Good article on Bourdais

[Dov]

From the Las Vegas Sun:

"Oh, man, it was pretty impressive actually," Carpentier said of the way Bourdais carved his way back to the front. "We haven't seen that since the days of (Alex) Zanardi."

"Yeah, I think so," he said just before the Champ Cars began turning 200-mph laps in preparation for their Las Vegas debut next month. "If you are talking about Formula One and what he is going to do, he is so strong and he has the attitude to succeed in Formula One. A guy like Zanardi was almost too nice. Same thing with Cristiano da Matta.

"Here, everybody knows everybody. You can hang out together after the races," said Bourdais, who with his glasses, high cheekbones and fair complexion, looks like a choirboy but drives like the devil.

"It's like Formula One was 20 years ago. There was more of a human element. Today in Formula One, they are like robots. They can never say what they want. It's not pure motor racing anymore. The sport has had to back off in the best interest of the business."

[jjspierx]

Good article, thanks for posting it.

[Snrub]

Great article, I'm glad Bourdais is willing to stick around. He's a smart guy to realize that the sun isn't always brighter in F1. Even JPM, by going to McLaren he's finally going to be making more money than he could have in CART when he left. While he's admired by many he's not had success that comes close to matching his ability.

[drewdawg727]

people are definitely a lot more competitive now then 20 years ago

[Omega99]

I'm glad Bourdais is happy in champ cars, and I hope that encourages other first rate drivers to check it out, but I still expect him to go to F1. Soon. If not 2005 then 2006. Hopefully by then, CDM will be ready to come back and it'll be a reasonable trade...