Sebastien Bourdais and Newman-Haas Racing were an unstoppable force in Indycar racing prior to the Frenchman taking up a long-awaited Formula 1 opportunity with Toro Rosso for 2008. After impressing in his 2003 Champ Car rookie season, taking pole on his debut and winning three times, he romped to four consecutive titles between 2004 and 2007, amassing a further 28 victories on the way.
But in a parallel reality that very nearly happened, Bourdais never sat in the Lola B2/00. He instead spent 2003 in the DTM with Opel – a marque that was fighting a losing battle to remain competitive, for all the star talents it managed to attract to Russelheim.
