Will Bourdais return to Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing in ’09?

Sebastien Bourdais may yet be dropped by the Toro Rosso team before the start of the new season, replaced by a ride-buyer with deeper pockets.

Should that happen the former Champ Car champion admits he has no backup plan regarding his future.

"I have no idea," he told the official F1 website when asked about his plan B.

"As far as I am concerned right now my priority is to stay here, but at some point I will have to make up my mind and take a potentially very difficult decision.

"In the meantime it is scary because I don't know what I'll be doing next year."

Speculation is that the Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing IndyCar team would like nothing better than to have Bourdais back and have told Justin Wilson to look for another ride in case that were to happen. Currently the team has sponsorship for just one car – McDonald's, which is said to be switching to the Graham Rahal team.