Christian Horner has all but erased Sebastien Buemi’s name from the list of Toro Rosso candidates, saying F1 is not on the 29-year-old’s agenda.

Buemi, who previously raced for Toro Rosso from 2009 until 2011, remains a part of the Red Bull family as the junior team’s reserve driver.

This led to Toro Rosso posting a Tweet of Buemi having a seat fitting.

That, though, wasn’t seen as just a set fitting but rather a possible hint that Buemi is in line for a 2019 Toro Rosso driver.

Red Bull boss Horner has poured cold water over that.

“He’s an important part of the team,” he told Sky Sports F1.