Dale Coyne Racing's Sebastien Bourdais had doubts during the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama as to he could make the two-stop strategy work. The Frenchman was able to make the strategy work in his favour, help came in the final third of the race where a caution period allowed him to preserve fuel and tyres ahead of a final 25 lap sprint which saw the four-time series champion claim the final spot on the podium. Bourdais qualified fifth, the best start position of the season so far and ran long into the race on the softer red-marked Firestone tyres, eventually making his first stop on lap 26, but feared as his rivals stopped around him on an aggressive three-stop strategy, his own race...
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