Sébastien Bourdais

Sébastien Bourdais
Bourdais at the 2021 Indianapolis 500
Nationality	French
Born	28 February 1979
Achievements	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Champ Car World Series Champion 2002 International Formula 3000 Champion 1999 French Formula Three Champion
Awards	2003 CART FedEx Championship Series Rookie of the Year
IndyCar Series Career
Years	2003–2007

Sébastien Olivier Bourdais (born 28 February 1979 in Le Mans) is a French race car driver. He is one of the most successful drivers in the history of American open-wheel car racing, having won 37 races. He won four successive championships under Champ Car World Series sanction from 2004 to 2007.

He drove in Formula One for the Toro Rosso team during the 2008, and start of 2009 season, returned to America in the united IndyCar Series in 2011, and has raced sports cars throughout his career, winning his home race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the GTE-Pro class in 2016.

He last competed in the NTT IndyCar Series in 2021, driving the No. 14 car for A. J. Foyt Racing.

Early years

Karting

Born into a racing family (his father Patrick races in touring cars, hill climbs, and sports cars), Bourdais began his racing career at age 10 in karts. During the early 1990s, he competed in a variety of karting championships, winning the Maine Bretagne League in 1991 and the Cadet France championship in 1993. Bourdais was part of the winning Sologne Karting team which won the 1996 24 hour Le Mans kart race at the Circuit Alain Prost on a Merlin chassis with Atomic motors.

Junior formulae

Bourdais progressed to single-seater racing in 1995, finishing 9th in the Formula Campus Championship. He then spent two years in the French Formula Renault Championship, ultimately finishing second in points in 1997 after winning four races and five pole positions. In 1998, he won five races to become Rookie of the Year (6th overall) in French F3. He won the series outright in 1999, with eight wins and three poles.

Formula 3000

Following his success in the lower formulae, Bourdais joined the Prost Junior Team in the International F3000 Championship. He finished ninth in the series with one pole and a best finish of second. In 2001, Bourdais moved to the DAMS team in Formula 3000 and took his first win in the series at Silverstone. He changed teams again for 2002, taking his Super Nova Racing car to three victories and seven pole positions. He beat Giorgio Pantano to the championship by two points after Tomáš Enge, who had scored the most points, was penalised for failing a drug test.

Champ Car career

Bourdais won his second Champ Car title in 2005.

Following in the footsteps of recent F3000 graduates such as Juan Pablo Montoya and Bruno Junqueira, Bourdais moved to Champ Car racing in the United States and joined Newman-Haas Racing for the 2003 CART season. At St. Petersburg, Florida, Bourdais became the first rookie since Nigel Mansell to claim pole position for his very first race. However, he did not finish higher than 11th until his fourth race, when he led 95 laps en route to his first Champ Car victory at Brands Hatch.

He followed this up with another victory at Lausitzring. By the end of the season, he had earned five more podium finishes, including a win from pole at Cleveland. With a runner-up finish in Mexico City, he clinched the Rookie of the Year title and finished 4th in the overall standings.

Staying with Newman-Haas for 2004, Bourdais dominated the Champ Car series with seven wins and eight poles in his McDonald's-sponsored Lola, beating his team mate Junqueira by 28 points. His record also included podium finishes in 10 out of 14 events and qualifying results no lower than third all season.

Bourdais winning the 2007 Grand Prix of Houston.

Bourdais successfully defended his Champ Car title in 2005 with five wins in six races towards the end of the season, again with the Newman-Haas/Lanigan team. That May, he also finished 12th in his first Indianapolis 500.

Bourdais won a third consecutive Champ Car title in 2006. His season began with four consecutive victories at Long Beach, Houston, Monterrey, and Milwaukee, although his winning streak was ended by the emergence of A. J. Allmendinger, who won three races in a row through the middle of the season. Bourdais responded with a commanding victory from pole at San Jose, leaving him leading the Champ Car points standings.

However, an incident with his arch-rival Paul Tracy that knocked him out on the final lap of the following race in Denver, and a subsequent win by Allmendinger narrowed the gap between the two. Bourdais's win in Montreal and Allmendinger's DNF had widened his points lead to 62 points with three races left, and Bourdais clinched the championship at the next race in Surfers Paradise despite a weak performance in that race. Bourdais became the first Champ Car driver to win three consecutive titles since Ted Horn achieved the hat trick in 1948.

Bourdais won a fourth consecutive Champ Car title in 2007 with victory at Lexmark Indy 300 on 21 October.

Formula One career

Pre-Champ Car

In 2002, Bourdais got his first F1 test with the Arrows team and was signed on to drive for the team but the team were on the verge of bankruptcy. In December he tested for Renault at Jerez but fellow Frenchman Franck Montagny secured the test drive instead of Bourdais.

Toro Rosso

Bourdais driving for Toro Rosso at the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix.

Bourdais driving for Toro Rosso at the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Bourdais returned to F1 in 2007 after being given several tests with Scuderia Toro Rosso. On 10 August 2007 it was announced that Bourdais would race for Toro Rosso in 2008, replacing Vitantonio Liuzzi and partnering Sebastian Vettel. On 16 March 2008 Bourdais competed in his first Formula One Championship race, the 2008 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. After qualifying in 17th position he took advantage of mistakes made by other drivers, in the first Formula One race since the 2001 San Marino Grand Prix without traction control, and worked his way up to fourth. However, with three laps remaining an engine problem forced Bourdais to retire, but he was still classified 8th having completed more than 90% of the race distance. He later inherited seventh place (and two Championship points) after the disqualification of Rubens Barrichello.

