Sebastien Bourdais wasn't exactly sure how he was regarded by his fellow drivers until he survived a hellacious crash during qualifying. Known for being prickly at times, the Frenchman soon learned the respect he'd earned as a champion driver and as an unflinching advocate for driver safety had resonated throughout the field. It was made clear by the endless stream of visitors to his hospital bed, and later, to his rehabilitation facility. Scott Dixon and Alexander Rossi were first on the scenes, then Tony Kanaan, and from there, it was a blur as almost the entire field of 33 stopped in to pay their respect and show support. Takuma Sato went through the same respect-based reality check on...
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