sábado, abril 05, 2003

Team bosses delay meeting
Formula One team bosses have delayed a scheduled meeting planned to review the new rules introduced into the 2003 F1 championship season. Originally set down for next Friday, the plan to postpone the talks until the 20th of the month instead is because they want more time to analyse the regulations before making decisions they may regret.

"The reason that it has moved is because we really want to do a more thorough job than we have time available,” said McLaren boss Ron Dennis. "We all felt when we had a team principals meeting yesterday that we needed more time to analyze the better part of the regulations. There are still strong views held by most people about every single regulation... we need more time to try and come to a consensus because the next set of changes, if and when they are made, have to be clearly for the better. So we don't want to be pressured into making decisions that are not well thought through "

That means that the San Marino Grand Prix will be run in the same manner as the first three events this season as any decision on changes couldn't be introduced immediately. However, things could be different for the Spanish GP, such as the one lap qualifying format and the no re-fuelling after final qualifying rule.