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Never Say Never: Interview with Sebastien Bourdais

Just when three-time Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais has given up hope of ever driving in Formula One, he was invited to test for Scuderia Toro Rosso. After his three days at Jerez, the Frenchman talked to autosport.com about the experience and his future aspirations

Jonathan Noble Dec 20, 2006, 1:17 PM

If there is one lesson that Sebastien Bourdais has learned in the last week, it's simply: never give up.

After capturing his third consecutive Champ Car crown this season, and being deafened by the silence of F1 teams not bothering to get on the phone and ask him about the future, Bourdais had reluctantly given up on ever making it into Grand Prix racing.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.