Heathrow talks to continue at Monza

The seven-hour meeting between the president of the sport's governing body, Max Mosley, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone and the F1 team bosses reputedly produced no concrete decisions on several issues, and the parties involved will now reconvene at Monza during next weekend's Italian Grand Prix.

A major sticking point is what happens on Grand Prix Fridays, which are currently virtually meaningless. There are various options on the table, but no compromise has yet been reached.

Teams are loathe to run on Fridays in order to save valuable sets of tyres for Saturday qualifying and Sunday's race. Often there is no need to run as extensive testing has already been carried out at the circuit.

Although a return to a Friday qualifying session has been suggested by some parties, FIA president Mosley is in favour of reducing Grands Prix to only two-day meetings. But the teams are believed to be against the reduction. A probable alternative is that more tyres will be made available to the teams to encourage Friday running.

Next year's F1 calendar will likely include a three week midsummer gap to break up the relentless F1 schedule, with no races and a testing ban. It is believed Mosley is also in favour of a ban on testing at all current GP circuits between races, and of having the Paul Ricard circuit in France, owned by Ecclestone, as a nominated test track.

In response to criticism of the FIA about the ambiguity of the current technical regulations, the onus has been placed firmly back on the teams themselves. It is thought Mosley gave the teams the option of re-writing a clearer set of rules - an offer they are unlikely to take up.

An insider said: "They [the teams] should go away and see if they can come up with a better solution."

Discussion also centred around the re-introduction of certain outlawed electronic driver aids, such as traction control, but the teams must come up with a definitive answer on exactly what they want. Again, it is thought unlikely that there will be changes.