Sebastien Bourdais

Sebastian Bourdais` high speed crash during Barcelona testing on Wednesday was caused by driver error, Toro Rosso Team Principal Franz Tost has revealed.The Frenchman`s off at the Campsa corner not only prematurely ended the Faenza based team`s scheduled two day session at Circuit de Catalunya, it may have completely written off the first STR3 single […]

After starting the season with an interim car, Toro Rosso had scheduled to give their new charge, the STR03, its maiden race appearance at the Turkish Grand Prix in May. The Italian squad, however, have revealed they may now have to delay those plans following Sebastien Bourdais` crash during testing on Wednesday.
The accident at this […]

Renault`s Fernando Alonso was quickest on the third day of testing at Barcelona, however, it was Toro Rosso`s Sebastien Bourdais who attracted all the attention having wrecked the new STR3 just hours after its unveiling.
After a grey morning at the Circuit de Catalunya, the sun burnt through the clouds in the afternoon but it remained […]

p class=”first”>Sebastien Bourdais wrecked Toro Rosso`s new car on its maiden appearance during testing in Spain.
The team are hoping the STR3 will make its full debut at next month`s Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul.
But Frenchman Bourdais, in his debut F1 season, crashed into a barrier at the Circuit de Catalunya on Wednesday.
Toro Rosso boss Franz […]

Sebastien Bourdais declared himself happy with the new Scuderia Toro Rosso STR3, despite destroying the car in a testing accident at Barcelona on Wednesday.
The Frenchman said that he had been `encouraged` by the new car`s speed and consistency out of the box, and set competitive times during the morning session.
“The base line is quite good […]

Scuderia Toro Rosso today started what was expected to be a two day test, running the new STR3 car for the first time. Having started this season with a modified version of the 2007 car, the plan was to introduce the new car as from the Turkish Grand Prix in two races time. However, these […]

Barcelona - Wednesday - Testing With the exception of Super Aguri Honda, the remaining ten teams were in action today for the third day of testing at Circuit de Catalunya…
 

It was a hard day in the office for Sebastien Bourdais who started the 57-lap Bahrain Grand Prix in 15th position and took the chequered flag in the same position. By his own admission starting on the harder tyre may in hindsight have not been the best choice. Team-mate Sebastian Vettel struggled in qualifying and […]

Sebastien Bourdais: My first time in Q2. We came close before and now we have made it. The cars we are racing against are in similar positions, so we could not really expect much more. I had hoped to be a contender for twelfth if we`d had a perfect qualifying but clearly the gap is […]

Sebastian Bourdais is hopeful he will be able to fight for a point-scoring position in tomorrow`s Bahrain Grand Prix after making it to Q2 for the first time.
Bourdais believes he extracted the best from his car after finishing in 15th position, and the Frenchman is confident about his team`s race pace.
“My first time in Q2. […]

Sebastien Bourdais seems to be making a good transition from the US Champ Car scene to Formula One. Ahead of his third start with Toro Rosso Ferrari, the Frenchman put in a strong performance to make it into the second round of qualifying. He lines up 15th while Sebastian Vettel was a frustrated 19th.Sebastien Bourdais

Sebastien Bourdais ended the first day of running in Bahrain pretty content with his ninth fastest time. Toro Rosso Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel was less thrilled however after ending the afternoon session a distant 20th of the 22 runners and not sure where to gain time.Sebastien Bourdais

Sebastien Bourdais gave Bahrain`s Sakhir circuit his stamp of approval after breaking into the top ten for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Friday`s second free practice session.
The Frenchman enjoyed his first trouble-free practice day of the year and ran as high as second in session two as he quickly came to grips with the desert track.
“I […]