Felipe Massa has hinted that he might take a pay cut in order to continue his Formula 1 career into 2017.
Williams are openly re-thinking their lineup of the veteran Brazilian alongside Finn Valtteri Bottas.
Asked in Austria by Brazil's UOL if a cut to his estimated $4m (£3.4m) retainer might be on the cards, Massa replied: "I have never raced thinking about money.
"I believe that in the end, if I see that there is a possibility to do a good job on a team, money will not be most important because I've got enough to have a good life."
The report claims that 35-year-old Massa's manager, Nicolas Todt, has made enquiries with Renault about a potential vacancy at the French works team.
"I'm talking not only elsewhere but also here at Williams because they know about my work," said Massa. "The improvement of Williams in the past years has a lot of my work in there.
"And in a year in which everything in the rules changes, undoubtedly my experience becomes even more important."
Massa qualified in 10th place for tomorrow's Austrian Grand Prix.
