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	Sebastien Bourdais
		Sebastien Bourdais was the first driver in the 25-year history of CART to lead the first laps of his very-first Champ Car race.
		Sebastien Bourdais turned the fastest lap in qualifying for the Champ Car Grand Prix of Houston on Saturday, then lost his pole position when he was penalized for blocking series points leader Will Power.
		Bourdais passed polesitter Justin Wilson to start the 56th lap Sunday and cruised to his third straight victory, and the Grand Prix of Portland successfully introduced Champ Car's first standing start.
	lycos.cs.cmu.edu /info/sebastien-bourdais.html (394 words)

	Sebastien Bourdais Trivia - Sebastien Bourdais Facts - Sebastien Bourdais Notes
		Sebastien needed just nine laps to get back on the lead lap, was back in the lead by Lap 101 and had almost lapped the field after another 50 trips around the 1.032-mile oval.
		Sebastien: (on the chances of a switch to F1 with the Toro Rosso team in the future) You don't get to test a Formula One (car) for three days if the team doesn't consider you for a near future, but that is totally in their hands and nothing is decided yet.
		Sebastien (2006 GP of Montreal): I guess I'm really part of the family now because, obviously, to be part of a quarter of all the poles that the team has achieved is quite something in only four years.
	www.tv.com /sebastien-bourdais/person/333164/trivia.html (5731 words)

	autosport.com - F1 News: Interview with Sebastien Bourdais
		Bourdais is adamant that he will stay in Champ Car next season, but he admits that his sights are on a 2008 switch to F1.
		Bourdais: "It has never been the same car, so I drove Arrows for a couple of hours, after I drove F3000, then second day was pretty good, then in the same season, at the end of the year, I drove Renault.
		Bourdais: "I will have a good night sleep, and to be able to integrate all the data and the adjustments out there, hopefully I can have a nice progression.
	www.autosport.com /news/report.php/id/56016 (1736 words)

	Sebastien Bourdais wins Champ Car opener - Boston.com
		Sebastien Bourdais began to think that things were just going a little too perfectly Sunday.
		Bourdais, earning his 17th career victory, got every point possible for the weekend and will go into the street race in Houston on May 13 eight points ahead of Wilson and far in front of several other familiar names.
		Bourdais was the main beneficiary of that crash.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/autoracing/articles/2006/04/09/sebastien_bourdais_wins_champ_car_opener (693 words)

	Sebastien Bourdais fast despite hard hit - Boston.com
		Two weeks ago in Denver, Bourdais passed Tracy for second place on the final lap and was taken out on the last turn as Tracy tried to cut the corner and lost control.
		Bourdais, guaranteed his eighth front-row start in 11 races, was amazed how fast his car was after the hard hit early in the session.
		Oriol Servia, who was Bourdais' Newman/Haas Racing teammate when he won this race a year ago, came closest in his PKV Racing Lola at 1:21.523 (119.628).
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/autoracing/articles/2006/08/25/sebastien_bourdais_fast_despite_hard_hit (596 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Sebastien Bourdais is ready to go after his first Road America win
		ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Sebastien Bourdais was asked which track was his favorite in North America, and he didn't hesitate.
		Bourdais is the three-time series champion and current points leader, with four victories this season.
		Bourdais was clocked at 1 minute, 41.535 seconds (145.525 mph) Saturday, while Power remained second despite failing to improve his first-day time of 1:43.116 (141.324).
	www.uniontrib.com /sports/20070811-1338-car-champ-roadamerica.html (583 words)

	ABC News: Sebastien Bourdais Fast Despite Hard Hit
		Champ car points leader France's Sebastien Bourdais, from Newman Haas Racing, is strapped into his car in preparation for the afternoon qualifying session at the Champ Car race Friday, Aug. 25, 2006 in Montreal.
		Two weeks ago in Denver, Bourdais passed Tracy for second place on the final lap and was taken out on the last turn as Tracy tried to cut the corner and lost control.
		Bourdais, guaranteed his eighth front-row start in 11 races, was amazed how fast his car was after the hard hit early in the session.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=2357799&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (431 words)