Bourdais qualified ninth for the Belgian Grand Prix. During the race he quickly gained places and held on to fifth place for much of the distance, and was on course for a podium position. As the rain fell harder on the last lap he was overtaken by several cars on wet tyres and finished 7th. After the race an emotional Bourdais was in tears following the result. This marked his best weekend of the season and his first World Championship points since Melbourne.

Bourdais qualified in fourth place for the 2008 Italian Grand Prix. However, his car would not select first gear on the grid and had to start from the pit lane, a lap down (as the race started behind the safety car, there was no warm-up lap). Although he eventually finished a lap behind the race winner, team-mate Vettel, he set the second fastest lap of the race; only Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen went faster. At the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix he was 6th on the road, but received a 25-second penalty for causing an avoidable accident with Felipe Massa dropping him to 10th. Few agreed with the decision – ITV's Martin Brundle had stated during live TV coverage of the race that he felt Massa might receive a penalty, whilst his colleague James Allen states that 99% of experts he spoke to felt that Bourdais did not deserve a penalty; the FIA were under such public scrutiny at the time following a string of controversial decisions that they made the unprecedented step of releasing publicly "stewards only" footage of the incident, to justify the decision.

Bourdais tested significantly for the Toro Rosso team during the winter, though he was uncertain of a drive heading into the new year. On 6 February 2009 however he was confirmed as a Toro Rosso driver for a second year, partnering Swiss rookie Sébastien Buemi. Despite two points finishes in the year at the Australian Grand Prix and in Monaco, Bourdais struggled to match his less experienced team-mate. In Spain Bourdais struck Buemi's car as the field attempted to avoid a spun Jarno Trulli on the first lap, ending the race for both drivers. At the British Grand Prix Bourdais collided with McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen, again ending the race for both. At the German Grand Prix he suffered a mechanical failure after qualifying last by over a second.

On 16 July 2009, Toro Rosso announced that Bourdais would no longer be driving for the team. Toro Rosso's Franz Tost said in a statement that the partnership had not met up to expectations and that Bourdais would be replaced as from the Hungarian Grand Prix. Bourdais was reportedly considering suing Toro Rosso, claiming that the team had breached its contractual duties towards him, and subsequently Toro Rosso paid a reported $2.1 million to Bourdais in order to avoid legal action.

24 Hours of Le Mans

Bourdais has frequently contested the famous 24 hour race of his home town, entering for the first time in 1999 (aged only 20) in a Porsche 911 GT2 run by Larbre Compétition. The car, which he shared with Pierre de Thoisy and Jean-Pierre Jarier, retired after 134 laps with engine failure.

He returned in 2000, finishing fourth with Emmanuel Clerico and Olivier Grouillard for the Pescarolo team behind the three dominant Audis.

His next three appearances did not go so well. He shared a Courage C60 with Jean-Christophe Boullion and Laurent Redon in 2001 but it retired after 271 laps. He drove the same model the next year and finished ninth in the LMP900 class with Bouillon and Franck Lagorce. He missed the 2003 race and returned in 2004, only for the car he shared with Nicolas Minassian and Emmanuel Collard to retire after 282 laps.

Bourdais' next assault on Le Mans would come at the wheel of a factory-backed Peugeot 908 HDi FAP in 2007. The car he shared with Stéphane Sarrazin and Pedro Lamy finished the race second behind the winning Audi R10 TDi, despite an embarrassing slide on the first lap in wet conditions that cost Bourdais a place to one of the Audis, and car problems forcing him to park the car for the last minutes of the race, waiting for the lead R10 to cross the line. In his second Le Mans as part of the Peugeot factory team, in 2009, he finished in second place, one lap behind the winning Peugeot. Bourdais was to drive the pole-winning #3 Peugeot in 2010, but a suspension failure halted co-driver Pedro Lamy before Bourdais could turn one lap in the race

Superleague Formula

After leaving Formula One, Bourdais signed up to drive the Sevilla FC car in the Superleague Formula series. He won on his debut weekend at the 2009 Estoril round in the Super Final. Bourdais won again at the next round, winning race 1 of the 2009 Monza round. He returned for the 2010 season racing for Olympique Lyonnais.

Sports and touring car racing career

While racing in the junior formulae and Champ Cars, Bourdais made several appearances in other championships. He won the Spa 24 Hours in 2002 with Christophe Bouchut, David Terrien and Vincent Vosse in a Larbre Compétition Chrysler Viper GTS-R. He also won his class at the 2006 12 Hours of Sebring in a Panoz Esperante. In 2005 he also competed in the International Race of Champions, winning his first stock car race at Texas Motor Speedway. In 2009, he set the official lap record at Sebring International Raceway, during the 12 Hours of Sebring. In 2010, Bourdais raced with Scott Tucker, Christophe Bouchut, Emmanuel Collard and Sascha Maassen for Crown Royal in a Level 5 Motorsports prepared Daytona Prototype in the prestigious Rolex 24 at Daytona, held at Daytona International Speedway in Florida. Bourdais recorded incredibly fast laps before the car retired due to an engine failure with Collard at the wheel.

