Bourdais exploring new opportunities in sports cars

Sebastien Bourdais is looking to the future and trying to decide where he wants to continue his sports career.

The Frenchman joined the factory Cadillac Racing IMSA program in 2022 and continues today as part of General Motors’ factory FIA World Endurance Championship Hypercar effort with Jota Sport, but once the curtain falls on the WEC season, Bourdais expects to move on from the team and find a new home in WEC, IMSA, or other endurance series of interest.

“I love racing, and I have no intent to stop any time soon,” Bourdais told RACER. “When I feel like I’m no longer adding to a program, then I’ll take a longer look in the mirror, but that’s not now. I still have the speed and the drive and the passion to help programs succeed, so that’s what I plan to do.

The Le Mans native has spent most of his time in sports cars with major factory efforts, including Peugeot during the heady LMP1 era, then Ford where he won the GTE-Pro class for the blue oval with the Ford GT at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016, and more recently with GM and Cadillac at Chip Ganassi Racing in IMSA GTP before shifting to WEC as the campaign moved to Jota.

Bourdais has also been active in Pro-Am endurance sports car racing in LMP2 and GT categories, which should expand the range of possibilities to explore.

“For now, it’s about letting people know I’m available,” he said. “There’s still a lot of work to be done with Cadillac, but I’ve already been asked by people to be at Indy and Petit (for IMSA) for some meetings, so I know the interest is there. It’s about finding the right program, where everyone feels appreciated and has the same desire to win. I’m not really limiting myself to one type of car or class that I want to be in. Being part of a team that wants a bright future that we can build together is what I’m looking for.”