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Renault managing director Cyril Abiteboul has admitted that the team's poor performance this season is making their 2017 driver decision difficult.
The Anglo-French team has only scored points on two occasions this year, both being Kevin Magnussen, and those struggles has made the decision regarding their driver lineup more complicated.
"We need to be fair with the drivers that we have," said Abiteboul. "We know the hardware we are using is not the best, so when it comes to measuring their pace, their consistency in particular, it's difficult."
"We are giving them all possible chance to be properly assessed, and although it's obvious we will factor into the equation what we know from our hardware, it is difficult."
Abiteboul added that the team will continue to take time deciding their roster for 2017, and confirmed that the team is considering a number of options.
"We need to accept we need to take a bit more time. We have a number of options, good options, which shows people believe in the project of Renault," he added. "So we are just trying to make the best decision for the team, and in that respect we need a bit more information and intelligence than we have at the minute. If anything, the extra time we are taking in order to form a decision is not playing against our two current drivers."
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