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» Jeremy Dunn - Will Bourdais be successful in F1?

Will Bourdais be successful in F1 or should he just stick to Champ Car?

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» joesf16 - Will Bourdais be successful in F1?

In response to Will Bourdais be successful in F1? posted by jeremyd:

Jeremy, hello. I am new on Suite 101. Even though your post dates back to December 2006, I think it's a valid question now and would like to share my thoughts.

Seems to me it's a Catch 22 for Bourdais. Looks like he is set to take a race seat for next season in F1 at Scuderia Toro Rosso. We'll know soon as the contract option STR has on Bourdais runs out at the end of July (2007).

The car has been poor this season. The seamless gearbox has been a recurring problem. (Maybe STR could have better spent the money it invested in the seamless gearbox?) So even if Bourdais represents a driver upgrade over Scott Speed and Vitantonio Liuzzi, he won't score points on a regular basis unless the car is improved. How could this happen? Seems the only way will be if Nicholas Todt is successful in turning STR into Ferrari's B team. But that's no guarantee either.

If Bourdais decides to stay in Champ Car for 2008, which now seems to be a remote possibility, the question is what does he have left to gain there. I think the answer is nothing even if he does not win a fourth consecutive driver championship this season.

-- posted by joesf16

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» Jeremy Dunn - Will Bourdais be successful in F1?

In response to Will Bourdais be successful in F1? posted by joesf16:

Good points, thanks for the post. I personally would like to see Bourdais in F1. Like you said, he has accomplished just about everything in Champ car.

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