Kammala wannan jumla: Bourdais ya koma F1 a 2007 bayan an ba shi gwaje-gwaje da yawa tare da Scuderia Toro Rosso. A ranar 10 ga Agusta 2007 an sanar da cewa Bourdais zai maye gurbin Vitantonio Liuzzi a Red Bull's b-team, Toro Rosso, a matsayin abokin aiki ga Sebastian Vettel. A ranar 16 ga Maris 2008 Bourdais ya fafata a gasar farko ta gasar tseren Formula One,
2008 Australian Grand Prix a cikin Melbourne. Bayan ya cancanci matsayi na 17 ya yi amfani da kuskuren da wasu direbobi suka yi, a tseren farko na Formula One tun 2001 San Marino Grand Prix ba tare da kulawar jan hankali ba, kuma ya yi aiki har zuwa na huɗu. Koyaya, tare da sauran zagaye uku, matsalar injin ta tilasta Bourdais ya yi ritaya, amma har yanzu an lasafta shi a matsayin na 8 bayan ya kammala fiye da kashi 90% na tseren tseren. Daga baya ya gaji matsayi na bakwai (da maki biyu na Gasar) bayan rashin cancantar Rubens Barrichello.