Despite his own misgivings, S?bastien Bourdais has a 'strong chance' of remaining on the Formula 1 grid in 2009 - that is the conviction of the Frenchman's manager Nicolas Todt.
Jarno Trulli hit out at Formula 1 rival S?bastien Bourdais following the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, in which a collision between the pair at the start destroyed the Italian's race.
Bernie Ecclestone has warned that issuing penalties in Formula 1 races on a regular basis risks leading to drivers 'losing the confidence to try to fight' and spoiling the sport.
Fernando Alonso may 'belong' in a Ferrari or McLaren-Mercedes, but 'mentality-wise he is not the complete package' in Formula 1 - that is the view of British former grand prix star Derek Warwick.
In the wake of the controversial Formula 1 penalties meted out in the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway last weekend, in-car footage has been released of the incidents regarding Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa and S?bastien Bourdais.
Though sixth place in the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway at the weekend marked his fifth points-scoring finish in as many outings, Sebastian Vettel revealed that it could have been better still but for losing out on the opening lap.
In the wake of the controversial Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway at the weekend, it has been revealed that - not for the first time this season - race stewards went against the advice of FIA race director Charlie Whiting in meting out a post-race time penalty.
S?bastien Bourdais has hit out at Felipe Massa following the pair's contentious collision in the Japanese Grand Prix today, claiming the Ferrari driver showed him no respect and 'behaved like I didn't exist'.
Despite having endured two collisions along the way, Felipe Massa's drive in the Japanese Grand Prix has been praised as 'amazing' by Ferrari, whilst the man himself refuted all blame in his comings-together with Lewis Hamilton and S?bastien Bourdais.
Having proven to be evenly-matched for most of the weekend so far, it was perhaps little surprise to see Sebastian Vettel and S?bastien Bourdais qualify alongside each other for the Japanese Grand Prix - and to Scuderia Toro Rosso's delight, both will be inside the top ten to boot.
For only the second time in 2008, David Coulthard got the better of Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team-mate Mark Webber in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji this weekend - then quipped that the Australian was probably frustrated with his performance 'because he doesn't want to be behind
Whilst the all-new Marina Bay Street Circuit has generally received an enthusiastic if cautious thumbs-up from the Formula 1 fraternity ahead of this weekend's inaugural Singapore Grand Prix in the city-state, a number of areas have come in for criticism - not least of which being the 'dangerous'
Sebastien Bourdais came away empty handed from the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday after a problem at the start of the race left him a lap down and ultimately right out of contention.
S?bastien Bourdais admitted he wasn't sure where he had even finished in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa after losing out on his maiden podium finish in Formula One on the final lap.
S?bastien Bourdais has been demoted five grid positions for being deemed to have impeded BMW-Sauber rival Nick Heidfeld during the opening phase of qualifying in Budapest for this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix.
Scuderia Toro Rosso has confirmed that it intended to debut its 2008 car in Turkey this weekend, but has had to defer the STR3's first race appearance until round six, in Monaco, later this month.
Newman-Haas Racing teammates Sebastien Bourdais and Bruno Junqueira have not always seen eye to eye this year but both insist that all is well between the two as they prepare for the penultimate round of the series in Surfers Paradise. ERIC MAUK: