Sebastien Bourdais News

LAS VEGAS (AP) _ Sebastien Bourdais thought it might be his day after all when he found himself running third Sunday despite having two flat tires in the first 23 laps of the inaugural Vegas Grand Prix. Unfortunately, for the three-time defending champion of the Champ Car World Series, another flat tire knocked him back to the pack and then a collision with one of the concrete barriers lining the ...

Sebastien Bourdais won his third straight Champ Car drivers' championship Sunday when A.J. Allmendinger crashed out of the Indy 300. Bourdais had a 58-point lead over second-place Allmendinger going into the Surfers Paradise race. The French driver needed to finish ninth or better, assuming that the American picked up the maximum number of points in Australia, including 31 for a win. Allmendinger hit the wall on the 19th lap of the scheduled 59-lap race, giving the title to ...

A year ago, Sebastien Bourdais needed only to finish Australia's Indy 300 to win his second straight Champ Car series title. The French driver started from the front row and finished first to take home the Vanderbilt Trophy as series champion. On Sunday, Bourdais again will start from the front row, needing only to finish ninth or better to win the title. He can join Ted Horn (1946-48) as the only drivers in the 97-year history of ...

Sebastien Bourdais might have to clinch the Champ Car series championship in his backup car after a nasty crash Saturday during qualifying for Sunday's Indy 300. Bourdais, who needs to finish ninth or better to win his third straight championship, hit a tire barrier with about 15 minutes to go in qualifying and smashed hard into the wall. He wiped out the left side of his car and his front tire separated and caught fire. Although stunned ...

Paul Tracy and Sebastien Bourdais have a long history of animosity, both on and off the track. But the veteran Canadian driver is wishing Bourdais all the best with his stated interest to be in Formula One, and says the Frenchman would be a big loss to the Champ Car circuit. ``I know he wants to get to Formula One and I think he deserves the chance to be there,'' ...

When A.J. Allmendinger won the last Champ Car race three weeks ago, the American driver proudly declared that he had prevented series leader Sebastien Bourdais from clinching the championship on his turf. ``I'm not letting a French guy clinch on American soil,'' Allmendinger said in victory lane at Elkhart Lake, Wisc. Well, both drivers are on neutral ground this week _ the tricky 2.8-mile oceanside street course around resort hotels ...