Sébastien Bourdais

Sébastien Bourdais

Nation:	France
Formula 1 world championship
First start:	2008 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	Grand Prix of Germany 2009
Constructors
2008-2009  Toro Rosso
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-17. ( 2008 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 27 - - -
World Cup points :	6th
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	3 over 13.7 km

Sébastien Bourdais (born February 28, 1979 in Le Mans ) is a French racing driver and the son of Patrick Bourdais .

He was French Formula 3 champion in 1999 and Formula 3000 champion in 2002 . Between 2003 and 2007 he was active in the North American Champ Car series, where he won four championships in a row and became the most successful driver in this series. For the 2008 season, Bourdais switched to Formula 1 , where he contested a total of 27 Grand Prix until mid-2009. He has been competing in the IndyCar Series since 2011 , before the 2017 season he moved to Dale Coyne Racing . In addition, Bourdais regularly takes part in endurance races.

Career

Beginnings in motorsport (1991–2002)

Bourdais began his motorsport career in karting in 1991 . He won the Maine-Brittany Kart Championship in his very first year . In 1995 he moved into the single-seater racing and was ninth in the French Formula Renault Campus. In 1996 he switched to the French Formula Renault and finished seventh overall. He also won the Le Mans 24-hour kart race. The following year he won four races in French Formula Renault and was on the podium eleven times in eighteen races. He won the runner-up title behind his team-mate Jonathan Cochet . He also started in the European Formula Renault , in which he finished the season in tenth place overall. In 1998 he switched to the French Formula 3 championship . He achieved a podium finish and ended up being sixth overall and rookie of the year . A year later he won the French Formula 3 championship ahead of Cochet with three pole positions , four fastest laps and eight race wins. In the same year he took part in the Le Mans 24-hour race for the first time .

From 2000 he drove in the international Formula 3000 championship for the Prost Junior Team Gauloises Formula as a teammate of André Couto . He reached the pole position in Magny-Cours and finished second in this race. In the overall standings, Bourdais finished ninth at the end of the season and prevailed against Couto, who was 18th. He also took part again in the Le Mans 24-hour race. In his second year in Formula 3000, he drove for the DAMS team. He won the race at Silverstone , came on the podium in Budapest and Hockenheim and was on pole position in Spielberg . In the final, he finished fourth, while his teammate Derek Hill did not score points in any race. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring , he finished in the top 15. In 2002 he switched to Super Nova Racing and won the Formula 3000 championship with victories in Imola , Monaco and the Nürburgring as well as six pole positions. He was on the podium a total of eight times and set the fastest race lap three times. Bourdais benefited from the fact that his rival Tomáš Enge had been denied a victory because of a positive doping test. At the 24-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps , he was involved in the victory of Team Labre . He also entered the Le Mans 24-hour race again. 2001 and 2002 Bourdais also took part in some races of the FIA Sports Car Championship .

Champ Cars (2003-2007)

Bourdais in the Champ Car, Long Beach 2005

After he had not received a regular cockpit despite several efforts in Formula 1 , Bourdais went to Newman / Haas Racing in the American Champ Car series in 2003 , where he became a teammate of Bruno Junqueira . He was on pole position in the first race in St. Petersburg , as well as in the second race in Monterrey . This was the first time since Nigel Mansell joined the Champ Cars in 1993 that a newcomer was in first position in the first two races. During the season he won Brands Hatch , the EuroSpeedway Lausitz and the floodlight race in Cleveland . At the end of the season he was named Rookie of the Year and had the best qualifying result of all participants. He finished fourth overall and had to admit defeat to Junqueira, who was runner-up, within the team.

In 2004 Bourdais stayed with Newman / Haas Racing. Although he won seven out of fourteen races, started eight times from pole position and stood on the podium ten times, he dueled Junqueira for the title until the last race. Bourdais prevailed against his teammates with 369 to 341 points and won the Champ Car Championship. In 2005 Bourdais defended the championship with six wins. With 348 to 288 points, he had a clear lead over runner-up Oriol Servià , who was his teammate from the third race weekend. Junqueira, who actually should form again with Bourdais Newman / Haas driver duo, was injured when the IndyCar Series counting Indianapolis 500 so hard that it turned out for the rest of the season. Bourdais also took part in the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 and made his debut in the IndyCar Series. He also won a run in the International Race of Champions at Texas Motor Speedway and competed in individual sports car races.

