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Bourdais steals St. Pete win after rookie's spin

Sebastien Bourdais has won the season-opening race in St. Petersburg -- a victory handed to him when Alexander Rossi and Robert Wickens crashed racing for the lead on the final restart.

Wickens was heading to a victory in his IndyCar debut until two late cautions gave Rossi a chance to take it away.

On a restart with two laps remaining, Rossi tried to dive inside of Wickens entering the first turn. The two cars made contact, and Wickens spun off course.

Bourdais slid by both cars from third to take the checkered flag under caution.