KVRT/KVSH Racing's Long Beach Race Report

Sebastien Bourdais

SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS
NO.11 TEAM HYDROXYCUT – KVSH RACING CHEVROLET/DALLARA/FIRESTONE

Started: 9th
Finished: 6th

Bourdais has finished sixth in two of the first three races of the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series season. He was also running sixth before a later pit stop at NOLA dropped him out of the top-10. He was then collected in an incident involving Ryan Hunter-Reay and Simon Pagenaud.
Bourdais earned 29 points today and is now eighth in the championship race with 66 points.
Bourdais led his first lap of the season leading two laps (lap 56).
In 10 starts at Long Beach, Bourdais has finished in the top-10 five times, with four podium performances including three wins (2005-2007).

"It was a trying weekend, but we hit the reset button and the Hydroxycut machine was good. The guys really did a hectic of a job. In one way it is frustrating because we struggled so much in practice and qualifying, but at the same time it is encouraging because we were able to recover. We tried something and it didn’t work, so we really hurt ourselves, but then when we got the car back in the window for the race we were quick. There will be some other weekends like this and we will just have to work hard to capitalize. Thanks to Hydroxycut and Mistic we have a strong package behind us and we just have to keep digging."

Stefano Coletti

STEFANO COLETTI
NO. 4 KV RACING TECHNOLOGY CHEVROLET/DALLARA/FIRESTONE

Started: 23rd
Finished: 23rd

Set fast race lap record with a 68.069 second, 104.040 mph lap
Moved from 23rd to 15th in opening 13 laps

"We had a great start and then the yellow came out. The team called me in for a splash of fuel and it was a really good strategy move, because we were able to pass five or six cars doing that and rejoin the race in 17th. I carried on jumping up tracking positions and got as high as 15th, which was pretty good coming from last but then I had a gearbox problem. I had to come into the pits to repair it and then my race was pretty much over and I was racing on my own. It’s a shame because the No. 4 KV Racing Technology car was really fast and the team gave me a great car, which I showed by setting the fastest lap of the race. We could have easily ended up in the top-10 and it’s another race that ended up like that, but we will keep on working and be ready for Barber next weekend."

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