Out-of-work Scuderia Toro Rosso refugee Sebastien Bourdais has set out his stall for a return to F1 with one of the sport’s three new teams in 2010 – but the record-breaking former multiple Champ Car king has admitted that finances will be the key issue in wherever he ends up competing next year.
Unfortunately, he proved unable to replicate that form in F1, and after a promising end to his maiden season in 2008, the first half of 2009 fell a long way short of expectations, with the Frenchman finding himself routinely out-performed by young rookie team-mate and namesake Sebastien Buemi before being unceremoniously and summarily dismissed in favour of reigning British F3 Champion Jaime Alguersuari ahead of last month’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
“I aspire to find a place in F1,” he said. “Since there is no [in-season] testing, I can be attractive to the new teams. Some new teams will like this, for technical abilities, but without the money…the climate makes quite a difference.”
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