycar seat at dale coyne for 2020 f1i. The next race is the 2017 toyota grand prix of long beach on. Ap sebastien bourdais took the indycar pole friday night at ism raceway to join simon pagenaud in an allfrench front row. Sebastien bourdais is recovering from surgery after fiery crash. Driver promo bloopers from the 20 indycar championship celebration. While indycar enjoyed better racing at the usually dull phoenix oval, the indianapolis 500 did not provide as much nosetotail running as previous years. Sebastien bourdais cleared following 2017 indy 500 crash. Ranks seventh in career poles with 24 and has won race from the pole 18 times, third on the alltime list. More than 300 of the worlds most exceptional vintage race cars will compete in 12 different sportscar vintage racing association svra classes on the 14turn, 2. Geoffrey billows, indycar medical director, following his recovery from injuries sustained in a.
Sebastien bourdais makes heavy contact with the turn 2 wall. His lap was on pace to set the pole for saturdays qualifying show. Sebastien bourdais 18, right, celebrates after winning the indycar firestone grand prix of st. Bourdais laps indy for first time since 2017 crash racer. Sebastien bourdais wont return to indycar in 2020 with dale coyne.
Bourdais laps indy for first time since 2017 crash. Dale coyne hired spanish driver alex palou to drive the 2020 indycar season thursday, the latest. Click on the site to see sebastien bourdais s career results at that track glossary. Petersburg also made him the leader in the 2017 verizon indycar series standings. Sebastien bourdais pretty much speechless after indycar. Sebastien bourdais takes indycar in phoenix fox sports. Sebastien bourdais is angry with just about everybody scott horner, indystar published 9. Sebastien bourdais wins indycar pole at toronto fox sports. Petersburg race winner sebastien bourdais and racers marshall pruett recap a wild day of racing to open the verizon indycar series season where crashes and. A late pass to win the indianapolis 500 was a sweet ending sunday for ryan hunterreay, the newest member of the borgwarner trophy club. Ranks sixth on indy car career victory list with 37 wins. Only indy car driver to win four consecutive championships 20042007 in champ car. Driver sebastien bourdais 2018 verizon indycar series. Sebastien bourdais scored a spectacular win from last on the grid at sundays seasonopening firestone grand prix in front of his home fans on the streets of st.
Sebastien bourdais gutted out a tenthplace finish on his return to the verizon indycar series. Ryan hunterreay, honda win thrilling indianapolis 500. Sebastien bourdais win at the firestone grand prix of st. Justin boyd wilson 31 july 1978 24 august 2015 was a british professional openwheel racing driver who competed in formula one in 2003, the champ car world series from 2004 to 2007 and the indycar series from 2008 to 2015. Bourdais took the checkered flag under caution in the no. This also awarded him the dan wheldon memorial trophy for the second time. Sebastien bourdais has been cleared by doctors following his indy 500 crash. Sebastien bourdais on pole for indycar race in phoenix.
Get motor race results and career results information at fox sports. Indianapolis thursday, may 25, 2017 verizon indycar series driver sebastien bourdais, injured in a crash may 20 during a qualifying attempt for the 101st indianapolis 500 mile race, was discharged from iu health methodist hospital on wednesday and has been moved to a local. Indycar driver sebastien bourdais has become the latest sports person to smash a trophy after fighting so hard to win it in the first place. Dale coyne racing indycar driver sebastien bourdais 18 hits the wall coming out of turn two during qualifying for the indianapolis 500 friday, may 20, 2017, morning at the indianapolis motor. Indycar driver sebastien bourdais is recovering from pelvis surgery sunday after his car slammed into a barrier during qualifying for the. The last driver to qualify, bourdais had a twolap average of 188. Sebastien bourdais saved his best for last by smashing the official lap record at laguna seca, earning a.
Statement from sebastien bourdais, dale coyne racing driver. Indycar driver sebastien bourdais drops trophy, hilarity ensues. Below is a sebastian bourdais update from indycar following indy 500 qualifying crash. Sebastien bourdais is getting a fresh start in 2017, beginning with the indycar veteran winning the gt le mans class and finishing fifth overall in this weekends rolex 24 at daytona. Sebastien bourdais opened up the 2018 indycar season with a victory in the firestone grand prix of st.
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