There are more than three candidates to replace lower pilot Robert Kubica Renault accident in 2011, said the head of the team, Eric Boullier.
First Tuesday reports cite French that had been pre-selected only to Bruno Senna Nick Heidfeld and Vitantonio Liuzzi to become the new teammate of Vitaly Petrov, until that Kubica is ready to return to the R31.
"Senna, Heidfeld and Liuzzi?" Boullier is cited by the sports Spanish newspaper brand.
"We have spoken with them, but there are others that we also talked about, which are in perfect condition to drive the car," he insisted.
A report from the Spanish news agency EFE, said Pedro de la Rosa is one of the others has been contacted.
"If I were Renault at the moment I would lead to de la Rosa", said the former driver of McLaren Mark Blundell on Twitter, "he has more experience of Pirelli that all current boys."
A team spokesman said that the Lotus Renault team has no hurry to choose from the list of candidates.
"It is too early to talk about it", it is quoted by the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport.
"Still five weeks until the first race, so we still have some time to make a decision", he added.
Any of them; Bruno Senna and Romain Grosjean, Renault, two pilots replace Kubica test this week in Jerez.
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