Claude Bourbonnais (born June 24, 1965), is a former driver in the Toyota Atlantic, Indy Lights, and CART Championship Car series.

He has been working for major car manufacturer in USA doing demonstration drives and was also a driver coach in the American Ferrari Challenge.

Most notably Bourbonnais won the Formula 125 race supporting the 1984 Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

In his debut season Bourbonnais best result was a second place at Circuit Trois-Rivières, behind Dutchman Cor Euser.

[5] The Quebecois driver also competed in the inaugural season of the Rothmans Porsche Challenge Series in 1986.

[6] After switching from the Swift DB3 into a Reynard 87SF, Bourbonnais started winning races in the 1987 Canadian Formula Ford 2000 series.

In his first Atlantic race, at Lime Rock Park, Bourbonnais won from pole position.

As Brian Till won three races, Bourbonnais finished second in the championship standings.

Both times Bourbonnais drove Pacific Racing entered Lola T90/50 cars powered by Mugen Honda engines.

After a third place at Donington Park Bourbonnais was forced out of the series due to a lack of sponsors.

[16] Having secured enough funding, provided by Player's cigarettes, Bourbonnais returned to the Atlantic Championship in 1993.

Bourbonnais first races in a major championship were in the 1994 PPG Indy Car World Series, sanctioned by CART.

The Canadian made his debut in the third round of the championship, the Grand Prix of Long Beach.

After some mediocre results the Canadian scored a second place at New Hampshire International Speedway in a Buick powered Lola T93/20.

The Canadian ran a full season with the American racing team in Indy Lights the following year.

[21] Bourbonnais, along with Paul Durant, Robby Gordon, Sam Schmidt and Jim Guthrie, were granted extra practice laps.

Due to engine troubles in earlier sessions the drivers made extra system checks.

Bourbonnais (and also Lyn St. James and Dan Drinan) failed to beat Johnny Unser's time to make the race.

In 1998 the Canadian joined Mike Davies and Bill Dollahite to race a Ferrari 333 SP in the 6 hours of Watkins Glen.

[27] In 2018 he began a career in politics by being a candidate for the Coalition Avenir Québec during the 2018 Quebec general election in Vaudreuil (provincial electoral district) where he finished 2nd.