In October 2010, Bourdais drove with Jonathon Webb in the Mother Racing Ford Falcon V8 Supercar in the Gold Coast 600.

In October 2011, Bourdais drove with Jamie Whincup in the Team Vodafone Holden Commodore V8 Supercar in the Gold Coast 600. Victory in Saturday's opening race and a runner-up finish in the second race landed Bourdais the inaugural Dan Wheldon Memorial Trophy, awarded to the international driver who scored the most points over the Gold Coast weekend. Wheldon had been set to contest the event but lost his life in the 2011 IndyCar season finale just a week earlier. Winning the V8 Supercar race meant that he is the only driver to have won a race at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in both Champcar/Indycar, as well as V8 Supercar.

In July 2012, Bourdais won the inaugural Brickyard Grand Prix Rolex Sports Car Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, teaming with Alex Popow in the No. 2 Starworks Motorsport Riley-Ford Daytona Prototype. In October, Bourdais teamed up again with Jamie Whincup in the Team Vodafone Holden Commodore V8 Supercar for the Gold Coast 600, again taking the victory on Saturday and scoring enough points on Sunday to win the event. This also awarded him the Dan Wheldon Memorial Trophy for the second time.

He won the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2014 in the Action Express Corvette DP with João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi. In 2015 he finished second at the 24 Hours of Daytona and claimed the win at the 12 Hours of Sebring, both with an Action Express Corvette DP.

On 22 November 2019, the day it was announced he had lost his IndyCar series ride, Bourdais was announced as one of the drivers for the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing/JDC-Miller Motorsports entry, alongside Joao Barbosa.

IndyCar career

Bourdais' No. 11 car after the running of the 2015 Indianapolis 500 where he placed 11th

Bourdais made his IRL debut at the 2005 Indianapolis 500. In his first full-time season in the IRL (2011) with Dale Coyne, Bourdais wound up 23rd in the championship, scoring the fastest race lap at Edmonton.

A switch to Dragon Racing Team for 2012–13, first with the ill-fated Lotus, then with improved Chevrolet power, he finished 25th and 12th, respectively, in the IndyCar championship. By 2014, Bourdais broke through for two pole positions and one victory. By midpoint in the 2015 season, his second year driving for Jimmy Vasser's KV Racing team alongside teammate Stefano Coletti, Bourdais's stock steadily rose, to top 20 status in the world drivers' ranking.

On 20 July 2014, having won the 1st heat race in Toronto, Sébastien Bourdais joined Al Unser Jr. and Ryan Hunter-Reay as the third driver in the history of organised motorsport to score open-wheel Championship Racing victories, under three sanctioning bodies (e.g., CART, and CCWS, and IRL sanction), in North America. Against stiff opposition, Bourdais finished 2014 scoring 5 top-5s and 10th overall in the 2014 IRL championship.

On 31 May 2015, in the second heat race at Belle Isle, Detroit, in a drive from far back on the grid harkening back to Stefan Bellof at Monaco in 1984, effortlessly carving his way by lesser drivers on a tight, composite street circuit, in heavy rain, breaking through with an impressive, high-profile victory and fastest race lap, Bourdais recorded his 33rd victory in American Championship car racing, just behind Al Unser Jr. with 34.

On 12 July 2015, at the Milwaukee Mile, Bourdais dominated the field and had the entire field a lap down at one point and won, his second of the 2015 season. He finished 10th in points. After KV Racing went down to one team for 2016, Bourdais struggled with a lone win again at Detroit. He finished in 14th in points for 2016. In October 2016, it was announced that Bourdais would make the change to Dale Coyne Racing to drive the number 18 for the 2017 season. His KVSH race engineer Olivier Boisson would also follow him to DCR.

In his first race back to DCR, Bourdais won the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg to start the 2017 season coming from last after a qualifying crash, on 12 March 2017. He backed this up with another recovery drive at the Long Beach race, starting from ninth and making an early rear wing change, to finish second, extending his lead in the series standings.

Bourdais at Texas Motor Speedway in 2019

On 20 May 2017, Bourdais was involved in a single-car accident while qualifying for the Indianapolis 500. He suffered multiple fractures to his pelvis and a fracture to his right hip. The surgery was successful but Bourdais was forced to sit out for most of the season to recover. Bourdais would return at Gateway and run the final three races of the season.

In 2018, Bourdais returned to the Dale Coyne Racing Team now partnered with investors James "Sulli" Sullivan and former driver Jimmy Vasser as Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan. The team also found steady sponsorship in the form of SealMaster and SportClips Haircuts. Bourdais started The Firestone St. Petersburg Grand Prix in 14th place. He ended up losing a tire on the opening lap but the misfortunes of Will Power and Tony Kanaan saved him from going a lap down. He went on an off sequence pit strategy and found himself 3rd with a handful of laps to go. On the final restart, Alexander Rossi divebombed the first corner and got his tires locked up on the slick airport runway paint and got into race leader Robert Wickens who had led 67 laps that day and Bourdais snuck by to win. It was his first win since last year at St. Petersburg and his first since the injury. Bourdais was emotional in victory lane and said "he never doubted that he would run in IndyCar again". Bourdais went on to win pole at the very next race in Phoenix, his first on an oval since 2006. Bourdais was also the only driver to lead laps at each of the first four races of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season.

