Nelson Piquet has been ordered to start believing in himself if he is to finally make his mark in Formula One.
Piquet has yet to score a point in his rookie season for Renault, and at times has appeared out of his depth amongst motorsport's elite.
During Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, the 22-year-old struggled on the wet streets of Monte Carlo before sliding into a barrier.
The suggestion is unless the Brazilian starts to improve, he will soon be replaced, although claims Anthony Davidson is being lined up for the drive are apparently wide of the mark.
However, Heikki Kovalainen was also rumoured to be on his way out of Renault a year ago before his year turned at the Canadian Grand Prix, the next event on the calendar.
Pat Symonds, Renault's director of engineering, said: "It has been difficult for him (Piquet), but he has put in some good races.
"This time last year, a lot of people were thinking Heikki was entering his last few races.
"Canada was just an incredible weekend for him because on Saturday could things really have gone worse?
"He had two major accidents, one of them in qualifying and it is still a miracle to me we got the car out in qualifying to get anywhere.
"Then he had a fabulous race on Sunday and he never looked back."
With regards to Piquet, Symonds added: "I've said it so often before how much with a driver or sportsman is about self esteem and believing in yourself.
"All Nelson needs to do is turn that corner and believe in himself and it will happen again."
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