Clamoroso ritorno in USA, Bourdais in Indycar?

secondo autosport.com, Bourdais starebbe trattando un sedile con il team Dale Coyne, che corre in Indycar. Bourdais ha già guidato la macchina martedì 1 febbraio a Sebring, rilasciando le seguenti dichiarazioni: "The car was very good and it really felt good to be back in an IndyCar. I was not sure what to expect, but I was impressed with the way the car handled, and look forward to putting together the pieces to get back into IndyCar racing. I really believe in what Dale is doing with his team and it can be a great workable opportunity for both of us this year."

In realtà la scuderia non ha ancora scelto i piloti per questa stagione.

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Bourdais closes on Coyne deal

By Matt Beer Friday, March 11th 2011, Autosport.com

Sebastien Bourdais' return to American racing with Dale Coyne Racing looks increasingly likely to go ahead as the four-time Champ Car champion continues to test for the IndyCar squad.

After an initial try-out at Sebring last month, Bourdais returned to the Florida track for the private IndyCar test this week.

He has now been entered for the official pre-season group test at Barber Motorsports Park next week in one of two Dale Coyne entries.

After his first test with the team last month, Bourdais said: "I really believe in what Dale is doing with his team and it can be a great workable opportunity for both of us this year."

The Frenchman has been linked to a road course-only programme with the team that would fit around his Peugeot LMP1 commitments.

He has not competed regularly in America since winning his fourth Champ Car title in 2007, after which he had an ill-fated Formula 1 stint with Toro Rosso. Bourdais has subsequently raced in Superleague Formula as well as his duties with Peugeot.

Indycar test @ Barber

Four-time Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais, who looks increasingly likely to do a part-season deal with Dale Coyne Racing, was 16th. Coyne also gave a surprise IndyCar debut to GP2 driver James Jakes, the Briton taking 23rd in the team's #19 car.

Testing concludes with another full day of running tomorrow.

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Will Power Penske 1m12.5056s
2. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1m12.5538s + 0.0482s
3. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 1m12.6791s + 0.1735s
4. Helio Castroneves Penske 1m12.7764s + 0.2708s
5. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas 1m12.8729s + 0.3673s
6. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1m12.9715s + 0.4659s
7. EJ Viso KV 1m13.0170s + 0.5114s
8. Mike Conway Andretti 1m13.0338s + 0.5282s
9. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 1m13.1048s + 0.5992s
10. Alex Tagliani Schmidt 1m13.1187s + 0.6131s
11. Graham Rahal Ganassi 1m13.1366s + 0.6310s
12. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 1m13.1524s + 0.6468s
13. Takuma Sato KV 1m13.1913s + 0.6857s
14. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas 1m13.2537s + 0.7481s
15. Marco Andretti Andretti 1m13.2586s + 0.7530s
16. Sebastien Bourdais Dale Coyne 1m13.2904s + 0.7848s
17. Simona de Silvestro HVM 1m13.4546s + 0.9490s
18. Charlie Kimball Ganassi 1m13.4830s + 0.9774s
19. Danica Patrick Andretti 1m13.7102s + 1.2046s
20. Vitor Meira Foyt 1m13.7737s + 1.2681s
21. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 1m13.8020s + 1.2964s
22. JR Hildebrand Panther 1m14.5534s + 2.0478s
23. James Jakes Dale Coyne 1m14.7775s + 2.2719s
24. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold 1m15.0777s + 2.5721s

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BOURDAIS TORNA A CORRERE NEGLI STATES!!!

N° 19, team Dale Coyne!

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ecco la vettura:

Immagine Allegata

Pessima qualifica a St.Petersburg:

1. Will Power Penske 1m01.9625s
2. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 1m02.2953s + 0.3328s
3. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1m02.3975s + 0.4350s
4. Mike Conway Andretti 1m02.5306s + 0.5681s
5. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1m02.5744s + 0.6119s
6. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 1m02.7729s + 0.8104s
7. Marco Andretti Andretti 1m02.6312s (Round 2)
8. Tony Kanaan KV 1m02.7818s (Round 2)
9. Helio Castroneves Penske 1m02.8204s (Round 2)
10. Alex Tagliani Schmidt 1m02.8225s (Round 2)
11. Takuma Sato KV 1m02.9312s (Round 2)
12. Graham Rahal Ganassi 1m03.0640s (Round 2)
13. Vitor Meira Foyt 1m03.1315s (Group 1)
14. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 1m03.1778s (Group 2)
15. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas 1m03.2434s (Group 1)
16. Raphael Matos AFS 1m03.2594s (Group 2)
17. Simona de Silvestro HVM 1m03.2724s (Group 1)
18. Sebastien Bourdais Coyne 1m03.3188s (Group 2)
19. Danica Patrick Andretti 1m03.3764s (Group 1)
20. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold 1m03.8036s (Group 2)
21. EJ Viso KV 1m03.4065s (Group 1)
22. James Jakes Coyne 1m03.8854s (Group 2)
23. Charlie Kimball Ganassi 1m03.5162s (Group 1)
24. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 1m03.9696s (Group 2)
25. JR Hildebrand Panther 1m03.8256s (Group 1)

Niente da fare, Bourdais distrugge la sua auto nel warm-up e non puo' prendere parte alla gara. per la cronaca, il gp finisce cosi':

Results - 100 laps:

