Sebastien Bourdais Quotations

If we come out of this weekend with the same kind of points lead, I think we will be able to breathe a little easier,

He just dragged me all the way up there in traffic, nearly stuffed me in the wall coming off Turn Two,

I was a little disappointed that they nailed me during the winter.

I think the talk began probably because we haven't scored as many poles as we did last year and we haven't been as dominant this year, but the truth is that the other teams have stepped it up,

I think you're going to have to be smart and use it at the right time because everybody is going to go by you, ... It's going to be a matter of when to use it and how to use it.JThe car is really stuck on the track with the aerodynamic package we run there. There is a bit too much downforce to slow the cars down.

When I saw P.T. hit the wall, I was very surprised because he makes few mistakes. That's not the kind of mistakes he makes when he performs like that. It just emphasizes the point that it's really difficult to have a clear race here. I'm just glad he did.

When I saw PT in the wall, I was very surprised because PT makes very few mistakes and that's not the kind of mistake he makes when he's up front like that. I am just glad we did it. Second year in a row it was very important for us for Centrix and PacifiCare, for everybody.

The pressure is off. We know it's going to come sooner or later whatever I do. I just have to concentrate, do the best job I can, and enjoy the race.

We are completely focused on getting the best results for the McDonald's and PacifiCare teams at the last four races,

We didn't really chase lap times but the car was consistent and I'm very confident that we will have a good starting point when we come back in June. We got a lot done and I think we accomplished most of what we wanted to do.

We picked up on where we left it last year. It's a very good feeling to be able to secure a front row starting position.

The whole package this weekend was great. It was ours to lose.

It was tough; I had serious thoughts about backing off at some point -- especially with the championship situation -- but once you're in the car, you just can't do that so you just have to keep going.

It was a perfect race until the yellow flag. That bad pit stop just killed us.

It was a little frustrating. Every time a yellow would come out, I'd say, 'Well, OK, do it again.

Before I say it is my dream to race in NASCAR, I need to see if I am good first,

But nothing happened. The team told me, 'Don't worry,' so I didn't.

The result last year in Las Vegas was definitely a big team effort, ... The engineering office definitely spent a lot of time thinking about what was going to be the best option especially for the race setup because it was pretty easy flat and everybody was able to make it easy around the place. It was about having the proper amount of downforce and being able to go through traffic with your foot on the floor and that's what we achieved and we had a really spectacular 1-2 with very exciting finish of the race. But I'm not too excited to try and do that again it's just really nerve racking. We'll see what happens but it was quite a race and hopefully it's going to be easier this year but I'm not quite sure about that really.

I'm not too excited to try and do that again. It's just really nerve-wracking.

I made very, very small mistakes, but not enough to open the door for anybody. At the end, we pulled away. That was very nice.

I made a small mistake so I think I can go faster.

I guess it's going to take a little bit of everybody to try and overcome all this bad weather, ... It's just apparently the beginning because I'm pretty sure it's going to be a tough again this Rita hurricane. I'm living by the water, enjoying it. If anything bad happens to me, I'd be pretty happy if people are not leaving us behind. It's just normal, I think, try and help a little.

I'm not closing the door on it. I have a good time in the stock cars. Maybe somebody will give me a chance to test it and see if I'm good.

The best I can say is it's not been a smooth ride,

It's better than having P.T. (Tracy) beside me,

I really didn't have a whole lot of grip and the tires went away pretty quickly so I tried a few different things. I had a lot of push and couldn't get in the throttle as quickly as I wanted to, but we kept looking for a way to make up ground.

I gave him plenty of room at the hairpin...and he just ran into me. I don't know what happened, he was obviously very angry.

I don't know if I'd want to do it (race wheel-to-wheel) with just anyone, ... I think I'd be nervous to do it with anyone other than Bruno -- or Oriol now. It was really close, I was on the apron and Bruno was a few inches away from my wheel, sometimes even less so it's quite nerve racking. You know how difficult and dangerous it can get out there so you don't really want to be side-by-side for 20-something laps. It was tough; I had serious thoughts about backing off at some point especially with the championship situation but once you're in the car you just can't do that so you just have to keep going.

It was not perfect. I made a mistake on every single lap and I brushed the wall on the first (fast) lap. I was probably a little too eager to go fast too early. I touched the curb in the chicane and that pushed the car wide. That was too close.

It's always tough to say, but I think we probably would have been difficult to catch. I knew we had everything we needed to win. It was ours to lose this weekend and we didn't.

It was a crazy race. It was extremely hard on your mind because you knew every second was a survival mode. You are inches from each other. Sometimes I couldn't even have put a finger in between our wheels.

Anything can happen here. You can blow up an engine. Last year we blew two in practice and warmup. For me, that's the worst scenario. The best one was gone, and that's why we had to fight Bruno so hard.

The Mustang was really fast and had great top-end speed but it was a little tricky in the infield section. We could run guys down on the oval section and but some of the smaller cars had a little easier time in the infield. It made for a lot of great battles and a day full of action for us.

All the sudden, he was jumping on the brakes. I was so surprised I didn't have time to stop. He was in the wrong and he can say whatever he wants. He did not play by the rules and he could have paid a very, very high price for it. It could have been a very big two-car crash.

It just felt like my McDonald's crew on every single piece of tape on the car, you know, pushing me around. It's pretty much a good summary to what happened today. I think it's all to their credit what kind of performance we get in this qualifying. Kind of taking myself out of the picture really because in qualifying, just really put the foot down and it's all about the team effort. Obviously they proved to be extremely good at that. So during the race it's a bit different story, and you have to have a good ending in traffic. Hopefully we'll be able to achieve that again as well as we did last year. It should be a good race. It was really spectacular last year.

It's obviously a lot harder this year to win and actually I haven't won the races I should have and I've won some that I shouldn't have.

There wasn't a lot of grip and there wasn't much of a chance to go two-wide through there. Truex didn't give me any room and there wasn't much I could do to save the car.

It wasn't the most exciting race ever. It was a perfect weekend, no drama. I couldn't stop myself from thinking 'What's going to go wrong?' It's been a smooth weekend all the way through.

We got a lot done and I think we accomplished most of what we wanted to do.

It's a very good feeling to secure a front-row spot - that's obviously very important from now on,