Piquet's future remains uncertain

Renault boss Flavio Briatore has refused to confirm who will line-up with Fernando Alonso at the Hungary GP later this month.

The Formula One road show heads to the Hungaroring later this month, but it is unclear whether or not Nelson Piquet jr will join Renault at the race.

Briatore has often criticised the Brazilian for his poor performances and after last weekend's German GP, in which Piquet once again failed to score a point, the Renault chief was non-committal about Piquet's future.

When asked by Autosport about the 23-year-old's chances of racing in Hungary the Italian replied, "I don't know. Maybe I am in the car myself..."

The driver himself seems more upbeat about his future, writing on his Twitter feed that the team had promised him that come Hungary he would have the same performance updates that Alonso had in Germany, which suggests that the team intends to give him at least one more race.

"The team have promised that me and Fernando will have the same car for the next race," he wrote.

Should Piquet get the boot Renault's third driver Romain Grosjean and Brazilian Lucas di Grassi are thought to be the front runners to fill the position.

The French sports daily L'Equipe believes Renault is free to oust Piquet if it wants to.

Noting that the Brazilian has not scored a single point so far in 2009, the publication said Piquet's contract required him to score at least 40 per cent the points tally of his teammate by mid-season.

Fernando Alonso having scored 13 points after nine out of 17 races on the calendar, Piquet should have taken at least five points over the same period.

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