LUCIANO Bacheta is keeping his options open after undergoing a test drive for a Formula Renault 3.5 series team last week.
The Brentwood racer, 22, is looking for his best route towards a dream career in Formula One after securing the Formula Two title last season.
But despite living life in the fast lane he won't be rushed into making any definitive decisions on his future until the start of next year.
"It was a really good experience," he said.
"It was about learning the different techniques of a new car and we went pretty fast.
"There's no power steering like in F1 so it's a really physical drive.
"The car has DRS, just like F1 and you can do some corners flat out with DRS, which was tricky. The brakes are also similar to F1 in the sense that you can brake extremely late with massive brake pressure. This was the biggest difference from F2.
"It's the most physical car ever. It's great that I didn't find it too hard but I did feel it a bit afterwards – we got through about 80 laps in the day."
Although he enjoyed his day with Pons Racing in Barcelona on Wednesday he is still awaiting offers from GP 2 – an alternative route into F1.
"I haven't signed with these guys yet but they are a strong candidate for next season," he said of Pons Racing.
"There are other things in the pipeline and meetings are going on all the time.
"I was always going to wait for a little while before making any firm decisions and I don't imagine anything will get sorted before February or possibly early March."
Until last weekend it looked as though the former Sawyers Hall College school pupil would have the rest of the year off.
But yesterday (Tuesday) he flew out to Delhi, India to take part in the second round of the MRF Challenge – he finished second and third in the first round.
Originally he had decided not to return to the championship over concerns about its organisation and the fact his car broke down last time in qualifying. But those fears have now been allayed.
He will test on Thursday ahead of races on Saturday and Sunday. "There are always going to hiccups about reliability when a championship is new," he said.
"We managed to come to an agreement on the issues I faced in the first weekend and I am satisfied that the championship is being run to a high standard."