The 2006 Champ Car season began for Bourdais with four wins from the first four races. In the further course of the season three more victories followed and he decided the championship title with 387 to 298 points against Justin Wilson again dominantly for himself. Within the team, he left Junqueira, who had returned to the cockpit, well behind. With his third Champ Car title in a row, Bourdais wrote American motorsport history, as only one driver ( Ted Horn , AAA National Champion 1946-1948) had previously succeeded. He also won the GT2 classification in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) once this season . In 2007 Bourdais got a new teammate in Graham Rahal . He won eight champ car races and won the championship title for the fourth time in a row. Bourdais became the first Champ Car driver to do so. Since the Champ Car series was held for the last time in 2007, Bourdais is also the last Champ Car champion. As in the previous year, he prevailed against Wilson, who was runner-up, with a clear lead. In 2007 Bourdais also took part in the Le Mans 24-hour race in a Peugeot 908 HDi FAP and finished second in the final classification together with Pedro Lamy and Stéphane Sarrazin .

Formula 1 (2008-2009)

Bourdais in Toro Rosso, Montréal 2008

During the Formula 1 winter test drives in December 2006, Bourdais got the opportunity to test for the Formula 1 team Toro Rosso . He repeated the tests over the course of the 2007 season and was eventually offered a contract for 2008 . There he competed alongside Sebastian Vettel for the Italian team. In his debut race, the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne , he finished seventh despite an engine failure two laps before the end of the race after Rubens Barrichello was subsequently disqualified. During the course of the race, Bourdais had worked his way up to fourth place before the defect stopped him. In the further course of the season, however, Bourdais only managed to score further points in seventh at the Belgian Grand Prix . His performance was clearly dwarfed by his teammate. While Vettel finished eighth in the drivers' championship with one win and 35 points, Bourdais finished the season with four points in 17th place. Toro Rosso then initially let the option of a contract extension pass and explored other options.

In February 2009 , Toro Rosso finally extended Bourdai's contract for one season. After showing only two points after the ninth race and not being able to leave his younger teammate Sébastien Buemi behind, Toro Rosso ended his collaboration with Bourdais after the German Grand Prix . According to team boss Franz Tost , he “did not meet expectations”. Bourdais was replaced by the previous test driver Jaime Alguersuari . In the world championship, Bourdais was 19th this season. In parallel to his Formula 1 involvement, he competed again for Peugeot in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2009 and finished the race again in second place. That season he formed a team with Franck Montagny and Sarrazin. He also competed for Peugeot in a race in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS).

Superleague Formula (2009-2010)

After his dismissal from Toro Rosso, Bourdais switched to the Superleague Formula . For the Sevilla FC team , which was overseen by Ultimate Motorsport and Reid Motorsport , he took part in the three race weekends in the second half of the season. He won a race and was on the podium four times. He was also twice Weekend Winner . In 2010 Bourdais initially stayed in the Superleague Formula and switched to the Olympique Lyon team, which is managed by LRS Formula . Bourdais won a race on the first race weekend. No further podium placements followed, however, and he left the series after the fifth race weekend. He also took part in one race each of the ALMS and the Le Mans Series, as well as the 24-hour race in Le Mans. He won the race in the Le Mans Series in Spa-Francorchamps .

IndyCar Series (since 2011)

Bourdais in the IndyCar in Motegi, Japan, 2011

In 2011 Bourdais returned to North America and received a cockpit with Dale Coyne Racing in the IndyCar Series. He competed in all non-oval races. His season didn't start well. After failing to start in the first race after an accident in the warm up, he was eliminated twice in the next three races. In the second phase on the street circuits, Bourdais returned with five top 10 finishes from six races. In Toronto he showed a few overtaking maneuvers and finally finished in sixth place. A race later in Edmonton , Bourdais again achieved sixth place. In addition, he drove the fastest race lap. At the end of the season he was 23rd overall. Bourdais had only scored one point less than his teammate James Jakes , who had completed the entire season. In addition, Bourdais was active in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) in the Peugeot 908 and took part in six out of seven races in the LMP1 class. At the 24-hour race of Le Mans , which is part of the ILMC , he finished in second place for the third time. In Imola and Zhuhai Bourdais won the race together with Anthony Davidson and in Silverstone together with Simon Pagenaud . Together with Davidson, he was the pilot with the most wins. Bourdais also took part in two races of the V8 Supercar Championship Series and won one of them.

