Italian Giancarlo Fisichella is considering a "very strong" offer from Jordan for 2002, the driver's manager Gianpaolo Matteucci said today.
Fisichella is in talks with current team Benetton about his contract.
"Giancarlo is very happy to remain with Benetton because we know them very well and we have a very strong emotional feeling there, but Renault is only offering one year."
Benetton-Renault have an option on current Jordan driver Jarno Trulli as well as Fisichella, but Matteucci denied that Trulli is the key man in the negotiations.
"It is one situation influencing another," he said regarding whether Trulli or Fisichella will partner Briton Jenson Button next year.
"During Hungary we will talk and for sure it will be a very important weekend.
"Jordan wants a strong driver line-up. Giancarlo and Jarno are the same, and at the moment Giancarlo has a lot of influence. Maybe it will be the two together."