Pos Driver Team Time/Gap
1. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 2h00m59.6886s
2. Will Power Penske + 7.1612s
3. Tony Kanaan KV + 16.1045s
4. Simona de Silvestro HVM + 16.5616s
5. Takuma Sato KV + 29.9435s
6. Alex Tagliani Schmidt + 30.4655s
7. Raphael Matos AFS + 31.5227s
8. Vitor Meira Foyt + 35.7291s
9. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas + 49.1432s
10. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold + 56.8025s
11. Danica Patrick Andretti + 57.3418s
12. JR Hildebrand Panther + 1m02.9700s
13. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest + 2 laps
14. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold + 2 laps
15. James Jakes Coyne + 3 laps
16. Scott Dixon Ganassi + 4 laps
17. Graham Rahal Ganassi + 4 laps
18. Ryan Briscoe Penske + 5 laps
19. EJ Viso KV + 6 laps
20. Helio Castroneves Penske + 15 laps

Retirements:

Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 58 laps
Charlie Kimball Ganassi 38 laps
Mike Conway Andretti 1 lap
Marco Andretti Andretti 0 laps
Sebastien Bourdais Coyne DNS

Che sega...

tanto potrà rompere la macchina solo sui circuiti stradali/cittadini, sugli ovali non ce lo mettono. E' pericoloso!

Seconda gara al Barber Motorsport:

Results - 90 laps:

Pos Driver Team Time/Gap
1. Will Power Penske 2h14m42.9523s
2. Scott Dixon Ganassi + 3.3828s
3. Dario Franchitti Ganassi + 15.5243s
4. Marco Andretti Andretti + 28.9601s
5. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas + 29.8817s
6. Tony Kanaan KV + 30.3853s
7. Helio Castroneves Penske + 30.7807s
8. Simon Pagenaud Dreyer & Reinbold + 31.2095s
9. Simona de Silvestro HVM + 32.5812s
10. Charlie Kimball Ganassi + 35.0038s
11. Sebastien Bourdais Dale Coyne + 35.9883s
12. Vitor Meira Foyt + 42.6440s
13. JR Hildebrand Panther + 44.2950s
14. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti + 1m00.7427s
15. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt + 1m10.6879s
16. Takuma Sato KV + 1m12.1719s
17. Danica Patrick Andretti + 1 lap
18. Graham Rahal Ganassi + 2 laps

Retirements:

Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 62 laps
Raphael Matos AFS 62 laps
Ryan Briscoe Penske 57 laps
Mike Conway Andretti 45 laps
EJ Viso KV 40 laps
James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas 40 laps
James Jakes Dale Coyne 30 laps
Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 27 laps


Non buono.

Calendario ufficiale:

1 March 27 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 12:30 p.m. ABC
2 April 10 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by Legacy Credit Union Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama 3:00 p.m. Versus
3 April 17 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 3:30 p.m. Versus
4 May 1 Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestlé Streets of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil 12:00 p.m. Versus
5 May 29 95th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana 12:00 p.m. ABC
6 June 11 Firestone Twin 275s Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas 8:00 p.m. Versus
7 June 19 The Milwaukee 225 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin 3:30 p.m. ABC
8 June 25 Iowa Corn Indy 250 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa 8:00 p.m. Versus
9 July 10 Honda Indy Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario 2:00 p.m. Versus
10 July 24 Honda Indy Edmonton Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta 2:00 p.m. Versus
11 August 7 Honda Indy 200 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 2:00 p.m. Versus
12 August 14 IZOD IndyCar 225 New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, New Hampshire 3:30 p.m. ABC
13 August 28 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California 4:00 p.m. Versus
14 September 4 Baltimore Grand Prix Streets of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland 2:00 p.m. Versus
15 September 18 Indy Japan 300 Twin Ring Motegi Motegi, Japan 11:00 p.m. Versus
16 October 2 Kentucky Indy 300 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Kentucky 2:00 p.m. Versus
17 October 16 IZOD IndyCar World Championship Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada 3:30 p.m. ABC


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Le gare verranno tutte trasmesse da Sky in Italiano!

Long Beach, Bourdais viene stretto in pit lane da Andretti e si deve ritirare
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Results - 85 laps:

Pos Driver Team Time/Gap
1. Mike Conway Andretti 1h53m11.1000s
2. Ryan Briscoe Penske + 6.3203s
3. Dario Franchitti Ganassi + 6.7163s
4. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas + 9.1705s
5. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt + 16.0177s
6. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas + 16.8966s
7. Danica Patrick Andretti + 17.5016s
8. Tony Kanaan KV + 18.9655s
9. Vitor Meira Foyt + 19.4723s
10. Will Power Penske + 19.8909s
11. Raphael Matos AFS + 20.4660s
12. Helio Castroneves Penske + 20.7784s
13. Graham Rahal Ganassi + 21.3464s
14. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest + 23.1137s
15. James Jakes Dale Coyne + 24.5926s
16. Paul Tracy Dragon + 1m03.7578s
17. JR Hildebrand Panther + 1m10.9001s
18. Scott Dixon Ganassi + 1 lap
19. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold + 2 laps
20. Simona de Silvestro HVM + 3 laps
21. Takuma Sato KV + 4 laps

Retirements:

Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 78 laps
Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 72 laps
Charlie Kimball Ganassi 66 laps
EJ Viso KV 59 laps
Marco Andretti Andretti 37 laps
Sebastien Bourdais Dale Coyne 27 laps

Bourdais è giunto 6° nelle ultime due gare della Indycar, disputate in Canada (a Toronto e Edmonton). La stagione comincia ora!!

Ancora un 6° a Sears Point! Ora Bourdais è 24° in classifica, ma con pochissime gare disputate