Bourdais hopes for trouble-free year

Double champion Bourdais clinched his fourth consecutive win from the four races held so far. However, thanks to Justin Wilson's trio of runner-up places Bourdais only has a 31-point lead over the Briton.

Despite his dominance, Bourdais believes it is too early to think that he is a certainty for his third successive title.

"We need to enjoy these wins because nothing is done," he said. "Justin is consistently right there. I can see him digging and digging for a result and never giving up and getting the crown at the end.

"He's very good at that, he's got tons of experience, and I don't think I'm very much beyond him on the experience, but it's going to be whoever gets the fewest mistakes of the season.

"We both know that. So far we've been running kind of mistake-free, and it's just the reason why we're both on top of the championship. I think it's going to be like that for the whole season, and I just hope that we keep on running trouble-free like that.

"This Championship means a whole lot for a lot of people, myself first, and I just think we're going to get the wins when we can and get the points when we can. There are no such things - you can't say, okay, I'm going to run the table and blow everybody away. That's definitely not me. But I love to do it."