NURBURG, Germany — Will Sebastien and Sebastian drive for Toro Rosso in 2008? Team co-owner Gerhard Berger says both are near the top of the list for next year.
“There are a couple of names that we’re interested in,” he said, “where we know they are able to do a good job, and one of them is Sebastien Bourdais, another one is Sebastian Vettel.
“Hopefully, we’re going to see some more possibilities, and we’re going to check everything very carefully and then make a decision: what is the right thing for us for the future?”
Toro Rosso has an option on Bourdais until the end of July. Vettel, meanwhile, has told BMW Sauber that he doesn’t want to be a test driver again in 2008.
“There will be a solution, but it is not there yet,” BMW’s Mario Theissen said of Vettel. “We are discussing the situation and there is no decision.”
The solution would be to get Vettel into Toro Rosso, and all of this means that American Scott Speed and teammate Tonio Liuzzi would be ousted.
“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to read the press and to know that Franz (Tost) and Gerhard (Berger) are pushing like hell to get rid of me and Tonio,” Speed told NSSN. “So, they have their own agendas and motivations, and good for them. Personally, as unhappy as they are with me, I am easily as unhappy with them.”
Speed says he feels no pressure about his future with Toro Rosso because he’s driving as fast as he can and everything else is out of his hands now.
He is looking at options with other F-1 teams and racing outside of F-1.