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Sebastien Bourdais was overcome with emotion at winning his second victory in St Petersburg, his hometown. For Bourdais, the win had meaning as he faces on-going recovery after his Indianapolis Motor Speedway crash earlier this year.<\/p>\nSebastien Bourdais was overcome with emotion at winning his second victory in St Petersburg, his hometown. For Bourdais, the win had meaning as he faces on-going recovery after his Indianapolis Motor Speedway crash earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Bourdais was lucky to take the checkered flag. It was after Robert Wickens<\/a> had a run in with Alexander Rossi<\/a> during a restart that saw the leader knocked out of the race, one that he dominated almost from the start.<\/p>\n Bourdais even felt for Wickens saying,<\/p>\n “I’m heartbroken for him”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Wickens, who hails from Toronto, Canada<\/strong> previously raced in the touring car series in Germany but chose to make the switch to Indy Car after speaking with James Hinchcliffe. As a rookie in Indy car, he has already proven his skills on the track.<\/p>\n As part of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, an all Canadian team, both Wickens and Hinchcliffe had strong weekend performances. Wickens made history as only the third driver in Indy car to take pole position in his first Indy car race. Nigel Mansell was the last to accomplish this in 1993, and it was none other than Bourdais who took pole in his first race in 2003.<\/p>\n For Wickens, the late yellow flags saw Rossi having a chance to take away his chances of getting a win<\/strong> in his debut race. With only two laps left to go, the yellow flag came out, and on the restart, Rossi attempted to pass Wickens on the inside of turn one making contact and taking both racers out of the race.<\/p>\n Racer Channel<\/strong><\/p>\n