Sébastien Bourdais

Sébastien Bourdais (Born on February 28, 1979 in Le Mans) is a French Formula One race car 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.

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.

Formula One World Championship career:

2008 team		Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari
2008 car #		14
2009 team		Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari
2009 car #		12
Races			18
Championships		0
Wins			0
Podiums			0
Career points		4
Pole positions		0
Fastest laps		0
First race		2008 Australian Grand Prix
Last race		2008 Brazilian Grand Prix
2008 position		17th (4 pts)