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. Indycar driver sebastien bourdais update racing news. Petersburg honda driver grabs lead in final laps to win for second straight year in his hometown bruce martin. Sebastian bourdais blasts indycars idiot drivers after grand prix of long beach. View career statistics for sebastien bourdais tweet. The team this year has been bolstered by the ownership group of jimmy vasser and james sullivan, which reunited bourdais with his former bosses. Sebastien bourdais was a welcome sight in the dale coyne racing pits and we got the chance to speak with him on his recovery progress.
Driver sebastien bourdais discharged from hospital. Sebastien bourdais 18, right, celebrates after winning the indycar firestone grand prix of st. Sebastien bourdais retrouve une petite place en indycar. Sebastien bourdais wins wild indycar series opener in st. Sebastien bourdais opened up the 2018 indycar season with a victory in the firestone grand prix of st. Indycar driver sebastien bourdais returning to the track. Indycar driver sebastien bourdais returning to the track, though not the car, in toronto by norris mcdonald special to the star tues. French indycar driver sebastien bourdais in hospital after. 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.
A dream start occurred for sebastien bourdais and the dale coyne racing team upon their. Wickens was only the third driver since 1993 to win the pole for his indycar debut nigel mansell did it in 93 in surfers paradise and bourdais at st. French indycar driver sebastien bourdais has suffered a fractured pelvis in a fiery crash during indianapolis 500 qualifying. What do you do after earning the best finish in your indycar postreunification career. Team owner dale coyne says sebastien bourdais surgery last night at methodist hospital was successful, but that he will miss the remainder of the season, and hes not yet chosen either a short.
Geoffrey billows, indycar medical director, following his recovery from injuries sustained in a. Sebastien bourdais on pole for indycar race in phoenix. Hpd trackside sebastien bourdais return to ims youtube. Sebastien bourdais to race 14 weeks after indy accident indycar racing sebastien bourdais, of france drives into turn 10 during the indycar firestone grand prix of st. Below is a sebastian bourdais update from indycar following indy 500 qualifying crash. Sebastien bourdais makes heavy contact with the turn 2 wall. Sebastien bourdais and simon pagenaud will aim to stay on top when the verizon indycar series returns to action in just under a month. Track officials said doctors at indiana university methodist hospital. It was one of the most savage impacts in indianapolis motor speedway history but thanks to the safer barrier and the strength of dallaras dw12, sebastien bourdais survived what could have been fatal 20 years ago. Sebastien bourdais takes indycar in phoenix fox sports.
Fourtime champ car series champion and 37time indycar race winner sebastien bourdais was driving an. 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. Driver promo bloopers from the 20 indycar championship celebration. Aside from the racewinner valentino rossi, sebastien bourdais was the hero of sundays indycar grand prix of long beach. Usa today sports indycar driver sebastien bourdais has been cleared to resume racing, nearly three months after crashing during indianapolis 500 qualifying. It was just pure, awful coincidence that the last race in the old dallaras killed the driver who helped develop the new one. Vainqueur du dan wheldon international driver trophy. 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 rehabilitation facility. Katherine legge on saturday disputed former teammate sebastien bourdais version of her termination from dragon racing, saying bourdais claim that she tested poorly at fontana is a complete and. Petersburg auto race, sunday, march 12, 2017, in st. Sebastien bourdais injured in crash at indianapolis.
Indycar driver sebastien bourdais breaks trophy theweirdoddity. Bourdais trails al unser by two wins for fifth on the list. Ap sebastien bourdais took the indycar pole friday night at ism raceway to join simon pagenaud in an allfrench front row. Indycar driver sebastien bourdais breaks trophy youtube. Driver sebastien bourdais 2015 verizon indycar series. Indycar drivers spencer pigot, sebastian bourdais and. Torontos robert wickens sees indycar win nicked by. Legge denies bourdais claim she tested indycar sports. Sebastien bourdais snatches indycar victory on streets of. Sebastien bourdais victory in the dry in race 1 was a straightforward affair, with the frenchman leading 58 of the 65 laps to secure his first indy car.
