Sebastien Bourdais .. Early Years

  




KARTING

Born into a racing family (his father Patrick races in touring cars, hill climbs and sports cars).

Bourdais began his racing career at the age of 10 in karts.Sebastien was part of the winning Sologne Karting team which won the 1996 24 Hour Le Mans kart race at the Circuit Alain Prost.



JUNIOR FORMULA

Bourdais progressed to single-seat racing in 1995 in the Formula Campus Championship.

He then spent two years in the French Formula Renault Championship, finishing second in points in 1997.

In 1998, he won five races to become Rookie of the Year in French F3.

He won the series outright in 1999, with eight wins and three poles.



FORMULA 3000

In 2000, Bourdais joined the Prost Junior Team in International F3000 Championship.He finished ninth in the series with one pole.

Bourdais, in 2001 moved to the DAMS team in Formula 3000 and took his first win at Silverstone.

 
He changed teams again for 2002, taking his Super Nova Racing car to three victories and seven poles and winning the series.