Sebastien Bourdais News

When a driver wins four consecutive championships in the Champ Car World Series, he becomes accustomed to winning, and accepting a car that is incapable of challenging the competition is difficult.

St. Petersburg resident Sebastien Bourdais' first season in the IZOD IndyCar Series has been filled with one of the toughest things for a driver to do.

After all the worries of the past couple of weeks, Katherine Legge and Sebastien Bourdais are finally in the Indianapolis 500.

INDIANAPOLIS - Bryan Clauson, Ed Carpenter and Oriol Servia all made the Indianapolis 500 field on Bump Day Sunday with cars rebuilt from wrecks during the week.

France's Sebastien Bourdais led the last nine qualifiers for the 96th Indianapolis 500 in Sunday's second and final day of qualifying time trials for next weekend's signature IndyCar showdown.

The Spanish driver returned less than 24 hours after crashing on a warm-up lap and went 223.752 mph.

A deal made Thursday in Indy will give Penske's two drivers, Sebastien Bourdais and Katherine Legge, the dominant Chevrolet engines for the rest of the season and was a big step toward making sure the Indy 500 will start with its traditional 33-car field.

Not sure what the legal ramifications will be but Dragon Racing and Katherine Legge finally will be on track Thursday morning with a Chevrolet engine.

The noticeable absence of Indy rookie Katherine Legge and 500 returnee Sebastien Bourdais from ROP could be resolved next week.

Eight rookies are entered for the 96th Running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 27th.

While the rest of the IndyCar drivers are taking a breather between Brazil and opening practice for the Indy 500, Sebastien Bourdais is racing sports cars at Spa.

Lotus called for overnight engine changes in the cars of Sebastien Bourdais and Oriol Servia, incurring 10-spot grid penalties.