In 2012 , Bourdais was originally supposed to contest the entire IndyCar Series season for Dragon Racing . His teammate was Katherine Legge . Lotus, the team's engine supplier at the start of the season, lagged behind the other two engine manufacturers at the start of the season. At the second race in Birmingham , Bourdais finished ninth after a good race. It was Lotus' only top 10 finish. After the fourth race, Dragon switched to Chevrolet . However, since these did not have enough engines, Dragon reduced his team to one vehicle for the sixth race. Bourdais was selected as the pilot for the road courses, and Legge was given the cockpit for the remaining four oval races. At the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio , he achieved his best result of the season with a fourth place. He finished the season in 25th place. Bourdais also took part in two races of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship . He finished 86th in the drivers' championship. In addition, Bourdais contested three races for Starworks Motorsport in the North American Rolex Sports Car Series . He was on the podium at every race and won the Indianapolis race with Alex Popow . In the DP ranking he reached 17th place. In 2013 , Bourdais stayed with Dragon Racing in the IndyCar Series. After failing to make it into the top 10 in the first eleven races, he achieved a podium finish in both races in Toronto . In the first race he started from the front row for the first time in the IndyCar Series and finished second on the podium for the first time. In the second race he was third. In the last six races he was in the top 10 four times. At the Grand Prix of Baltimore , Bourdais achieved another podium finish starting from 22nd place with third place. He finished the season in twelfth place and with 370 to 236 points clearly prevailed against his teammate Sebastián Saavedra . In addition, he contested a total of seven long-distance races in the Rolex Sports Car Series for several teams.

In 2014 Bourdais competed in the IndyCar Series for KV Racing Technology , who used their vehicle under the name KVSH Racing . He received a two-year contract. In Toronto , Bourdais won the IndyCar Series for the first time. At the following racing event in Lexington , he finished in second place. Bourdais finished the season on the tenth championship course. Saavedra, who was again his teammate, left him well behind with 461 to 291 points. In 2014 he also competed in endurance sports again. He drove three races for Action Express Racing in the United SportsCar Championship (USCC), which emerged from the Rolex Sports Car Series and the ALMS, and won the Daytona 24-hour race together with Christian Fittipaldi and João Barbosa . In 2015 Bourdais contested his second season for KVSH Racing. He won the second race in Detroit and the race in West Allis . As in the previous year, he finished the season in tenth place overall. With 406 to 203 points, he clearly prevailed against his teammate Stefano Coletti . Bourdais also competed in the USCC for Action Express Racing again in 2015 . Together with Barbosa and Fittipaldi, he won the prototype class twice and was eleventh in this category. Bourdais also contested five races in the V8 Supercars .

In 2016 Bourdais stayed in the IndyCar Series with KVSH Racing. In Detroit , he decided a race for himself. He finished the season in 14th place overall.

Bourdais at the IndyCar race at Elkhart Lake 2018

In 2017 Bourdais switched to Dayle Coyne Racing within the IndyCar Series . He won the season opener in St. Petersburg . In qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 Bourdais had a serious accident. He broke his right hip and multiple pelvic fractures in the accident. About two months later, he was back in an IndyCar for a private test. He started in the last three races of the season. In 2018 he repeated his victory at the season opener in St. Petersburg. After the 2019 season , his contract with Dale Coyne was not renewed. In the IndyCar Series, he will drive a few selected races for AJ Foyt Enterprises in 2020 . As a full-time program, he drives a Cadillac DPi-VR for JDC Miller Motorsports in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship together with João Barbosa .

Personal

Sébastien Bourdais is married and has a daughter and a son. The family lives in St. Petersburg , United States.

statistics

Career stations

1991-1996: karting 1995: French Formula Renault Campus (9th place) 1996: French Formula Renault (7th place) 1997: French Formula Renault (2nd place) 1997: Eurocup Formula Renault (10th place) 1998: French Formula 3 (6th place) 1998: British Formula 3 1999: French Formula 3 (champions) 2000 : Formula 3000 (9th place) 2001 : Formula 3000 (4th place) 2001: FIA Sports Car Championship , SR1 2002 : Formula 3000 (champions) 2002: FIA Sports Car Championship, SR1 (4th place) 2003 : CART (4th place) 2004 : Champ Car (Champion) 2005 : Champ Car (Champion) 2005 : IndyCar Series (28th place)

