INDYCAR announced that after an internal review it has withdrawn penalties issued against Sebastien Bourdais following the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 7.
Bourdais had been penalized for violation of Rule 9.3.1 of the Verizon IndyCar Series rulebook during an incident with Justin Wilson on Lap 121 of the event. He was fined $10,000 and placed on probation for the remainder of the 2014 season. Both the fine and probation have been rescinded.
Bourdais, who will drive the No. 11 Mistic KVSH Racing car this weekend in the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston presented by the Greater Houston Honda Dealers, is a two-time Indy car race winner at NRG Park. In both 2006 and ’07, after winning the spring races, he went on to earn the Champ Car championship.
He finished eighth and fifth (advancing a total of 14 positions relative to his starting spots) in the October 2013 races on the 1.634-mile, 10-turn temporary street circuit with Dragon Racing.
“We had a fast car for the first two street races at St. Petersburg and Long Beach. At Detroit, we struggled, but learned a few things,” Bourdais said. “Hopefully, the car will be more like the Long Beach car and we challenge for the pole and a podium finish. The key for KVSH Racing is to keep working hard and start putting up consistently good results.”
Bourdais qualified a season-high third at Long Beach (finished 14th) and has a high finish of fourth in the inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis on May 10.
