From GMM
Sebastien Bourdais has reacted furiously to reports that Sunday's German grand prix could be his last race in formula one.
The French publication Auto Hebdo believes the 30-year-old will be replaced after the Nurburgring round.
"I don't know anything," Bourdais told the French language radio station RMC.
He told the reporters: "If that is the only thing that interests you then I don't have anything to say. Is that clear to everyone?
"We are at the Nurburgring, there is a race to do and that is all that counts. Since this morning I have had cameras completely stuck to me; I feel like an animal.
"This rumour, it has been going around for a year and a half," said the Frenchman, referring to the entire length of his F1 foray since switching from an ultra-successful career in American open-wheelers.
"At every race someone says this is my last race, but with Toro Rosso nothing has changed since the beginning of the season. No-one has said anything in particular to me," Bourdais concluded.
And hot on the heels of similar rumours, it is now said in the Nurburgring paddock that Nelson Piquet's seat at Renault is in imminent danger.
As with the Bourdais rumour - dismissed with a terse "no comment" by Toro Rosso chief Franz Tost on Friday - it is suggested that the German grand prix at the Nurburgring this weekend could be Brazilian Piquet's last.
His replacement would most likely be Renault reserve Romain Grosjean, the French-Swiss GP2 driver, Germany's Auto Motor und Sport said.
The report said the 23-year-old's contract allows the Enstone based team to make a driver change based on his performance in the first half of the season compared with teammate Fernando Alonso.
Flavio Briatore said "we don't know yet" when confronted with the rumours, while Piquet's famous eponymous father said he planned to speak with the team boss about the speculation.
Sebastien Bourdais has reacted furiously to reports that Sunday's German grand prix could be his last race in formula one.
The French publication Auto Hebdo believes the 30-year-old will be replaced after the Nurburgring round.
"I don't know anything," Bourdais told the French language radio station RMC.
He told the reporters: "If that is the only thing that interests you then I don't have anything to say. Is that clear to everyone?
"We are at the Nurburgring, there is a race to do and that is all that counts. Since this morning I have had cameras completely stuck to me; I feel like an animal.
"This rumour, it has been going around for a year and a half," said the Frenchman, referring to the entire length of his F1 foray since switching from an ultra-successful career in American open-wheelers.
"At every race someone says this is my last race, but with Toro Rosso nothing has changed since the beginning of the season. No-one has said anything in particular to me," Bourdais concluded.
And hot on the heels of similar rumours, it is now said in the Nurburgring paddock that Nelson Piquet's seat at Renault is in imminent danger.
As with the Bourdais rumour - dismissed with a terse "no comment" by Toro Rosso chief Franz Tost on Friday - it is suggested that the German grand prix at the Nurburgring this weekend could be Brazilian Piquet's last.
His replacement would most likely be Renault reserve Romain Grosjean, the French-Swiss GP2 driver, Germany's Auto Motor und Sport said.
The report said the 23-year-old's contract allows the Enstone based team to make a driver change based on his performance in the first half of the season compared with teammate Fernando Alonso.
Flavio Briatore said "we don't know yet" when confronted with the rumours, while Piquet's famous eponymous father said he planned to speak with the team boss about the speculation.