RISING Champ Car Team Australia driver Will Power delivered a blistering verbal attack on three-time series winner Sebastien Bourdais after the Frenchman ended his chances of winning the Indy Car 300 on the Gold Coast yesterday.

Power, who set the quickest time in practice and was seemingly in control of the race, saw his hopes of a career first-win disappear after Bourdais collided with the Australian on turn three at the halfway point of the race.

The Frenchman, the first Champ Car driver to win three straight championships since the late 1940s, locked up his brakes before crashing into Power’s car, forcing him off the track.

“What can I say, he took me out and just ruined a really good day,” Power said.

“I could have won the race. He went for a move that really wasn’t on. What the f*** was Bourdais doing?

“He’s French, he never takes any blame for any incident that happens on the track. For a three-time champion what he did to me out there was very stupid.

“He’d come from behind and took me out of the race. If there is a positive to take out of this race is that I took pole and I was quick enough to win this race.”

The Australian

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