2005: ALMS , GTS 2005: Rolex Sports Car Series , DP (89th place) 2006 : Champ Car (Champion) 2006: ALMS, GT2 (14th place) 2007 : Champ Car (Champion) 2008 : Formula 1 (17th place) 2009 : Formula 1 (19th place) 2009 : ALMS , LMP1 (14th place) 2009 : Superleague Formula 2010 : Superleague Formula 2010 : Le Mans Series , LMP1 (14th place) 2010 : ALMS 2010: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (69th place) 2011 : IndyCar Series (23rd place) 2011: Intercontinental Le Mans Cup , LMP1 2011: V8 Supercar Championship Series (39th place) 2012 : IndyCar Series (25th place)

2012 : WEC (86th place) 2012 : Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (17th place) 2013 : IndyCar Series (12th place) 2013 : Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (18th place) 2014 : IndyCar Series (10th place) 2014 : USCC , Prototype (24th place) 2015 : IndyCar Series (10th place) 2015 : USCC , Prototype (11th place) 2015: V8 Supercars (38th place) 2016 : IndyCar Series (14th place) 2017 : IndyCar Series (21st place) 2018 : IndyCar Series (7th place) 2019 : IndyCar Series (11th place)

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Round	Points	WM-Pos.
2008	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR2B  /  STR3	Ferrari 2.4 V8	18th	-	-	-	-	-	4th	17th
2009	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR4	Ferrari 2.4 V8	9	-	-	-	-	-	2	19th
total				27	-	-	-	-	-	6th

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th
2008
	7 *	DNF	15th	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	17th	11	12	18th	10	7th	18th	12	10	13	14th
2009
	8th	10	11	13	DNF	8th	18th	DNF	DNF

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual results in the Superleague Formula

season	team	society	1			2			3			4th			5			6th			7th			8th			9			10			11			12
2009	Reid Motorsport	Sevilla FC	LIKE			ZOL			DON			EST			MON			JAR			-			-			-			-			-			-
												11	2		1	3		2	6th
2010	LRS Formula	Olympique Lyon	SIL			ASS			LIKE			JAR			ONLY			ZOL			BRH			ADR			POR			ORD						COME ON
			15th	1	4th	17th	N	X	9	15th	X	7th	18th	X	14th	17th	X

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	Points	rank
2005	Newman / Haas Racing	HMS	PHX	STP	MOT	INDY	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	Mil	MIS	KTY	PPI	SNM	CHI	WGL	HAIRDRYER			18th	28.
						21st
2011	Dale Coyne Racing	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS		Mil	IOW	GOAL	EDM	MDO	NHA	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LSV		188	23.
		25th	11	27	26th						6th	6th	9		6th	28	6th
2012	Dragon Racing	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	DET	TXS	Mil	IOW	GOAL	EDM	MDO	SNM	BAL	HAIRDRYER					173	25th
		21st	9	17th	18th	20 25	24				14th	15th	4th	22nd	23
2013	Dragon Racing	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	DET		TXS	Mil	IOW	POC	GOAL		MDO	SNM	BAL	HOU		HAIRDRYER	370	12.
		11	16	15th	14 °	29 15	24	11	20th	22nd	14th	16	2 °	3	12	10	3 °	8th	5	12 °
2014	KVSH Racing	STP	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	HOU		POC	IOW	GOAL		MDO	Mil	SNM	HAIRDRYER		461	10.
		13	14th	15th	4 °	7 24	13	20th	20th	4th	5	16 °	19th	1*	9	2 °	12	11	18th
2015	KVSH Racing	STP	NOL	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	GOAL	HAIRDRYER	Mil	IOW	MDO	POC	SNM				406	10.
		6th	21st	6 °	8 °	4th	11	14th	1 °	14th	5	14th	1*	9 °	17th	23	20th
2016	KVSH Racing	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	TXS	WGL	SNM				404	14th
		21st	8th	9	16	24	9 19	1 °	8 °	18th	8th	7 °	20th	5 °	10	5	10
2017	Dale Coyne Racing	STP	LBH	ALA	PHO	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	WGL	SNM			214	21st
		1*	2	8th	19th	22nd	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	10 °	17th	9
2018	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sillivan	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	POR	SNM			425	7th
		1 °	13 °	13 °	5 °	4 °	28 ° 5	13	21st	8th	13	11	19th	6th	4th	21st	3	6th
2019	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sillivan	STP	COA	ALA	LBH	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	GOAL	IOW	MDO	POC	STL	POR	LAG			387	11.
		24	5	3 °	11	11 °	30 7	11	9	8 °	12	8th	9 °	11	7th	19 °	9 °	7th

( Legend )