	Sports: Bourdais pounces on foe's mistake
		DENVER - Defending champion Sebastien Bourdais took advantage of a late crash by Paul Tracy, then pulled away from the pack to win the Grand Prix of Denver on Sunday, his third straight Champ Car series victory and fourth of the season.
		Bourdais, the points leader and a Tampa resident, won the race last year from the back of the pack, winding his way from 13th to first after getting bumped in Turn 1.
		Bourdais took the lead after that and was never seriously challenged, finishing 15.27 seconds ahead of Mario Dominguez on the 1.657-mile temporary street course.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/08/15/news_pf/Sports/Bourdais_pounces_on_f.shtml (535 words)

	wfrv.com - Bourdais Off To Good Start In Champ Car Series (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sebastien Bourdais flashed a pained look when he was asked about the possibility of pulling off a perfect season in the Champ Car World Series.
		Bourdais struggled to a ninth-place finish here as a rookie, crashed in testing and again early in the 2004 race and wound up sixth last year after being penalized for speeding on pit road.
		For a while, Bourdais was the only driver on the lead lap, but green flag pit stops and a late caution flag, for debris on the track, helped Wilson, Nelson Philippe and Allmendinger to get back on the lead lap.
	wfrv.com /sports/local_story_156110645.html (915 words)

	Sebastien Bourdais wins early qualifying in Edmonton Grand Prix (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bourdais, who won the Edmonton event last year and is the current series points leader, led the 18-car field in the stifling heat at JAGflo Speedway with the fastest lap of just under a minute at 59.895.
		Bruno Junqueira, Bourdais teammate at Newman/Haas, was third at 19 one-hundredths of a second behind the leader.
		Bourdais, 27, won the provisional pole with a lap speed of 118.6 miles per hour, meaning regardless of how he finishes in final qualifying Saturday, he will start up front.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/sports/060721/s0721114.html (715 words)

	Sebastien Bourdais Opens Up 53-Point Gulf in Champ Car World Series Standings with Centrix Financial Grand Prix of ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bourdais and his Newman/Haas Racing team suffered an anxious moment of their own when the right-rear wheel nut escaped the airgun, but the Frenchman was able to return to action in second place.
		Sebastien Bourdais: "When I saw PT in the wall, I was very surprised because PT makes very few mistakes and that's not the kind of mistake he makes when he's up front like that.
		Sebastien Bourdais led 38 laps to boost his career total to 968, moving him to 23rd on the all-time laps led list, vaulting him ahead of Helio Castroneves.
	www.womanmotorist.com /index.php/news/main/4192/event=view (1233 words)

	Sebastien Bourdais - Stats and other info about this driver
		Sebastien Bourdais has been known to be a naturally quick driver throughout his career.
		Sebastien was always inclined towards racing and at a very early age, he saw Karting as his first serious opportunity to race in the big league.
		Sebastien had had enough of the trials and tribulations of getting a Formula One seat and he decided to turn towards the Champ Car World Series.
	www.sportspundit.com /athlete/871 (1023 words)

	ESPN - Sebastien Bourdais wins Champ Car Belgian GP - Auto
		Bourdais pulled away from Doornbos and Power before the safety car came out on lap 16 because of loose stones at a chicane.
		Bourdais again stretched out his lead after the pit stop only to see the field bunched again when Alex Figge skidded into a gravel trap on lap 26, bringing the second caution flag of the race.
		That cushion allowed Bourdais to cruise home for victory while Junqueira managed to hold off Rahal, who was third for the second straight race despite starting from 13th on the grid.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/wire?section=auto&id=2991816 (813 words)

	Sébastien Bourdais Biography: Champcar and Toro Rosso F1 driver Sébastien Bourdais
		Driving a Toro Rosso, which was an updated version of last year’s car, and on a day when many of his more experienced peers fell by the wayside due to their own mistakes, it was no mean achievement.
		Bourdais has also scored a class win in the 12 Hours of Sebring and a stock car victory in the International Race of Champions.
		In his last title year Bourdais participated in several tests for the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula 1 team and, in August of that year, it was announced that he would be one of their race drivers for the 2008 season.
	formula-1.suite101.com /article.cfm/sebastien_bourdais_biography (749 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Sebastien Bourdais is ready to go after his first Road America win
		ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Sebastien Bourdais was asked which track was his favorite in North America, and he didn't hesitate.
		Bourdais is the three-time series champion and current points leader, with four victories this season.
		Bourdais was clocked at 1 minute, 41.535 seconds (145.525 mph) Saturday, while Power remained second despite failing to improve his first-day time of 1:43.116 (141.324).
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20070811-1338-car-champ-roadamerica.html (583 words)

