Dale Coyne has confirmed that Sebastien Bourdais is on the brink of being announced as a DCR driver in 2017, and is set to make his return to the team in the eight-car test on the Gateway oval this Thursday. The four-time Champ Car title-winner has been linked with Coyne since late August, when his former engineer at Newman/Haas Racing, Craig Hampson, departed Andretti Autosport for Coyne’s Plainfield, Ill.-based squad. Bourdais has raced for Coyne in the past – a partial season in 2011 – before joining Dragon Racing’s now defunct IndyCar team, for whom he scored three podium finishes in 2013. Bourdais’ past three seasons at KVSH Racing have yielded four wins and two tenth places...
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