Narain Karဣthikeyan has hinted that he is no longer in negotiations with financ𒈔ially-troubled Formula 1 outfit Super Aguri about a race drive this year.

Recent rumours have linked the Indian to the seat currently occupied b♎y Briton Anthony Davidson at the Leafield-based concern, whose owner Aguri Suzuki this week flew over to Japan to hold crisis talks with parent company Honda in an effort to save the team's future.

One o🔜f the options for the Japanese minnows is believed to be a buy-out by an Indian consortium, led by the Spice Group, with the key proviso that any takeover would include the addition of Karthikeyan to the race line-up. Honda is said to have been wholeheartedly opposed to the 31-year-old's signing, however.

Speaking to the Mid-Day publication, the A1 Team India star - and the man who registered his nation's breakthrough World Cup o♑f Motorsport success in Zhuhai at the end of last year - suggested all talks are now indefinitely on-hold. It is not꧙ clear whether Super Aguri's negotiations with the Spice Group have also come to an end.

"I am willing to w❀ait," he admitted. "Six months, a year... If F1 happens then good, otherwise I am quite please🏅d with this [A1GP]."

Karthikeyan began 19 races in the top flight with Jordan Grꦗand Prix back in 2005 - registering a best finish of ไfourth place in the largely boycotted US Grand Prix that year - and has since acted as a test driver for Williams, a role he relinquished at the end of the 2007 season.