Ralf expects Trulli to stay put

(GMM) Ralf Schumacher thinks Jarno Trulli will still be his Toyota teammate in 2007.

Piping in on the silly-season raucous in Montreal, the German – with a long term contract – played down speculation that his Italian cohort could find the boot as he tries to renew his own deal.

''You should ask Toyota (bosses), not me,'' he told reporters in Canada.

Ralf added: ''I don't know, but I assume that everything will stay the same.''

But even 30-year-old Schumacher has been a feature of paddock rumors, with some linking him with an unlikely move to Red Bull, BMW-Sauber or Renault.

''I have a contract,'' Schumacher insisted, ''and do not see any reason to change.''