On 22 November 2019, Dale Coyne Racing announced that Bourdais would not return to the team in 2020.

On 4 February 2020, it was announced that Bourdais joined A. J. Foyt Racing to drive part-time in the 2020 IndyCar Series season, running the races at St. Petersburg, Barber Motorsports Park, Long Beach and Portland. He finished fourth in the rescheduled St. Petersburg finale, an effort that kept the entry in the Leaders' Circle program for 2021. On 15 September, Bourdais was confirmed as a full-time driver for Foyt in 2021. At the season finale at Long Beach Bourdais announced that 2021 would be his last year competing full time in the IndyCar Series and that he intended to focus his efforts on sports car racing in the future. Bourdais however did not rule out racing in a select number of IndyCar events in 2022 and beyond, including the Indianapolis 500.

Motorsports career results

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
1995	French Formula Renault Campus	?	?	0	0	?	9th
1996	French Formula Renault	?	?	0	0	?	7th
1997	French Formula Renault	La Filière	18	5	4	172	2nd
1998	French Formula Three	La Filière	22	0	0	98	6th
	British Formula Three	La Filière	1	0	0	0	NC
	Macau Grand Prix	Equipe de France	1	0	0	N/A	NC
	Masters of Formula Three	?	1	0	0	N/A	20th
1999	French Formula Three	La Filière	20	3	8	229	1st
	Le Mans 24 Hours GTS class	Larbre Compétition	1	0	0	N/A	NC
	Macau Grand Prix	Equipe de France	1	0	0	N/A	NC
	Masters of Formula Three	?	1	0	0	N/A	10th
2000	International Formula 3000	Gauloises Formula	10	1	0	9	9th
	Le Mans 24 Hours LMP 900 class	Pescarolo Sport	1	0	0	N/A	4th
	American Le Mans Series season LMP class	Pescarolo Sport	1	0	0	13	53rd
2001	International Formula 3000	DAMS	12	1	1	26	4th
	Le Mans 24 Hours LMP 900 class	Pescarolo Sport	1	0	0	N/A	4th
	American Le Mans Series season LMP 900 class	Pescarolo Sport	1	0	0	18	31st
	FIA Sportscar Championship SR1 class	Pescarolo Sport	2	0	0	0	NC
2002	International Formula 3000	Super Nova Racing	12	6	3	56	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans LMP 900 class	Pescarolo Sport	1	0	0	N/A	10th
	FIA Sportscar Championship SR1 class	Pescarolo Sport	3	1	2	55	4th
2003	CART Champ Car World Series	Newman/Haas Racing	18	5	3	159	4th
2004	Champ Car World Series	Newman/Haas Racing	14	8	7	369	1st
	Le Mans 24 Hours LMP 1 class	Pescarolo Sport	1	0	0	N/A	NC
2005	Champ Car World Series	Newman/Haas Racing	13	6	6	348	1st
	International Race of Champions	N/A	4	2	1	46	5th
	IndyCar Series	Newman/Haas Racing	1	0	0	18	28th
	American Le Mans Series GT1 class	Larbre Compétition	1	0	0	0	NC
	Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series (24 Hours of Daytona) DP class	Newman Racing/ Silverstone Racing	1	0	0	6	89th
2006	Champ Car World Series	Newman/Haas Racing	14	6	7	387	1st
	American Le Mans Series GT2 class	Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz	2	0	1	45	18th
	Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series (24 Hours of Daytona) DP class	Doran Racing	1	0	0	3	108th
2007	Champ Car World Series	Newman/Haas/ Lanigan Racing	14	6	8	364	1st
	Le Mans 24 Hours LMP1 class	Team Peugeot Total	1	1	0	N/A	2nd
2008	Formula One	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	0	0	4	17th
2009	Formula One	Scuderia Toro Rosso	9	0	0	2	19th
	Le Mans 24 Hours LMP1 class	Team Peugeot Total	1	0	0	N/A	2nd
	American Le Mans Series LMP1 class	Team Peugeot Total	1	0	0	26	23rd
	Superleague Formula	Sevilla FC	8	1	2	253 1	9th 1
2010	Superleague Formula	Olympique Lyonnais	10	0	1	235 2	18th 2
	Le Mans 24 Hours LMP1 class	Team Peugeot Total	1	1	0	N/A	NC
	Le Mans Series LMP1 class	Team Peugeot Total	1	1	1	18	21st
	American Le Mans Series LMP1 class	Team Peugeot Total	1	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental Le Mans Cup LMP1 class	Team Peugeot Total	1	0	0	N/A	N/A
	24 Hours of Daytona DP class	Crown Royal/NPN Racing	1	0	0	N/A	9th
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	Tekno Autosports	2	0	0	N/A	NC
2011	IndyCar Series	Dale Coyne Racing	9	0	0	188	23rd
	Le Mans 24 Hours LMP1 class	Team Peugeot Total	1	0	0	N/A	2nd
	Le Mans Series LMP1 class	Peugeot Sport Total	3	0	2	0	NC
	American Le Mans Series LMP1 class	Peugeot Sport Total	1	0	0	N/A	NC
	Intercontinental Le Mans Cup LMP1 class	Peugeot Sport Total	4	0	3	N/A	N/A
	International V8 Supercar Championship	Vodafone 888 Racing	2	0	1	288	39th
2012	IndyCar Series	Dragon Racing	10	0	0	173	25th
	Le Mans 24 Hours LMP1 class	Pescarolo Team	1	0	0	N/A	NC
	FIA World Endurance Championship LMP1 class	Pescarolo Team	2	0	0	0.5	86th
	Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series DP class	Starworks Motorsport	3	0	1	97	17th
	International V8 Supercar Championship	Vodafone 888 Racing	2	0	1	0	NC
2013	IndyCar Series	Dragon Racing	19	0	0	370	12th
	Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series DP class	Starworks Motorsport	7	0	0	160	18th
2014	IndyCar Series	KV Racing Technology	19	1	2	461	10th
	United SportsCar Championship - Prototype	Action Express Racing	3	1	1	100	24th
2015	IndyCar Series	KV Racing Technology	16	2	0	406	10th
	United SportsCar Championship - Prototype	Action Express Racing	3	2	0	105	11th
	International V8 Supercar Championship	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	4	0	0	423	38th
2016	IndyCar Series	KVSH Racing	16	1	0	404	14th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	3	0	0	82	15th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro		1	1	0	N/A	1st
2017	IndyCar Series	Dale Coyne Racing	8	1	0	214	21st
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	3	1	0	91	12th
2018	IndyCar Series	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan	17	1	1	425	7th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	3	0	0	78	13th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro		1	0	0	N/A	3rd
2019	IndyCar Series	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan	17	0	0	387	11th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	5	0	1	131	12th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro		1	0	0	N/A	DSQ
2020	IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi	JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing	9	0	0	249	5th
	IndyCar Series	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	3	0	0	53	28th
2021	IndyCar Series	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	16	0	0	258	16th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi	JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing	4	1	0	1180	13th
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi	Cadillac Racing	10	3	4	3220	3rd
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Vector Sport	5	0	0	21	14th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	N/A	22nd

