Kammala wannan jumla: Bourdais ya gwada sosai ga ƙungiyar Toro Rosso a lokacin hunturu, kodayake bai tabbata ba game da tuki zuwa sabuwar shekara. A ranar 6 ga Fabrairun 2009 duk da haka an tabbatar da shi a matsayin direba na Toro Rosso na shekara ta biyu, tare da abokin aikin Switzerland Sébastien Buemi. Duk da maki biyu da ya gama a shekarar a gasar Grand Prix ta Australiya da Monaco, Bourdais ya yi gwagwarmaya don daidaitawa da abokin aikinsa mai ƙarancin gogewa. A cikin
Spain Bourdais ya buga motar Buemi yayin da filin ya yi ƙoƙarin kauce wa Jarno Trulli a zagaye na farko, yana kawo ƙarshen tseren ga duka direbobi. A gasar Grand Prix ta Burtaniya Bourdais ya yi karo da direban McLaren Heikki Kovalainen, kuma ya sake kawo karshen tseren duka biyun. A gasar Grand Prix ta Jamus ya sami matsala ta inji bayan ya cancanci karshe ta fiye da na biyu.