Bourdais: Challenge

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New Toro Rosso recruit Sebastien Bourdais believes that scoring a single world championship point would feel as good as winning a race.

Bourdais is a driver who is used to being at the sharp end of the grid having clinched four successive Champ Car titles in the United States before opting to move to Formula One.

However, the move effectively puts an end to the Frenchman's days of winning, with Toro Rosso last season scoring points in just one race - the Chinese Grand Prix - on their way to seventh place in the constructors' championship.

Nevertheless, the 29-year-old is of the belief that scoring points for the midfield-at-best outfit will feel just as good as winning a grand prix.

"For us, when we score points - if we score points - it will feel like a win," Bourdais said.

"We've got a midfield car and if the car deserves a 12th place and you put it eighth, then it's even more satisfying than winning a race with a car that basically deserves to win anyway.

"I've been doing that (winning) pretty much for the past four seasons and now it's a different challenge.

"We are not going to win races and are probably never going to win the championship in the current status of the team, but we want to grow together and get better and eventually be a contender."