Sebastien Bourdais
Sebastien Bourdais
Sébastien Olivier Bourdaisis a French professional racing driver. He is one of the most successful drivers in the history of the Champ Car World Series, having won four successive championships from 2004 to 2007. As of December 2015, he has won a total of 70 races in his career...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth28 February 1979
CityLe Mans, France
bit car cars everybody matter package run slow smart stuck time track
I think you're going to have to be smart and use it at the right time because everybody is going to go by you, ... It's going to be a matter of when to use it and how to use it.JThe car is really stuck on the track with the aerodynamic package we run there. There is a bit too much downforce to slow the cars down.
nailed
I was a little disappointed that they nailed me during the winter.
coming dragged nearly stuffed turn wall
He just dragged me all the way up there in traffic, nearly stuffed me in the wall coming off Turn Two,
again apparently bad beginning bit enjoying everybody guess happens happy help leaving living overcome people rita sure tough
I guess it's going to take a little bit of everybody to try and overcome all this bad weather, ... It's just apparently the beginning because I'm pretty sure it's going to be a tough again this Rita hurricane. I'm living by the water, enjoying it. If anything bad happens to me, I'd be pretty happy if people are not leaving us behind. It's just normal, I think, try and help a little.
anyone backing car dangerous difficult few inches less nerve nervous point quite serious situation thoughts
I don't know if I'd want to do it (race wheel-to-wheel) with just anyone, ... I think I'd be nervous to do it with anyone other than Bruno -- or Oriol now. It was really close, I was on the apron and Bruno was a few inches away from my wheel, sometimes even less so it's quite nerve racking. You know how difficult and dangerous it can get out there so you don't really want to be side-by-side for 20-something laps. It was tough; I had serious thoughts about backing off at some point especially with the championship situation but once you're in the car you just can't do that so you just have to keep going.
chance closing door good maybe somebody stock test time
I'm not closing the door on it. I have a good time in the stock cars. Maybe somebody will give me a chance to test it and see if I'm good.
few grip kept looking push quickly tires tried
I really didn't have a whole lot of grip and the tires went away pretty quickly so I tried a few different things. I had a lot of push and couldn't get in the throttle as quickly as I wanted to, but we kept looking for a way to make up ground.
gave obviously plenty ran room
I gave him plenty of room at the hairpin...and he just ran into me. I don't know what happened, he was obviously very angry.
high jumping paid price rules surprised time whatever wrong
All the sudden, he was jumping on the brakes. I was so surprised I didn't have time to stop. He was in the wrong and he can say whatever he wants. He did not play by the rules and he could have paid a very, very high price for it. It could have been a very big two-car crash.
mistake small
I made a small mistake so I think I can go faster.
door open pulled small
I made very, very small mistakes, but not enough to open the door for anybody. At the end, we pulled away. That was very nice.
excited
I'm not too excited to try and do that again. It's just really nerve-wracking.