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1999	Larbre Compétition	Porsche 911 GT2	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Pierre de Thoisy	failure	Engine failure
2000	Pescarolo sport	Courage C52	Olivier Grouillard	Emmanuel Clérico	Rank 4
2001	Pescarolo sport	Courage C60	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Laurent Redon	Rank 13
2002	Pescarolo sport	Courage C60	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Franck Lagorce	Rank 10
2004	Pescarolo sport	Courage C60	Emmanuel Collard	Nicolas Minassian	failure	Engine failure
2007	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Stéphane Sarrazin	Pedro Lamy	Rank 2
2009	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Stéphane Sarrazin	Franck Montagny	Rank 2
2010	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Simon Pagenaud	Pedro Lamy	failure	suspension
2011	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908	Simon Pagenaud	Pedro Lamy	Rank 2
2012	Pescarolo team	Dome S102.5	Seiji Ara	Nicolas Minassian	not classified
2016	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Ford GT	Dirk Mueller	Joey hand	18th place and class win
2018	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Dirk Mueller	Joey hand	Rank 17
2019	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing USA	Ford GT	Dirk Mueller	Joey hand	Rank 23

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2001	Pescarolo sport	Courage C60	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Laurent Redon	failure	Engine failure
2005	Care Racing Larbre	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Fabrizio Gollin	Christophe Bouchut	failure	Gearbox damage
2006	Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Scott Maxwell	David Brabham	Rank 8 and class win
2009	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Franck Montagny	Stéphane Sarrazin	Rank 2
2010	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Pedro Lamy	Nicolas Minassian	Rank 2
2014	Action Express Racing	Chevrolet Corvette DP	João Barbosa	Christian Fittipaldi	Rank 3
2015	Action Express Racing	Chevrolet Corvette DP	João Barbosa	Christian Fittipaldi	Overall victory
2016	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Dirk Mueller	Joey hand	Rank 24
2017	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Dirk Mueller	Joey hand	Rank 8
2018	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Dirk Mueller	Joey hand	failure	accident
2019	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Dirk Mueller	Joey hand	Rank 11

Web links

Commons : Sébastien Bourdais  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Sébastien Bourdais
• Career statistics of Sébastien Bourdais (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Bourdais: 'That's the most beautiful title'" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 21, 2007)
2. ↑ "Official: Scuderia Toro Rosso signs Bourdais" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 10, 2007)
3. ↑ "Finally official: Bourdais stays with Toro Rosso" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 6, 2009)
4. ^ "Official: Toro Rosso fires Bourdais" (Motorsport-total.com on July 16, 2009)
5. ↑ "Official: Alguersuari youngest driver of all time" (Motorsport-Total.com: July 20, 2009)
6. ↑ "The big coup: Bourdais drives Superleague" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 2, 2009)
7. ↑ "Bourdais drives Superleague again" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 30, 2010)
8. ↑ "Perfect: Bourdais is driving IndyCars again" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 25, 2011)
9. ^ "Bourdais: Difficult IndyCar Comeback" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 3, 2011)
10. ↑ "Bourdais breakthrough: next stop podium?" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 13, 2011)
11. ↑ “Sebastien Bourdais secures full-time IndyCar return with Dragon Racing” (autosport.com on January 12, 2012)
12. ↑ "From 9 to 1: Power-Play in the Barber Park" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 1, 2012)
13. ↑ Pete Fink: "Dragon: Bourdais and Legge share cockpit". Motorsport-Total.com, May 31, 2012, accessed June 3, 2012 . 
14. ↑ Pete Fink: "Bourdais extends Dragon". Motorsport-Total.com, November 10, 2012, accessed November 10, 2012 . 
15. ↑ Pete Fink: "Bourdais moves to KV Racing". Motorsport-Total.com, October 17, 2013, accessed October 26, 2013 . 
16. ↑ Marshall Pruett: INDYCAR: KVSH considering single entry in 2016. (No longer available online.) Racer.com, December 2, 2015, archived from the original on December 3, 2015 ; accessed on January 2, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
17. ^ Christian Nimmervoll: "One of the greatest crashes": Bourdais survived the Indy accident. Motorsport-Total.com, May 21, 2017, accessed June 4, 2017 . 
18. ↑ Heiko Stritzke: Sebastien Bourdais makes IndyCar comeback at Mid-Ohio-Test. Motorsport-Total.com, July 31, 2017, accessed May 23, 2020 . 
19. ^ Marshall Pruett: Bourdais, Barbosa headed to JDC-Miller. Racer.com, November 22, 2019, accessed May 23, 2020 . 
20. ↑ Bourdais' homepage accessed on May 23, 2020