Indycar driver sebastien bourdais returning to the track, though not the car, in toronto by norris mcdonald special to the star tues. Sebastien bourdais and simon pagenaud will aim to stay on top when the verizon indycar series returns to action in just under a month. Emotional win completes comeback for sebastien bourdais. A late pass to win the indianapolis 500 was a sweet ending sunday for ryan hunterreay, the newest member of the borgwarner trophy club. Driver sebastien bourdais 2018 verizon indycar series. Sebastien bourdais suffers broken pelvis in indy 500. 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. Below is a sebastian bourdais update from indycar following indy 500 qualifying crash. 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. 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 makes heavy contact with the turn 2 wall.
Sebastien bourdais takes indycar in phoenix fox sports. For the second straight season, sebastien bourdais leaves his adopted home of st. View cart 2020 indianapolis motor speedwayindycar store powered by bigcommerce. Indycar driver sebastien bourdais breaks trophy theweirdoddity.
Sebastien bourdais pretty much speechless after indycar. Racing driver sebastien bourdais won a glass trophy for finishing second in saturdays indycar race in toronto. Sebastien bourdais looks for another trophy in sebring. Sebastien bourdais stats, race results, wins, news, record. Sebastien bourdais 18, right, celebrates after winning the indycar firestone grand prix of st. Last night, sabastian bourdais went into surgery following his crash in indy 500 qualifying. Sebastien bourdais heartbroken for robert wickens after. 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. Accomplished sports car racer who helped ford chip ganassi racing win. 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. Indycar driver sebastien bourdais drops trophy, hilarity ensues.
Indycar driver sebastien bourdais is recovering from pelvis surgery sunday after his car slammed into a barrier during qualifying for the. 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. Bourdais took the checkered flag under caution in the no. 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. Sebastien bourdais has been cleared by doctors following his indy 500 crash. Then, as he was presented with the prize, he went to lift it up, thinking it was securely attached to its base. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for sebastien bourdais on. Sebastien bourdais saved his best for last by smashing the official lap record at laguna seca, earning a. This also awarded him the dan wheldon memorial trophy for the second time. Bourdais laps indy for first time since 2017 crash racer. Ryan hunterreay, honda win thrilling indianapolis 500. Hes awake and alert and at least hes alive, driver sebastien bourdais said. 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.
His lap was on pace to set the pole for saturdays qualifying show. Bourdais 53, pagenaud 41, dixon 35, hunterreay 32, sato 31, castroneves 28, andretti 26, newgarden 24. 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. Dale coyne hired spanish driver alex palou to drive the 2020 indycar season thursday, the latest. Veteran driver tony kanaan, the 2004 indycar series champion and 20 indianapolis 500 winner, will drive that car in the oval races on the. The next race is the 2017 toyota grand prix of long beach on. Sebastien bourdais comments after crash racing news. Verizon indycar series drivers were asked to rank the five most interesting storylines leading into the firestone grand prix of st. 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. Indycars sebastien bourdais earns victory in rolex 24 at. Sebastien olivier bourdais born 28 february 1979 is a french professional racing driver, who. 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. Bourdais laps indy for first time since 2017 crash. Legge denies bourdais claim she tested indycar 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. Sebastien bourdais loses indycar seat at dale coyne for 2020 f1i. Sebastien bourdais clearly knows his way around the streets of long beach. Get motor race results and career results information at fox sports. Izod indycar series driver sebastien bourdais teamed with alex popow to win the inaugural brickyard grand prix grandam rolex sports car series race at the indianapolis motor speedway.
Sebastien bourdais, one of the most seasoned openwheel racing drivers in indycar, will not return to his dale coyne racing with. Petersburg also made him the leader in the 2017 verizon indycar series standings. 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. 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. Sebastien bourdais on pole for indycar race in phoenix. Ap sebastien bourdais took the indycar pole friday night at ism raceway to join simon pagenaud in an allfrench front row. Sebastien bourdais is angry with just about everybody scott horner, indystar published 9. Now, only a few hours after surgery the indycar driver has issued a statement. Sebastien bourdais opened up the 2018 indycar season with a victory in the firestone grand prix of st. Official facebook driver of the jdcmiller motorsports no. Only indy car driver to win four consecutive championships 20042007 in champ car. Bourdais tops indycar standings after firestone grand prix. Sebastien bourdais is angry with just about everybody. 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.
Indycar driver wickens flown to hospital after scary crash. Indycar driver sebastien bourdais update racing news. Indycar driver sebastien bourdais returning to the track. Sebastien bourdais is recovering from surgery after fiery crash. 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. 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 archives motorsportstalk nbc sports. Sebastien bourdais win at the firestone grand prix of st. 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. 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. The last driver to qualify, bourdais had a twolap average of 188.
Former toro rosso f1 driver sebastien bourdais has been dropped by the dale coyne racing indycar team, but he insists hes not done. 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. Enjoy the insanse overtake from bourdais on long beach in indycar. Katherine legge on saturday disputed former teammate sebastien bourdais version of her termination from dragon racing, saying bourdais claim that she tested poorly at. Sebastien bourdais wins race 2 of indycar dual in detroit. Driving the last car to take a run, bourdais stole the no. Ranks seventh in career poles with 24 and has won race from the pole 18 times, third on the alltime list. Indycar sebastien bourdais long beach 2018 overtake of the. Indycar driver sebastien bourdais breaks trophy youtube.
View career statistics for sebastien bourdais tweet. Sebastien bourdais wont return to indycar in 2020 with dale coyne. Sebastien bourdais gutted out a tenthplace finish on his return to the verizon indycar series. Sebastien bourdais came second in the indycar race in toronto yesterday, and was accordingly given a trophy. Sebastien bourdais is keeping the momentum going from winning the 2018 verizon indycar series seasonopening race last month at st.
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