Claude Bourbonnais is a racing driver from Canada who last raced in IndyCar for Blueprint Racing. Bourbonnais has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,060 ranks Bourbonnais 8267th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1997-05-27 | 81st Indianapolis 500-Mile Race | P30 | −101 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | ▸IndyCar | Blueprint Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | +1,710 | 3,060 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇸🇪 Kenny BräckHigher-rated, 1× champion | 5,583 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Sam SchmidtHigher-rated | 5,482 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇧🇷 Affonso GiaffoneHigher-rated | 5,386 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,257 | 🏳️ Stephan Gregoire | IndyCar | 3,062 |
| 8,258 | 🇺🇸 Stewart Ramseur | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,062 |
| 8,259 | 🇫🇷 Thibaut Ehrhart | Prototype Cup Germany | 3,062 |
| 8,260 | 🇵🇹 Will Hoy | FIA GT Championship | 3,062 |
| 8,261 | 🇺🇸 Allen May | IndyCar | 3,061 |
| 8,262 | 🇺🇸 Frankie Bumgarner | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,061 |
| 8,263 | 🇦🇹 Giorgio Tibaldo | FIA GT Championship | 3,061 |
| 8,264 | 🇬🇧 Ollie Brown | BTCC | 3,061 |
| 8,265 | 🇺🇸 Scott Herberg | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,061 |
| 8,266 | 🇧🇷 Alexandre de Andrade | International Formula 3000 | 3,060 |
| 8,267 | 🇨🇦 Claude Bourbonnais | IndyCar | 3,060 |
| 8,268 | 🇩🇴 Jimmy Llibre | GT4 America | 3,060 |
| 8,269 | 🇧🇷 Nicholas Monteiro | Indy NXT | 3,060 |
| 8,270 | 🏳️ Weston Duchak | SCCA Majors | 3,060 |
| 8,271 | 🇩🇰 David Walther | Italian F4 | 3,059 |
| 8,272 | 🇮🇹 Ivan Berets | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,059 |
| 8,273 | 🇺🇸 John Dean | SCCA Majors | 3,059 |
| 8,274 | 🇫🇷 Jürgen van Hover | 24H Series | 3,059 |
| 8,275 | 🇩🇪 Moritz Löhner | Le Mans Cup | 3,059 |
| 8,276 | 🇬🇧 Nathanael Hodgkiss | British F4 | 3,059 |
| 8,277 | 🇯🇵 Norio Matsubara | International Formula 3000 | 3,059 |
Claude Bourbonnais was an established professional racing in IndyCar, a national single-seater championship mixing amateur and professional entrants. He drove for Blueprint Racing, a small operation that fielded ten drivers across the index with one race win among them.[1]
Bourbonnais made a single start in the 1997 IndyCar season, finishing 28th in the championship standings. His one indexed outing came in a field that included established professionals; he finished ahead of Kenny Bräck, who would become the 1998 IndyCar champion, and Sam Schmidt, a driver with 27 IndyCar starts to his credit.[2]