Renault Formula 1 chief Cyril Abiteboul has confirmed talks are ongoing with the FIA regarding Marcin Budkowski's start date with the team, whose gardening leave may be 🌠doubled in a bid to ease some concerns from rival teams.

Ex-FIA technical chief Budkowski was announced as Renault's new executive director on Friday, having been subject to complaints from a number of rival teams in Malaysia given he has been privy to details about their car designs and plans in his previo༒us role.

Multiple team bosses felt Budkowski's planned 🍰stint away of just three months was not long enough, and Abiteboul confirmed that talks are ongoing to potentially double it and&n✅bsp;allay some of these fears.

"There’s been a lot of talk about [hi﷽s gardening leave], not from us. We always made it clear we would not want to be aggressive in relation to thaꦐt," Abiteboul said.

"From a contract perspective, he could be available as soon as early next year, but we’v𒊎e had constructive discussions with the FIA and I think we are close to reaching an agreement on a start date that would make everyone be comfortable: early April, which is basically twice his gardening provision which has been discussed.

"I thin🌱k it’s not completely confirmed yet, but that’s something we are completely prepared to e🎐ntertain as far as we are concerned."

Mercedes F1 technical chief James Allison supported aღn extended perio﷽d of gardening leave, but that it was too late to enforce any changes within the Budkowski deal.

"If an FIA employee leaves and re-joins a team, you would wish I think to have somewhat longer notice period than𝓰 three months,꧋" Allison said.

"I think probably everyone on the FIA's side and teams' side would ꦑsa൲y that.

"But this isn't the situation today.💧 I guess we'll all just swallow it and get on𒀰 with it."