In addition to pigot, the verizon indycar series drivers that were at tuesdays event included sebastien bourdais and carlos munoz. Indycar had the dw12 in the works before 2012 with a scheduled introduction for the 20 season. During his threeyear stint at kv racing, the fourtime champ car champion scored wins at toronto 2014, detroit and. Ranks seventh in career poles with 34 and has won race from the pole 18 times, third on the alltime list. A powerful drive from his p9 qualifying spot put the 39yearold towards the front, and when caution was thrown with 25 laps to go, bourdais elected to pit. Sebastien bourdais cleared following 2017 indy 500 crash. Indycar driver sebastien bourdais has been released from the hospital as he continues to recover from serious injuries suffered in a. Bourdais snatches indycar victory on streets of st. Ranks sixth on indy car career victory list with 37 wins. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for sebastien bourdais on.
Ot scary crash of sebastien bourdais indycar qualifying. Indycar sebastien bourdais long beach 2018 overtake of the. Sebastien bourdais injured in crash at indianapolis photo from lat. Fourtime champ car champion sebastien bourdais closes the episode with a halfhour visit where he and pruett resume their hamburger and french fry show discussing the frenchmans crazy pass of scott dixon and matheus leist into turn 1, the penalty he received as a result of crossing over the pit exit lane, his pointed comments and the. Bourdais steals the show at long beach with fireworks on and off the track. The week in indycar, april 18, with eric bretzman and.
Indycar star sebastien bourdais miffed over idiots at. 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. Sebastian bourdais blasts indycars idiot drivers after. Dale coyne hired spanish driver alex palou to drive the 2020 indycar season thursday, the latest. Sebastien bourdais should have been racing in formula one well before his 2008 debut with scuderia toro rosso but, for one reason or another had to. Only indy car driver to win four consecutive championships 20042007 in champ car. Amid indycar crashes, driver sebastien bourdais is the. Sebastien bourdais has been cleared by doctors following his indy 500 crash. Ap sebastien bourdais won indycars seasonopening race in st. Agree with him or not, sebastien bourdais postrace race adds a little spice to the series. Sans baquet a cinq mois du debut du prochain championnat indycar, il sest.
Won dan wheldon memorial trophy as highestfinishing international driver at gold coast 600 at surfers paradise. It was the sixth victory for dale coyne racing, the first since bourdais won at st. View cart 2020 indianapolis motor speedwayindycar store powered by bigcommerce. Sebastian bourdais blasts indycars idiot drivers after grand prix of long beach 37time race winner says certain drivers turning the series into a circus bruce martin. Poor old indy car driver sebastian bourdais collects his second place trophy, cheers, drops it, smashes it. Bourdais fractured his pelvis, a hip and two ribs when his car exploded into pieces and spun through turn 2 at indianapolis motor speedway after hitting the wall at nearly 230 mph. Championship with drivers joao barbosa and sebastien bourdais. Sebastien bourdais stats, race results, wins, news, record. 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. Petersburg on sunday, a victory handed to him when alexander rossi and robert wickens crashed racing for the. Verizon indycar series drivers were asked to rank the five most interesting storylines leading into the firestone grand prix of st. Sebastien bourdais looks for another trophy in sebring. Sebastien bourdais, winner of the opening round at st. Enjoy the insanse overtake from bourdais on long beach in indycar.
Indycar driver sebastien bourdais cleared to resume racing. Pagenauds team penske teammate, will power, qualified third at 186. Fourtime cart champion and dale coyne racing driver sebastien bourdais says the outgoing manufacturer aerokit era hurt indycars standing. Indycars sebastien bourdais earns victory in rolex 24 at. Sebastien bourdais to race 14 weeks after indy accident. Dale coyne racing sebastien bourdais has all the makings of a return to top form in 2017.
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