On the face of it, Sebastien Bourdais didn’t have the kind of year to justify such a high ranking. There was only one win in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with the Ganassi Cadillac squad.
But what might be described as a season of misfortune — the car he shared with Renger van der Zande caught fire three times — included some stellar performances. He was always among the fastest, if not the fastest of the drivers aboard the Caddy V-Series.R.
Daytona and Petit were stand-out races for him Stateside, but he saved his best for an away day with Ganassi at Le Mans. Not only was he the quickest Cadillac driver, but best of the LMDh pack, too.
A son of Le Mans born a stone’s throw from the Circuit de la Sarthe at the Clinique du Tertre Rouge might have won his home race with Peugeot twice over. The 2009 and 2011 editions were definitely ones that got away.
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If anyone thought that the dream of adding an overall victory to his 2016 GTE Pro class win with Ford was over, they had to think again after this year. Bourdais’s performance at the wheel of the #1 Ganassi Cadillac proved that the desire and the speed is still there.
Source: Autosport