McDONALD'S® DRIVER BOURDAIS DEPARTS NEWMAN/HAAS/LANIGAN RACING WITH IMPRESSIVE CHAMP CAR STATS Fast Facts – November 11, 2007 FOUR IN A ROW RARE IN SPORTS: Sebastien Bourdais, 28, of Le Mans, France, is the first Champ Car driver EVER to win four consecutive championships in the 99 year history of the sport. Four in a row is very rare in professional sports, in fact, it has never been done in either NASCAR or the NFL and it hasn’t been accomplished in the last twenty years in the NBA, NHL or MLB. In 2006, Bourdais, 28, of Le Mans, France, became the first open wheel driver to win three consecutive championships since Ted Horn accomplished the feat from 1946-1948 and only second in the 98 year history of the sport. 31 WINS: Bourdais earned 31wins in his 73 starts in the Champ Car World Series while driving for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing since 2003 for a 42.4 percent (’03 - England, Germany, Cleveland; ’04 Monterrey, Portland, Cleveland, Toronto, Denver, Las Vegas & Mexico City; ’05 Long Beach, Edmonton, San Jose, Denver, Las Vegas & Australia; ‘06 Long Beach, Houston, Monterrey, Milwaukee, San Jose, Montreal & Mexico City; ’07 Long Beach, Houston, Portland, Edmonton, Elkhart Lake, Belgium, Australia & Mexico City. His Mexico City win tied him with Paul Tracy and Al Unser Jr. for sixth on the all-time career list. MOST WINS IN A SINGLE SEASON: With his eighth win of the season, Bourdais tied with Michael Andretti (1991, with NHR) and Al Unser Jr. (1994) for most wins in a single season in CART / Champ Car history (1979-on). 31 POLES: Bourdais won 31 pole positions in 73 Champ Car events for a 42.4 percent average. In 2003 he earned poles in St. Petersburg, Monterrey, Germany, Cleveland & Australia. In 2004 he earned poles in Monterrey, Portland, Toronto, Elkhart Lake, Denver, Montreal, Laguna Seca & Mexico City. In 2005 he earned poles in Monterrey, Toronto, San Jose, Montreal & Las Vegas. In 2006 he earned poles in Long Beach, Monterrey, Milwaukee, Edmonton, San Jose, Denver & Montreal. He won 2007 poles in Long Beach, Cleveland, Toronto, Elkhart Lake, Belgium, the Netherlands. He earned 28 on ROAD/STREET COURSES and THREE on ovals (Germany ‘03, Las Vegas ‘05, Milwaukee ‘06). His 31 poles put him sixth on the all time career pole position list. He is behind: Mario Andretti (67), A.J. Foyt (53), Bobby Unser (49), Rick Mears (40) and Michael Andretti (32). LAPS LED: Bourdais led a total of 2,103 out of a possible 6,905. SET THE FASTEST RACE LAP 34 TIMES IN 73 RACES: EIGHT in 14 races in 2007 (Houston, Portland, Cleveland, Mont Tremblant, Toronto, Edmonton, Elkhart Lake, Zolder); NINE/14 in 2006 (Long Beach, Houston, Monterrey, Milwaukee, San Jose, Denver, Montreal, Elkhart Lake, Mexico City); SEVEN/13 in 2005 (Long Beach, Portland, San Jose, Denver, Montreal, Las Vegas, Australia); SIX/14 in 2004 (Long Beach, Monterrey, Toronto, Denver, Montreal, Mexico City); FOUR/18 in 2003 (St. Petersburg, Cleveland, Vancouver, Road America). BOURDAIS PERCENTAGE OF NHLR STATS: The team has earned 105 wins, 106 poles, 245 podium finishes and eight championships. Of those, Bourdais has earned 31 wins (29.5 percent of NHLR wins), 31 poles (29 percent), 44 podiums (17.9 percent of 245) and four championships (50 percent). Since the first win by Mario Andretti in 1983 at Road America in their fourth event, the team continued to reach many milestones. Total wins and titles by NHR/NHLR drivers are: Mario Andretti (18 wins; 1 title), Michael Andretti (31; 1 title), Nigel Mansell (5; 1 title), Paul Tracy (2), Christian Fittipaldi (2), Cristiano da Matta (10; 1 title), Bruno Junqueira (5), Sebastien Bourdais (31; 4 titles) and Oriol Servia (1). (NHLR has earned 105 wins, 77 second place and 63 thirds) 44 TOP-THREE PODIUM FINISHES: He won 31 races, finished second seven times (’07 Mont Tremblant; ’06 Edmonton; ’05 Portland; ‘04 Australia; ’03 Mexico City, Denver & Elkhart Lake) and third six times (3rd – ’06 Portland, Toronto & Elkhart Lake; ’04 Long Beach & Elkhart Lake; ’03 Vancouver). (44 podiums in 73 events = 60 percent average)