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Aitken trusting Renault with 2019 options

Aitken trusting Renault with 2019 options

19-08-2018 17:15
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Jake Williams-Smith

Formula 2 and Renault reserve driver Jack Aitken will be leaving it up to his Renault team to decide where he will be competing next season. The Brit is currently sat in tenth in the F2 championship.

Having won in Spain in the F2 sprint race, his season hasn't taken off in the way he might have hoped but Aitken will be hoping that a call up to F1 is in the pipeline for him at some point.

“Obviously there’s a lot of talk around F1 at the moment with seats changing hands and what not, but I put my faith in Renault,” Aitken said.

“F2 is the most likely option at the moment but I don’t know – I’m leaving it to Renault.

“If they don’t think I’m ready then probably they’ve got good reasons to say that. They know me well and I know them well and I think the trust is pretty good.

“Whatever they say to me about next year, if it’s another year in F2 then I’m happy to do that and learn as much as possible.”

His current role at Renault has seen him complete several tests for Renault and he will be hoping that another opportunity will be forthcoming soon. Aitken acknowledged that his current position would not be possible without the backing of the French outfit.

“Without Renault it’s simple, I wouldn’t be here. I think that’s the case for a lot of drivers. It’s no secret that it takes a lot of investment to compete in these series and it’s not something I can do by myself.

“I can’t really predict my own future in F1 any more than anyone else.

“As we’ve seen this year and in previous seasons it often depends on one guy who’s setting off a domino effect.

“For sure I keep abreast of it, more just because I do anyway and it’s interesting. But to try and control on it or act upon it, it’s very difficult."

The chances of an FP1 outing is also something Aitken will want to have as a possibility but admitted that nothing was set in stone just yet for the remainder of the season.

“At the moment nothing is planned but I’ll cross my fingers and just wait and see.

“Nothing is completely off the cards and like I say they will judge it as they see it.

“They are not going to say absolutely not for the rest of the year, but likewise it’s not set in stone that I will.”