	AUTO-RACING - Bourdais Slams Champ Car/IndyCar Merger Deal - SPEEDtv.com
		Bourdais: a fan of unification, but now of how it was arranged.
		Sebastien Bourdais frequently was quoted as favoring a merger of the Champ Car and IndyCar series during his time in America, when the Frenchman scored four consecutive Champ Car World Series titles.
		Bourdais said his former Newman/Haas team’s trips to the Indianapolis 500 in 2004 and 2005 demonstrated how quickly the scale of the task facing the IRL newcomers.
	auto-racing.speedtv.com /article/bourdais-slams-champ-car-indycar-merger-deal (453 words)

	Sebastien Bourdais - Driver Profile - F1 \| ITV Sport
		Bourdais seemed destined for F1 when he won the Formula 3000 title and tested for Arrows and Renault in 2002.
		There were occasions in all four years when Bourdaisâ€™ rivals closed in and threatened to create a genuine title contest, but the Frenchman always managed to step up a gear and charge to the crown.
		Bourdais led the championship at mid-season, only to be overhauled by Tomas Enge in the closing rounds.
	www.itv-f1.com /driverprofiles.aspx?id=11631 (594 words)

	BlogF1 » Driver Bio: Sebastien Bourdais
		Born in 1979, Sebastien got into motorsport at an early age, partly due to the family home being so close to the famous Le Mans circuit where the 24 Hour race is held among others.
		Sebastien qualified no lower than third all year and claimed 10 podiums from 14 races, brining the total points tally up to 369.
		Sebastien kept his head though and he eventually won the title at Surfers Paradise, becoming the first driver to win three consecutive Champ Car titles since Ted Horn managed the feat in 1948.
	blogf1.co.uk /teams-drivers/sebastien-bourdais (1019 words)

	Sebastien Bourdais earns third straight win - The China Post
		Bourdais, who also won at Houston and Long Beach, also won at Portland in 2004.
		Bourdais had expressed concerns about the start, fearing that if some cars stalled when drivers dropped their clutches, there could be accidents.
		Bourdais started in the third spot and went on to lead 48 laps.
	www.chinapost.com.tw /sports/112150.htm (464 words)

	F1 News > The future of Sebastien Bourdais
		Over in America, Bourdais is a firm favourite of the McDonald's company, having won for the hamburger company non-stop since 2004.
		Sebastien and his wife Claire (a Frenchwoman) have been settled in the United States for several years, although they now have a young baby and there will inevitably be questions about where they want the child to grow up.
		Going to Scuderia Toro Rosso would be a risk that could leave Bourdais with a damaged reputation unless the team registers a major leap forward in performance and it would be interesting to know his thoughts about the recent clash between the team bosses and Scott Speed.
	www.grandprix.com /ns/ns19464.html (409 words)

	Bourdais calls Indy merger "horrible" - Autoblog
		Bourdais, who departed US oval-track racing for F1 this season, points to the enormous advantage which established IRL teams will have over the newcomer Champ Car teams as a sign of troubled times ahead for all migrating teams, even Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing with whom Bourdais took four back-to-back titles in Champ Cars.
		Sebastien's proposed solution would be for the new combined series to introduce entirely new cars for all the teams in order to level the playing field.
		Sebastien Bourdais is idiot if he thinks IRL should abandon their cars for new ones because the inclusion of ChampCar teams merely increases the field and alters the track styles.
	www.autoblog.com /2008/03/03/bourdais-calls-indy-merger-horrible (1932 words)

	pitpass - the latest, hottest F1, GP2, GP2 Asia & A1GP news
		Sebastien made his Karting debut at the age of ten, and over the next few years contested numerous championships, winning the French Cadet Championship in 1993.
		With no apparent interest from F1, Sebastien opted to follow the example of previous F3000 Champions, Juan Pablo Montoya and Bruno Junqueira, and head to the USA where he would take part in Champ Cars.
		Finishing fourth overall in the 2003 standings, Sebastien took comfort in the fact that he was recognised as the 'Rookie of the Year'.
	www.pitpass.com /src/drivers/bourdais.php (831 words)

