The partnership of Robert Yates Racing and Champ Car’s Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing, announced Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, led to speculation that three-time Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais might be part of the deal. But the Frenchman, who voiced some interest in stock cars after winning an International Race of Champions event in 2005, shot down that notion, at least for now.
In San Jose, Calif., for Sunday’s Champ Car World Series event, Bourdais told a media gathering that some people are misinterpreting the partnership as the first step in a full-time move to NASCAR by Champ Car’s top team. “They’re just going to bring some methods and some organization and some knowledge,” he said. “It also is completely unrelated to what I will end up doing in the future. So I just think people are getting everything mixed up a little bit.” Bourdais has tested with Formula One’s Scuderia Toro Rosso team and could be headed there as a replacement for Scott Speed in 2008.
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That’s why most Americans don’t watch F1. Our driver will be replaced with a frog. Ha. I like Bourdais. Smart move to go to F1, even if it isn’t a top team.
interesting……
Good.
Didn’t take him long to say ‘NO”…that tells me he is all but signed up for F1. Which at his age is the right thing to do.
He can come back and drive for Y/N/H/L in the future, they won’t forget his 3-4 championships he won for them while he was here.