Teams sign off 2007 testing agreement

Discussions to frame the testing code of conduct, which lays out how teams are able to structure their 30,000 kilometres of running during the season, have been ongoing for several months.

It had originally been hoped that the agreement would be approved in China, but it was finally only completed after the race in Japan.

BMW motorsport director Mario Theissen told autosport.com: "It is good. I think it was not just a good result but also a good process by everybody."

Honda Racing boss Nick Fry has said that he now wants to push for teams to all agree to test at the same time - which would allow the tests to generate some publicity.

"The next stage is for the team managers to sit down and work out where we can all test together, which will hopefully give the promoters the chance to sell something that is a collective test," he told autosport.com. "That will be a good thing.

"Engineers like to be able to tune where they want to go, but as a team principal I always like our team to test where some of the hot competition are, because that is the only way you can tell where you stand. So it makes sense to test as many times as practicable with as many of the top teams as possible, rather than having a constant monitoring of what you are doing."

Despite agreement of in-season testing, the teams are still pushing Bridgestone to expand their plans for testing this December. Currently only two three-day tests have been lined up in December, with several outfits wanting another run in late November.