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Bourdais: Worst race ever

Monday 9th June 2008

Sebastien Bourdais reckons this past weekend's Canadian GP was the "worst weekend" of his "entire" motor racing career.

Having qualified 16th for the race, Bourdais was sent to the back of the grid after his Toro Rosso team were unable to fix the gearbox he damaged in a crash on Saturday morning.

Sunday's race, though, didn't get any better for the former Champ Car Champion who struggled to stay on line and off the marbles caused by the track breaking up.

Bourdais eventually finished the race in 13th place, the only finisher not on the same lap as race winner Robert Kubica.

"It's just been a bad weekend all round. The race went much as I expected it, because of the really bad track conditions from the mid point on or even earlier," the Frenchman said.

"It was a complete disaster for me so I just forgot about the possibility of trying to drive fast, I was just trying to bring the car home...and even doing that was a challenge.

"This was the worst race ever for me, the worst weekend of my entire career. I have never experienced anything like it. I'm looking forward now to the next race, my home race and at a circuit where the track doesn't break up."

In sharp contrast team-mate Sebastian Vettel finished in eighth place, bagging his second successive points-scoring finish.

"All things considered we did a good job today and I'm pleased to keep up the points-scoring momentum from Monaco," said the German.