Sebastien Bourdais has revealed that he does not have a clue what his plans are for the 2009 motorsport season. The Toro Rosso driver has gotten two points so far this season, but has been under the shadow of his German teammate Sebastian Vettel.
Bourdais has won the Champ car series four times in America, and apart form a few moments of inspiration—such as in Australia, when he scored two points even though his engine failed—he has not had the best of seasons.
Speaking to ITV, Bourdais commented "Obviously if you start looking at this then you can get worried, so there are two attitudes to this. You can completely disregard it, which is pretty much the approach I choose to adopt—after all, we've only had eight races so we're not even mid-season yet.
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"I can't really say I feel that I've shown what I wanted to show this year so far. What happen will happen. I'm kind of a free man. If I get fired because of this or because of that, then so be it. What's really important for me is that I give my best. And I am giving my best, even if it's not paying off right now.
"But you can only influence so many parameters, so I will have no regrets, that's for sure. I'm doing the very best I can, and if it's not enough in some people's opinion then fine. Right now I'm focused on 2008. I can only hope I'll be able to show what I can do with a car that has slick tires."
Bourdais' future is very uncertain at the moment, especially with the Torro Rosso team up for sale, and young drivers such as Brendon Hartley (who won both races in the Formula 3 last weekend) snapping at his heals waiting for the opportunity.
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about 1 month ago
Will be a shame because he is a talented driver, I really expected more from him but I guess thats just not the way things have spanned out unfortunately, such a shame because the 2 Sebs seemed a good combo in team. Guess only time will tell ?
about 1 month ago
I think he deserves to be in F1, in the dry conditions he is well matched with Vettel.
Vettel thrives in the wet conditions, gets a good result and then he gets all the praise. I think Bourdais is doing a good job so I hope he can start putting a good run together and show the Vettel loving sections of the media that.
I think Vettel will move to the main Red Bull team next season and I doubt Torro Rosso will hire two new drivers knocking Bourdais out the frame. He will get a second season and probably have Bruno Senna as his team mate.
about 1 month ago
I think the end is nearing for Bourdais; Toro Rosso won't even be allowed next year because of new rules disallowing customer cars entering the grid. Furthermore I understand his frustration I mean put yourself in his shoes, after 4 titles in champ car, you arrive in F1 in one of the worst car package there is... What an insult!!! surely at least Bourdais should have been gifted the chance to drive for Renault; then again Blunderous Piquet got the chance....
He may have hinted at being fired but I don't see Matezitsch thinking this way of him, sure Vettel is his favoured pet but let's face it Bourdais will have a huge task on his hand to survive past Interlagos!!!
about 1 month ago
I still say you give these drivers a bit of slack their first season. Piquet finally got his act together in France, but his head was definitely on the chopping block at that point. Bourdais definitely needs to push, but give him a bit of slack I think.
about 1 month ago
Sebastian Bourdais may not get to race next season in an STR, if STR survives, which is itself in doubt. I don't know if Seb B will find any takers outside of STR. He is caught between a devil and a deep sea unless Renault wants to have him on their rolls.
about 1 month ago
Yeah i agree with what you lot are saying, he really does need a bit mroe of a chance, the racecraft is there, he showed that in Oz when he was holding those two drivers up, but he is quite olf for a rookie F1 driver so0 who knows.
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