Karthikeyan told to drive faster

Kolles said on Friday that he had told Karthikeyan to raise his game.

"I don't know what he's complaining about. The first five races I did well - you're bound to have some bad races.

"Colin must also realise that this car is really bad to drive and it's easy to make mistakes, so they should try to improve the car too," said Karthikeyan.

"There is no point just complaining."

Jordan have failed to score a point this season following the purchase of the team by Midland Group boss Alex Shnaider, a Russian-born Canadian businessman.

And Kolles said he had not been happy with Karthikeyan's performances at the last two races in Monte Carlo and at the Nurburgring.

Right now I just do my job and at the end of the year find a different place Narain Karthikeyan

"He doesn't speak to me very much any more, so that is a good thing," said Karthikeyan.

"He thinks if he is very direct [in criticism] it helps, but sometimes it doesn't.

"I was not upset, you come across a lot of things like this in Formula One so it doesn't matter.

"[We get on] OK, but not like we did a month ago. He is just management, so I really don't have to have a conversation with him."

Karthikeyan indicated that he would be looking for a new team for next season.

"Right now I just do my job and at the end of the year find a different place," he said as he prepared for the Canadian Grand Prix.

"If the car is not good here, I try to do a good job with what I have, and obviously I want to be driving for a better team because a lot of things are, kind of, confused at the moment.

"They [Jordan] don't know what kind of car there will be next year, but once that becomes clear it will be much easier for everyone working for the team to know the direction in which it is heading."