Toyota have refuted speculation that they are lining up a move for Felipe Massa, while the Brazilian also denied he was in talks with the Japanese team.
The Daily Mail claimed that the Ferrari driver had 'opened preliminary negotiations with Toyota last weekend' - but ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix - Tadashi Yamashina quashed these rumours.
Toyota's team principal revealed that their 2008 lineup would only be confirmed at "the end of the season".
The German news agency dpa reports that Tadashi said: "We continue to contemplate all of the possibilities. We have still made no decision."
However, when quizzed about the Massa link he laughed and responded: "I know nothing about it".
It appears likely that the key mover in the silly season will be Fernando Alonso. The British media claims that the Spaniard has already agreed a £20 million deal with Ferrari.
But Massa has denied the verity of these reports by claiming that he still has a future in the Scuderia's cockpit.
The 26-year-old driver told the Chinese news agency Xinhua: "This story of me going to Toyota next season does not exist".
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