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Bourdais rubbishes axing rumours

Thursday 9th July 2009

Sebastian Bourdais has rubbished rumours that his time at Toro Rosso is set to come to an end after this weekend's German GP.

According to reports in the French media, Toro Rosso have opted to replace Bourdais after the Frenchman was outdone by his rookie team-mate Seb Buemi in the first half of this year's campaign.

Bourdais, though, says this is rubbish.

"This rumour has been around since the middle of last season," the 30-year-old told Autosport.

"What can I say? I haven't received any notice from the team that this is my last race so as far as I am concerned it is still a rumour.

"I've got a job to do and that's what I've got to concentrate on. I can't control what people say or where it is coming from.

"It's very unfortunate but there's nothing we can do about it. Someone puts it out and now it is all over the place."