Notes

• ¹ Includes points scored by other Sevilla FC drivers.
• ² Includes points scored by other Olympique Lyonnais drivers.

^* Season still in progress.

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2000	Gauloises Formula	IMO Ret	SIL 10	CAT 8	NÜR 4	MON Ret	MAG 2	A1R 9	HOC DNS	HUN 14	SPA Ret			9th	9
2001	DAMS	INT 3	IMO Ret	CAT 11	A1R Ret	MON 4	NÜR 8	MAG 6	SIL 1	HOC 4	HUN 3	SPA 6	MNZ 9	4th	26
2002	Super Nova Racing	INT 14	IMO 1	CAT 3	A1R Ret	MON 1	NÜR 1	SIL 2	MAG 2	HOC Ret	HUN 3	SPA 2	MNZ Ret	1st	56

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

CART/Champ Car

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2003	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t	STP 11	MTY 17	LBH 16	BRH 1	LAU 1	MIL 9	LAG 17	POR 14	CLE 1	TOR 4	VAN 3	ROA 2	MDO 5	MTL 19	DEN 2	MIA 17	MXC 2	SRF 17	4th	159
2004	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t	LBH 3	MTY 1	MIL 18	POR 1	CLE 1	TOR 1	VAN 5	ROA 3	DEN 1	MTL 15	LAG 8	LVS 1	SRF 2	MXC 1					1st	369^
2005	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t	LBH 1	MTY 5	MIL 6	POR 2	CLE 5	TOR 5	EDM 1	SJO 1	DEN 1	MTL 4	LVS 1	SRF 1	MXC 17						1st	348
2006	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t	LBH 1	HOU 1	MTY 1	MIL 1	POR 3	CLE 18	TOR 3	EDM 2	SJO 1	DEN 7	MTL 1	ROA 3	SRF 8	MXC 1					1st	387
2007	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	Panoz DP01	Cosworth XFE V8t	LVS 13	LBH 1	HOU 1	POR 1	CLE 12	MTT 2	TOR 9	EDM 1	SJO 5	ROA 1	ZOL 1	ASN 7	SRF 1	MXC 1					1st	364

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)**	Top 10s (Non-podium)***	Championships
5	1	73	31	31	13	15	4

** Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.

*** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

^{^} New points system introduced in 2004

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2005	Newman/Haas Racing	Panoz GF09	Honda HI5R V8	HMS	PHX	STP	MOT	INDY 12	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MCH	KTY	PPIR	SNM	CHI	WGL	FON			28th	18
2011	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara IR-05	Honda HI7R V8	STP DNS	ALA 11	LBH 27	SAO 26	INDY	TXS	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR 6	EDM 6	MDO 9	NHM	SNM 6	BAL 28	MOT 6	KTY	LVS		23rd	188
2012	Lotus-Dragon Racing	Dallara DW12	Lotus DC00 V6t	STP 21	ALA 9	LBH 17	SAO 18																25th	173
	Dragon Racing		Chevrolet IndyCar V6t					INDY 20	DET 24	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR 14	EDM 15	MDO 4	SNM 22	BAL 23	FON
2013	Dragon Racing	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet IndyCar V6t	STP 11	ALA 16	LBH 15	SAO 14	INDY 29	DET 24	DET 11	TXS 20	MIL 22	IOW 14	POC 16	TOR 2	TOR 3	MDO 12	SNM 10	BAL 3	HOU 8	HOU 5	FON 12	12th	370
2014	KV Racing Technology	11	STP 13	LBH 14	ALA 15	IMS 4	INDY 7	DET 13	DET 20	TXS 20	HOU 4	HOU 5	POC 16	IOW 19	TOR 1	TOR 9	MDO 2	MIL 12	SNM 11	FON 18		10th	461
2015			STP 6	NLA 21	LBH 6	ALA 8	IMS 4	INDY 11	DET 14	DET 1	TXS 14	TOR 5	FON 14	MIL 1	IOW 9	MDO 17	POC 23	SNM 20				10th	406
2016	KVSH Racing		STP 21	PHX 8	LBH 9	ALA 16	IMS 24	INDY 9	DET 1	DET 8	ROA 18	IOW 8	TOR 7	MDO 20	POC 5	TXS 10	WGL 5	SNM 10				14th	404
2017	Dale Coyne Racing	18	Honda	STP 1	LBH 2	ALA 8	PHX 19	IMS 22	INDY Wth	DET	DET	TXS	ROA	IOW	TOR	MDO	POC	GTW 10	WGL 17	SNM 9			21st	214
2018	Dale Coyne Racing w/ Vasser-Sullivan			STP 1	PHX 13	LBH 13	ALA 5	IMS 4	INDY 28	DET 13	DET 21	TXS 8	ROA 13	IOW 11	TOR 19	MDO 6	POC 4	GTW 21	POR 3	SNM 6			7th	425
2019				STP 24	COA 5	ALA 3	LBH 11	IMS 11	INDY 30	DET 11	DET 9	TXS 8	ROA 12	TOR 8	IOW 9	MDO 11	POC 7	GTW 19	POR 9	LAG 7			11th	387
2020	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	14	Chevrolet	TXS	IMS	ROA	ROA	IOW	IOW	INDY	GTW	GTW	MDO	MDO	IMS 21	IMS 18	STP 4						28th	53
2021				ALA 5	STP 10	TXS 24	TXS 19	IMS 19	INDY 26	DET 11	DET 16	ROA 16	MDO 11	NSH 27	IMS 15	GTW 5	POR 18	LAG 14	LBH 8				16th	258

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Championships
6	4	74	2	6	14	28	0

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2005	Panoz GF09	Honda V8	15	12	Newman/Haas
2012	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet V6t	25	20	Dragon Racing
2013	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet V6t	15	29	Dragon Racing
2014	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet V6t	17	7	KV Racing Technology
2015	Dallara	Chevrolet	7	11	KV Racing Technology
2016	Dallara	Chevrolet	19	9	KVSH Racing
2017	Dallara	Honda	Wth		Dale Coyne Racing
2018	Dallara	Honda	5	28	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan
2019	Dallara	Honda	7	30	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan
2021	Dallara	Chevrolet	27	26	A. J. Foyt Enterprises

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	WDC	Points
2008	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR2B	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	AUS 7†	MAL Ret	BHR 15	ESP Ret	TUR Ret														17th	4
		Toro Rosso STR3							MON Ret	CAN 13	FRA 17	GBR 11	GER 12	HUN 18	EUR 10	BEL 7	ITA 18	SIN 12	JPN 10	CHN 13	BRA 14
2009	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR4	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	AUS 8	MAL 10	CHN 11	BHR 13	ESP Ret	MON 8	TUR 18	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN	EUR	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	BRA	ABU		19th	2

^†Did not finish the race but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race

Superleague Formula results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Operator	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			Pos.	Points
2009	Sevilla FC	Reid Motorsport	MAG			ZOL			DON			EST			MOZ			JAR																					9th	253
								N/A				11	2	1	1	3	N/A	2	6	2
2010	Olympique Lyonnais	LRS Formula	SIL			ASS			MAG			JAR			NÜR			ZOL			BRH			ADR			POR			ORD			BEI			NAV			18th	235
			15	1	4	17	DN	X	9	15	X	7	18	X	14	17	X

