Not new news, but confirmed news

Red Bull have finally announced, to nobodies surprise, that Sebastian Vettel will take David Coulthards seat at Red Bull from 2009, ending any interest from double world champion Fernando Alonso. The young German started his F1 career in 2006 testing for BMW. He has been racing for Red Bull's sister team, Toro Rosso, since the sacking of Scott Speed in mid-2007. Although having a drive at McLaren blocked by Toro Rosso's Gerhard Berger, he has remained focused at Toro Rosso in the hope of getting a seat at the main Red Bull team. He will be second driver to Mark Webber.

In a statement yesterday, Vettel said: "I am very proud to be joining Red Bull Racing and it’s always good to have an early decision on what you are doing next year. I have been part of the Red Bull family for a long time, with its Junior Team since 2000. Throughout my career, they have offered me great support and now, to drive for their senior F1 team is a dream come true and I am looking forward to having a great season next year, even if I still have a lot to learn about F1.”

This ends rumours of Red Bull being interested in filling Coulthard's seat with Fernando Alonso. This means the Spaniard's chances of leaving Renault for a more competitive team next season are fast running out. This also leaves a spare seat at Toro Rosso for next year. GP2 driver, Bruno Senna, who is challenging for the GP2 title this year, has been heavily linked with Toro Rosso and has also said he wants to enter F1 in 2009. Other hopefuls include A1GP champion for Switzerland, Neel Jani, GP2 drivers Karun Chandhok and Roman Grosjean and also Red Bull test driver, Sebastien Buemi who would also successfully fit the current trend of Sebastiens in Toro Rosso.

Toro Rosso have not yet issued a statement but Red Bull team principle, Christian Horner said: "We are confident that Red Bull Racing will make the most of these attributes and believe that, in Mark and Sebastian, we have a very competitive driver line-up for 2009.” The 21 year old German driver will be staying at Toro Rosso for the remainder of the season and will hope for a strong result this weekend at his home GP.