Bourdais still hoping for Toro Rosso call Champ Car star free to look at options
Toro Rosso's 2008 'option' on the services of Sebastien Bourdais expired on Tuesday.
No news about the multiple Champ Car title winner's possible future in Formula One was forthcoming, but 28-year-old Bourdais admitted to the media that rumours of a link with a possible switch to NASCAR did have some substance.
"As of right now, I'm trying to pursue everything I can in the F1 world, and we should have some news pretty soon," the Frenchman told the Tampa Tribune.
He added: "If it doesn't come through, then yeah, NASCAR is definitely something I would be interested in."
Bourdais had been strongly linked with American STR driver Scott Speed's seat for 2008, but that will almost certainly now be filled next year by Sebastian Vettel.
His hopes now rest on Tonio Liuzzi also being dropped by the Faenza based team.
Bourdais said the fact that Toro Rosso had yet to take up its option on him just hours before it expired was not necessarily a bad sign.
"They announced Vettel today, I think that was probably enough to occupy them quite a bit, so all it says right now for us is that it doesn't mean it's not going to happen," Bourdais said.
"It means we don't only have a door open at Toro Rosso; now we can try to see if there are other opportunities."
Asked if he already had other F1 opportunities on the table, he answered: "No, not really. But at least now we can talk."
Source GMM
CAPSIS International
taken from f1-live.com
No news about the multiple Champ Car title winner's possible future in Formula One was forthcoming, but 28-year-old Bourdais admitted to the media that rumours of a link with a possible switch to NASCAR did have some substance.
"As of right now, I'm trying to pursue everything I can in the F1 world, and we should have some news pretty soon," the Frenchman told the Tampa Tribune.
He added: "If it doesn't come through, then yeah, NASCAR is definitely something I would be interested in."
Bourdais had been strongly linked with American STR driver Scott Speed's seat for 2008, but that will almost certainly now be filled next year by Sebastian Vettel.
His hopes now rest on Tonio Liuzzi also being dropped by the Faenza based team.
Bourdais said the fact that Toro Rosso had yet to take up its option on him just hours before it expired was not necessarily a bad sign.
"They announced Vettel today, I think that was probably enough to occupy them quite a bit, so all it says right now for us is that it doesn't mean it's not going to happen," Bourdais said.
"It means we don't only have a door open at Toro Rosso; now we can try to see if there are other opportunities."
Asked if he already had other F1 opportunities on the table, he answered: "No, not really. But at least now we can talk."
Source GMM
CAPSIS International
taken from f1-live.com
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