Sports car racing

Le Mans 24 Hours results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1999	Larbre Compétition	Jean-Pierre Jarier Pierre de Thoisy	Porsche 911 GT2	GTS	134	DNF	DNF
2000	Pescarolo Sport	Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico	Courage C52-Peugeot	LMP900	344	4th	4th
2001	Pescarolo Sport	Jean-Christophe Boullion Laurent Rédon	Courage C60-Peugeot	LMP900	271	13th	4th
2002	Pescarolo Sport	Jean-Christophe Boullion Franck Lagorce	Courage C60-Peugeot	LMP900	343	10th	9th
2004	Pescarolo Sport	Emmanuel Collard Nicolas Minassian	Courage C60-Judd	LMP1	282	DNF	DNF
2007	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	359	2nd	2nd
2009	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Franck Montagny	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	381	2nd	2nd
2010	Team Peugeot Total	Simon Pagenaud Pedro Lamy	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	38	DNF	DNF
2011	Team Peugeot Total	Simon Pagenaud Pedro Lamy	Peugeot 908	LMP1	355	2nd	2nd
2012	Pescarolo Team	Nicolas Minassian Seiji Ara	Dome S102.5-Judd	LMP1	203	NC	NC
2016	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford GT	GTE Pro	340	18th	1st
2018	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford GT	GTE Pro	343	17th	3rd
2019	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford GT	GTE Pro	342	DSQ	DSQ
2020	Risi Competizione	Jules Gounon Olivier Pla	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	339	23rd	4th
2022	Vector Sport	Ryan Cullen Nico Müller	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	357	27th	22nd

American Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2000	Pescarolo Sport	LMP	Courage C52	Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6	M	SEB	CHA	SIL ovr:7 cls:7	NÜR	SON	MOS	TEX	ROS	PET	MON	LSV	ADE	53rd	13
2001	Pescarolo Sport	LMP900	Courage C60	Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6	M	TEX	SEB ovr:25 cls:7	DON	JAR	SON	POR	MOS	MID	MON	PET			31st	18
2005	Larbre Compétition	GT1	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 5.9L V12	M	SEB ovr:27 cls:10	ATL	MID	LIM	SON	POR	AME	MOS	PET	MON			NC	0
2006	Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz	GT2	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8	P	SEB ovr:9 cls:1	TEX	MID	LIM	UTA	POR	AME	MOS	PET ovr:16 cls:3	MON			18th	45
2009	Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	M	SEB ovr:2 cls:2	STP	LNB	UTA	LIM	MID	AME	MOS	PET	MON			23rd	26
2010	Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	M	SEB ovr:2 cls:2	LNB	MON	UTA	LIM	MID	AME	MOS	PET				NC	0
2011	Peugeot Sport Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908	Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)	M	SEB	LNB	LIM	MOS	MID	AME	BAL	MON	PET1 ovr:48 cls:11				NC	N/A

¹ Driver run for the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, no points awarded for the American Le Mans Series.

Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
2010	Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	M	CAS	SPA ovr:1 cls:1	ALG	HUN	SIL	21st	18
2011	Peugeot Sport Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908	Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)	M	CAS	SPA ovr:8 cls:8	IMO1 ovr:1 cls:1	SIL1 ovr:1 cls:1	EST	NC	0

¹ Driver run for the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, no points awarded for the Le Mans Series.

Intercontinental Le Mans Cup results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2010	Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	M	SIL	PET	ZHU ovr:4 cls:4
2011	Peugeot Sport Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908	Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)	M	SEB	SPA1 ovr:8 cls:8	LEM1 ovr:2 cls:2	IMO ovr:1 cls:1	SIL ovr:1 cls:1	PET ovr:48 cls:11	ZHU ovr:1 cls:1

¹ Driver did not run for the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.

FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2012	Pescarolo Team	LMP1	Dome S102.5	Dome S102.5	SEB	SPA 15	LMS NC	SIL	SÃO	BHR	FUJ	SHA	86th	0.5
2022	Vector Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB	SPA 10	LMS 13	MNZ 3	FUJ 9	BHR 9			14th	21

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Class	No	Team	Car	Engine	Co-drivers	Laps	Position	Class Pos.
2005	DP	79	Newman Racing/Silverstone Racing	Crawford DP03	Ford	Paul Newman Michael Brockman Cristiano da Matta	290	51 DNF	25 DNF
2006	DP	78	Doran Racing	Doran JE4	Ford	B.J. Zacharias Raul Boesel	156	56 DNF	28 DNF
2010	DP	55	Crown Royal/NPN Racing	Riley Mk. XI	BMW 5.0L V8	Christophe Bouchut Emmanuel Collard Sascha Maassen Scott Tucker	619	23 DNF	9 DNF
2013	DP	2	Starworks Motorsport	Riley Mk. XXVI	Ford 5.0L V8	Ryan Dalziel Allan McNish Alex Popow	696	6	6
2014	P	5	Action Express Racing	Coyote Corvette Daytona Prototype	Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Christian Fittipaldi João Barbosa	695	1	1
2015	Action Express Racing	Christian Fittipaldi João Barbosa	Coyote Corvette Daytona Prototype	P	740	2nd	2nd
2016	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford GT	GTLM	690	31st	7th
2017	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford GT	GTLM	652	5th	1st
2018	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford GT	GTLM	783	12th	2nd
2019	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford GT	GTLM	559	28th	7th
2020	JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing	João Barbosa Loïc Duval	Cadillac DPi-V.R	DPi	833	3rd	3rd
2021	JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing	Loïc Duval Tristan Vautier	Cadillac DPi-V.R	DPi	723	DNF	DNF
2022	Cadillac Racing	Scott Dixon Álex Palou Renger van der Zande	Cadillac DPi-V.R	DPi	722	14th	7th

Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

Year	Team	Make	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2005	Newman Racing/Silverstone Racing	Crawford DP03	Ford	DP	DAY 25	HOM	CAL	LAG	CMT	WAT1	BAR	WAT2	DAY2	MDO	PHX	WAT3	VIR	MEX	89th	6
2006	Doran Racing	Doran JE4	Ford	DP	DAY 28	MEX	HOM	LBH	VIR	LAG	PHX	LRP	WAT1	DAY2	BAR	WAT2	INF	MIL	108th	3
2010	Crown Royal/NPN Racing	Riley Mk. XI	BMW 5.0L V8	DP	DAY 9†	HOM	BAR	VIR	LRP	LAG	WAT1	MDO	DAY2	NJ	WAT2	CGV	MIL		NC	0
2012	Starworks Motorsport	Riley Mk. XXVI	Ford	DP	DAY	BAR	HOM	NJ	BIP	MDO	RA	WAT1 3	IMS 1	WAT2 2	CGV	LAG	LRP		17th	97
2013	Starworks Motorsport	Riley Mk XXVI	Ford	DP	DAY 6	TXS	BAR	ATL	BEL	LEX	S6H 8	IMS 11	ELK 9	KAN 13	LGA 5	LRP 5			18th	160

• † Bourdais did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

* Season in progress

Series Summary

Years	Teams	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Championships
5	4	7	0	1	2	1	0

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	No.	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2014	Action Express Racing	5	P	Coyote Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	DAY 1	SEB 3	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	IND	ELK	COA	PET 2	24th	100
2015	Action Express Racing	5	P	Coyote Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	DAY 2	SEB 1	LGA	LGA	BEL	WGL	MOS	ELK	AUS	PET 1		11th	105
2016	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing		GTLM	Ford GT	Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6	DAY 7	SEB 8	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	AUS	PET 2	15th	82
2017	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing		GTLM	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 1	SEB 2	LBH	AUS	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 7	12th	91
2018	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing		GTLM	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 2	SEB 9	LBH	MOH	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 7	13th	78
2019	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing		GTLM	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 7	SEB 2	LBH 4	MDO 7	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LAG	PET 8	12th	131
2020	JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing	5	DPi	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	DAY 3	DAY 3	SEB 3	ELK 4	ATL 4	MDO 6	PET 4	LGA 7	SEB 5			5th	249
2021	JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing	5	DPi	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	DAY 7	SEB 1	MDO	DET	WGL 7	WGL	ROA	LGA	LBH	PET 7		13th	1180
2022	Cadillac Racing	01	DPi	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	DAY 7	SEB 7	LBH 1	LGA 6	MDO 5	DET 1	WGL 3	MOS 1	ELK 3	PET 4		3rd	3220
2023	Cadillac Racing	01	GTP	Cadillac V-LMDh	Cadillac LMC55R 5. 5 L V8	DAY 3	SEB 7	LBH	MON	WGL	MOS	ELK	IMS	PET			3rd*	600*

^* Season still in progress.

Touring car racing

V8 Supercar results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	Final Pos	Points
2010	Tekno Autosports	Ford FG Falcon	YMC R1	YMC R2	BHR R3	BHR R4	ADE R5	ADE R6	HAM R7	HAM R8	QLD R9	QLD R10	WIN R11	WIN R12	HDV R13	HDV R14	TOW R15	TOW R16	PHI Q	PHI R17	BAT R18	SUR R19 8	SUR R20 16	SYM R21	SYM R22	SAN R23	SAN R24	SYD R25	SYD R26					NC	0 †
2011	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VE	YMC R1	YMC R2	ADE R3	ADE R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	PER R7	PER R8	PER R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HDV R12	HDV R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	QLD R18	PHI Q	PHI R19	BAT R20	SUR R21 1	SUR R22 2	SYM R23	SYM R24	SAN R25	SAN R26	SYD R27	SYD R28			39th	288
2012	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VE	ADE R1	ADE R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	PER R7	PER R8	PER R9	PHI R10	PHI R11	HDV R12	HDV R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	SMP R18	SMP R19	SAN Q	SAN R20	BAT R21	SUR R22 1	SUR R23 2	YMC R24	YMC R25	YMC R26	WIN R27	WIN R28	SYD R29	SYD R30	NC	0 †
2015	Team 18	Holden VF Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	SYM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	WIN R12	HID R13	HID R14	HID R15	TOW R16	TOW R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	QLD R20	SMP R21	SMP R22	SMP R23	SAN R24 7	BAT R25 9	SUR R26 Ret	SUR R27 14	PUK R28	PUK R29	PUK R30	PHI R31	PHI R32	PHI R33	SYD R34	SYD R35	SYD R36	38th	423

† Not Eligible for points

External links

• Official website
• Sébastien Bourdais driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Sébastien Bourdais at Driver Database
• Sébastien Bourdais at IndyCar.com
• Le Site des Fans de Sébastien Bourdais

Preceded by: David Saelens

French Formula Three Champion 1999

Succeeded by: Jonathan Cochet

Preceded by: Justin Wilson

International Formula 3000 Champion 2002

Succeeded by: Björn Wirdheim

Preceded by: Mario Domínguez

CART Rookie of the Year 2003

Succeeded by: A. J. Allmendinger (Champ Car Rookie of the Year)

Preceded by: Paul Tracy

Champ Car World Series Champion 2004–2005–2006–2007

Succeeded by: Champ Car folded into the IndyCar Series.

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