Karthikeyan admission another blow for Aguri?

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

Recent rumours have linked the Indian to the seat currently occupied by 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 of 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 of Motorsport success in Zhuhai at the end of last year - suggested all talks are now indefinitely on-hold. It is not clear whether Super Aguri's negotiations with the Spice Group have also come to an end.

"I am willing to wait," he admitted. "Six months, a year... If F1 happens then good, otherwise I am quite pleased with this [A1GP]."

Karthikeyan began 19 races in the top flight with Jordan Grand Prix back in 2005 - registering a best finish of fourth 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.