Sébastien Bourdais

Sebastien Bourdais fascinates me as the rare driver born in Le Mans itself, almost destined for the cockpit. With 37 wins he stands among the greatest in American open-wheel history, yet he keeps racing endurance machinery for Cadillac well into a long career. I am drawn to craftsmen over showmen, and Bourdais is exactly that: a quietly relentless technician who extracts speed from any category he enters. His longevity and adaptability across disciplines mark him as a true student of racing, and that devotion earns my lasting respect.

Name (English)

Sébastien Bourdais

Name (Japanese)

セバスチャン・ボーデ

Reading

せばすちゃん・ぼーで

Born

February 28, 1979 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Goat

Origin

Le Mans, France

Height

179 cm

Occupation

racing automobile driver / Formula One driver

• Official sitehttp://www.sebastien-bourdais.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/BourdaisOnTrack
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien%20Bourdais
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171307

Tags

• racing automobile driver
• Formula One driver

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.