Max Chilton is confident he will remain a Formula 1 driver next season and recko⛦ns he may not necessarily have to bring money to stay witജh Marussia, providing, that is, the team remains ninth in the Constructors' Championship.

Marussia are currently ahead of both Caterham and Sauber, thanks to the two points Jules Bianchi scored in Monaco back in May - the first time the Banbury-based outfit had ever got into thওe top-ten - and that result could prove crucial for Chilton's future.

"We haven't really looked into it yet," Chilton said when asked about 2015. "We want to stay with the team. I think they have got a good little future, especially if we can𒆙 hold off Sauber for ninth [in the Const🐻ructors].

"That will really build our momentum because that is a big help to the team financially at the end of the year if we can do that. It will help us develop the car for the following year. Also, like a lot of these things, it filters down from the top and if there are a lot of rumours at the🔥 top and a lot of people mov𒐪ing around you don't really know where you stand until then.

"I don't really focus on that at all, however, until quite a bit later on i🍨n the year."

Quizzed on if he needs t💟o score points to stay, he added: "Not necessarily because as everyone knows we need a bit of a fluke race to get the points. Okay we need to 💦do well to beat the others to get to those points, but I have had good races this year. I started off very strong.

"The last few I agree haven't been particularly great. But I think we know we have got some problems there. I have been consistent and I have had someꦗ good results. It is just when I had my 13th in Bahrain it wasn't fully on my side, the attrition wasn't so much. I don't think that is a must."

As for if he will need to bring cash again, he replied: "Not ♕necessarily. I think if the team gets this ninth then we might not need to worry about that so much.

"I haven't really looked into it, but I'd like to th🏅ink if I have helped the team 🌳to develop over the last couple of years, then they would help me out."

Pushed on if the team has told him that could be the case, he noted that nothin✨g has been said to that effect.

"No, this is just m🎃e thinking about the bigger picture as everyone else ♔here. I have literally not looked into next year at all

"We have got a lot bigger things going on at th🦩e moment..."

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"Such as drivers being drivꦫers and the team moving forward,𒁃" he stated.