Bourdais hopeful of Toro Rosso future

The Frenchman tested for the team at Jerez in Spain last week and team owner Gerhard Berger has already said that Bourdais is on the shortlist for the future.

Speaking in an interview with autosport.com, Bourdais made it clear that he was definitely interested in an F1 future but insisted that matters were now out of his control.

"I did my best to impress the team, and hopefully I did," he said. "If I did, then I will get my chance, and if they were not satisfied then there will be no follow-up on that. I grabbed the opportunity, and I am grateful to Toro Rosso.

"The team are going to analyse everything and then do a report - on both the positives and negatives. If there are more positives, then there will be a next time, but I cannot predict much on that.

"All I can say is that these cars are the fastest on the planet. They are a lot of fun to drive, but I will not have the power to choose if I race them or not. If it is meant to be, then it will happen."

Bourdais has also re-iterated that there will be no circumstances under which he would break his contract with Newman-Haas for next year - even if he was offered an F1 drive.

"There is not even a question mark there," he said. "I will not do that to Newman-Haas.

"The option to do something else ran out on September 15th, which was a long time ago. That is just the way it is. Sometimes the timing can be wrong for your career, but I also have to be respectful to the team who brought me to where I am today."

He added: "For me it is not even worth discussing - although hopefully it happens for 2008. I understand your questioning, as both [Toro Rosso] drivers are not yet confirmed and I wish if they were going to be replaced then it would be by me....but they deserve to carry on. Maybe I can join in in 2008, but that is way ahead. I'll just take it step by step."