Bourdais expects title to go to wire
Sebastien Bourdais believes that this year's Champ Car title battle will be a three-way fight until the end of the season
The reigning champion is currently third in the standings, just behind Will Power and Robert Doornbos, and he is expecting the points to remain close for the rest of the year.
"It seems like every year it's a three-man battle and it looks that way again with Doornbos, Power and myself," said the Frenchman.
"A lot of things can happen but that's what the championship fight looks to be shaping up as. It is tight and intense and will probably go this way until the end."
Bourdais believes that he cannot afford another retirement this season if he wants to remain in the title hunt.
The Newman/Haas/Lanigan driver has retired from three of the first seven races this year, and in the races where he has made it to the end he has not finished lower than second.
"We've had our fair share of DNFs this season which isn't ideal," he said. "We really can't afford any more.
"Our strength has been to try to keep the same intensity throughout the while race season and not being particularly better t one even than the other, just always being there.
"We will keep plugging away and doing our job, and hopefully we'll manage to get it done."
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