Team boss Franz Tost sounded out whether Juan Pablo Montoya, a winner of seven Grand Prix, might be interested in returning to F1 with Toro Rosso in 2009. Montoya, 33, was a frontrunner with Williams and McLaren until a drop in form in 2006 led to his switch to NASCAR. But with Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost needing to fill Sebastian Vettel’s seat, the Austrian admitted he looked into whether Colombian Montoya might be ready to return to the series. “Unfortunately he no longer wants to be in Formula One,” Tost is quoted as saying by Auto Motor und Sport.(F1-Live.com)(11-10-2008)
