Nick Heidfeld has revealed he wants to stay at Renault next year, in either Robert Kubica or Vitaly Petrov’s place.<\/p>\n
The 34-year-old German was drafted in for 2011 in the wake of Polish regular Kubica’s horror rally crash in February.<\/p>\n
Kubica’s management insist the 26-year-old might return late in 2011, but Heidfeld has admitted he wants to stay at Renault beyond that.<\/p>\n
Asked at Silverstone if he is thinking about 2012, he replied: “Yes I am and I am doing that by focusing entirely on this season.<\/p>\n
“Nothing is more convincing than good results,” Heidfeld told F1’s official website.<\/p>\n
“I would like to stay at Lotus Renault very much but I don’t know what the exact situation is with Vitaly, and even less so with Robert.”<\/p>\n
But both Renault and Heidfeld have been struggling for form recently, with team boss Eric Boullier criticising the veteran after Monaco for not delivering in qualifying.<\/p>\n
“I can truly say that in the last couple of races I’ve performed almost to maximum,” he insists.<\/p>\n
As for the car, added Heidfeld: “I think it is fair to say that we’ve fallen a bit behind compared to the beginning of the season, but I am convinced that we will move forward again and it would be nice to see this trend before we head into the summer break.”<\/p>\n
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