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Originally Posted by chunterer
Cristiano Da Matta was perhaps the last Indycar guy to do ok in F1. Didn't he even lead the 03 British GP in the Toyota for a few laps?? Think he got a rough deal from Cologne overall.
Bourdais showed flashes with Toro Rosso but has accidents and a lot of bad luck.
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Yes da Matta I thought was better than his results suggested. He did lead the British GP in 03, although that was helped by a certain Irish nutter in a kilt. But he looked comfortable once in the lead. He definitely could hold his own in races when he got a chance and compared well against Panis, a race winner himself. And I agree on the rough deal from Toyota. As one of the Autosport journalists said in their end of season review, it wasn't like they replaced him with Michael Schumacher, but Zonta!
Bourdais did have quite a bit of bad luck. Australia, Spa, Monza and Fuji in 08 are proof of that. Plus the STR environment with Tost probably wasn't the best environment for him