Intelligent, humble and hard working, Bjorn Wirdheim made his Formula One debut this season as Jaguar's third driver. In his final column for this season, Bjorn recaps the events of the last couple of Grands Prix and looks ahead to the future and what awaits his motor racing career. Exclusive for Atlas F1

The last few weeks of the season have been a complete blur for me - I don't think I've traveled so much in my life as I have lately! After Shanghai, Mark Webber, Christian Klien and I flew to Australia, where we spent a week or so in a training camp in a beautiful town called Noosa, which is north of Brisbane and on the east coast. The training wasn't as hard as when we went to Langkawi at the start of the season, though; we spent time running on the beach, swimming and playing golf, and it was quite nice to take a bit of time off after a long, tough season.

After that we flew up to Japan for the next race, which turned out to be pretty disappointing for me, as I didn't get to spend any time in the car at all - there was a lot of really heavy rain on Friday, so I couldn't go out because the team needed to keep all of the extreme wet tyres for Mark and Christian, as there are only a limited number that each team receives, and we didn't know if they would need them for the race or not. I think most of the third drivers were a bit grumpy that Friday!

Around lunch time we realised that the typhoon, which was off the coast (and causing all of the rain), was headed straight towards Suzuka, so after the second session I went to a quick debrief with the engineers and was then taken out to the airport to get an early flight out - I was scheduled to run a test programme at Jerez after the weekend, and the team wanted to make sure I could make it there.

I got on an earlier flight that went up to Hong Kong and then got across from there to Jerez in time, but I was certainly tired by the time I got back to Europe! Luckily for everyone back in Japan, the typhoon didn't cross the track, but I heard that everyone got a day off on Saturday while they were waiting to see what would happen.

At Jerez I ran a three day test, which was mostly aimed towards next year - I ran with the 2005 wing levels and a new rear end, as well as with the tyres that will be developed for next year. It was a pretty successful test for us - we got a lot of miles in, as well as a much better understanding of what to expect in 2005 - and after Japan, I was just happy to get to sit in the car and run as much as I wanted. The team was pleased with how everything went, and now they just have to see whether they'll get the chance to run the car next year, but from what I've seen it all looks good.

After that, I went out to Brazil for the final round of the season. I think everyone on the team did a really good job - they were completely motivated to do well, and everyone really wanted to go out on a high. There were a lot of things going on in the team, and obviously there was a lot hanging over our heads, but everyone worked as hard as they could to show what they could achieve. It was really great to be a part of it.

On Thursday we had a big dinner for everyone in the race team at a restaurant that keeps serving you meat until you almost can't walk anymore - it was a lot of fun, and the team's new mascot Donkey had his photo taken with just about everyone, including me. I had to take it a bit easy, though, because I had a lot of work to do the next day, so I passed on a few of the courses.

My programme for Friday was really, really busy - I think I ran about 54 laps over the two sessions, testing the different wing levels as well as work on the traction control and engine braking. Luckily we had no problems, and I got through the whole programme, and then as usual we had all of the debriefs, to talk through everything with the engineers, to find the right set up for the race.

And that was that; I had the usual meetings to attend over the weekend, but mostly my job was done for the year.

My engineers and I went out for dinner on Saturday night, which was our end of season celebration. It was really nice to just relax with the guys I've been working with all year - we've all become really close over the year, and we all had a lot of fun and got to let our hair down. The guys were up for a bit more than I was - I stayed out as late as I could, but eventually they left me at the hotel and went out somewhere else while I went to get a few hours' sleep before I had to go back to the track.

The race was really disappointing for everyone in the team - we really wanted to do well in our last race as Jaguar, but it wasn't to be. We still managed to be seventh in the Championship, ahead of Toyota, which is something to be proud of - for the resources we had, I think the team did an amazing job, and I was really pleased to be a part of it.

Since then I've been going to the factory quite a bit - I was there this week for a photo shoot, in fact - and I've been catching up with everyone there and trying to stay up to date with what is going to happen.

It's difficult to say what will happen - I have no idea, really, about the potential buyers and so on, so I can only keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best. Everyone is still going in to work, but I guess if nothing happens before the 15th of November – the FIA's deadline for entries for next season - they will be moving to other places.

I really hope it will be sorted out before then; the team has so many good people working for it, and so much potential, but it's really out of our hands now.

For myself, I've got a few options to consider, but I don't really have to rush into anything as I'm contracted to Jaguar until the end of the year and waiting to see what winter testing we'll run if the team is bought, so I'm waiting to see what comes up in Formula One.

It's quite amazing to look back over the season and see what has happened - I've learnt so much more than I ever thought I would over the last year, and it seems like another lifetime ago that I won the Formula 3000 Championship. I've really enjoyed my time with Jaguar; it's been a really worthwhile experience! As for next year, it's too early to say what I'm going to do, but my priority is to try and get back into racing.

But whatever does happen, you can be sure you will read it here first!

På återhörande,             Bjorn Wirdheim's column is written exclusively for Atlas F1 by Bjorn himself, with the assistance of David Cameron. Click here for Bjorn's official website.