	Sebastien Bourdais Goes Three For Three
		Bourdais’ win in the Tecate Grand Prix of Monterrey, on the 2.1-mile Fundidora Park permanent road course in the heart of Mexico’s third-largest city, did not come particularly easy, and proved once again it’s easier to pass cars with good pit work than on the racetrack.
		Bourdais also blamed Clarke for the ragged restart after the race’s lone yellow flag, for debris on the track, saw every competitor but Clarke pit on lap 24, leaving Clarke, on worn tires, in the lead.
		Sebastien Bourdais, 76 laps at 96.099 mph avg.
	www.businessweek.com /autos/content/may2006/bw20060524_733028.htm?chan=autos_autos_index_page_motor_sports (1350 words)

	AutoRacing1.com - Champ Car News
		Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing's Sebastien Bourdais turned a lap in Friday that was 1 second beyond reach of his competitors and today he turned an even faster lap and ended up a remarkable 1.6 seconds clear of 2nd place starter Will Power to win his 29th Champ Car pole.
		Points leader Sebastien Bourdais loves the streets of San Jose and although he languished way down the order most of the provisional qualifying session after an early spin, he stormed back with a lap of 49.509s to earn a guaranteed front row starting position.
		Sebastien Bourdais came from 5th position early in the going to run down polesitter Justin Wilson and drive away to an easy 13 second victory Sunday in the Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland race.
	www.autoracing1.com /CART.asp (2619 words)

	Champweb.net - SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS PASSES JUSTIN WILSON ON FINAL LAP OF 2006 CHAMP CAR FINALE TO WIN GRAN PREMIO TEL (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bourdais and Wilson staged a duel for the ages over the last five laps of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season finale, with Bourdais battling back from four seconds behind to take his seventh win of the year and the 23rd of his career.
		Bourdais overcame a 360-degree spin - as he did in his 2004 title-clinching win - stretched the life of his Bridgestone Potenzas rain tires over two stints, escaped unharmed through a side-by-side battle through the fabled Peraltada, and made a hair-raising pass of Wilson on the last lap of the year to take the win.
		Bourdais showed a hint of things to come when he drafted past Wilson in Turn One of the restart to claim a lead he would hold for the next 17 trips around the 2.774-mile course.
	www.champweb.net /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=9 (1366 words)

	Sebastien Bourdais: ChampCar Series World Champion 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sebastien won both on oval and Road / street courses and he finished the championship with 369 points (a new record), 28 points ahead of his team mate Bruno Junqueira, the Brazilian driver.
		TAG Heuer is very proud to be associated with Sebastien since 2002, before he won the F3000 International Championship title, and would like to congratulate him for this amazing season where he demonstrated the world what he is made of.
		To celebrate this title, Sebastien will participate in the Race of Champions in Paris on December 4th, an event where TAG Heuer will be the official timekeeper and will bring the timing to 1/10’000 technology for the 1st time ever.
	www.watchpedia.info /forum/index.php?topic=26.msg59 (320 words)

	ChampCar-Racing.com
		Sebastien Bourdais will start the Molson Indy Montreal from Pole Position after raising his game and taking the challenge to AJ Allmendinger who put in a sensational lap to claim the provisional Pole only for the Championship leader to smash the lap time.
		Bourdais completed his lap as if there was no yellow, undoubtedly failing to lift for the yellow flags.
		Sebastien Bourdais was the first driver to leave the pitlane for the final 15-minutes of practice ahead of qualifying and with four minutes remaining in the 15 minute session brushed the wall on the exit of the final turn, continued and set the fastest lap on a 1:21.096 best.
	www.cart-racing.com /news/index.php?type=news&ID=3958 (868 words)

	Sebastien Bourdais On Monterrey Pole
		Monterrey, Mexico (May 22, 2004)Sebastien Bourdais (#2 McDonald’s Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) led Friday Champ Car qualifying for Sunday’s Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey, but due to new qualifying rules run on Friday, the Newman/Haas driver was not automatically locked into a front-row starting spot — as had been the rule previously.
		Bourdais earned his first pole of the year and the sixth of his young career in leading Saturday’s qualifying, setting his new track mark with 16 minutes to go in what was one of the most electrifying final sessions of the past few seasons.
		Bourdais and Mario Dominguez (#55 Herdez Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) traded fast laps like a pair of welterweights throwing punches midway through the session as the winners of the last two Jim Trueman Rookie of the Year Awards swapped the top spot four times in a span of three minutes.
	speednewsnow.com /PR2004/052304a.html (551 words)

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