Bourdais snatches IndyCar victory on streets of St. Pete
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Sebastien Bourdais won IndyCar’s season-opening race in St. Petersburg on Sunday, a victory handed to him when Alexander Rossi and Canadian Robert Wickens crashed racing for the lead.
Wickens, from Toronto, was heading to a victory in his IndyCar debut until two late cautions gave Rossi a chance to take it away.
On a restart with two laps remaining, Rossi tried to dive inside of Wickens entering the first turn. The two cars made contact and Wickens spun off course.
Bourdais slid by both cars from third for the victory.