Schuey: speeds 'not too fast'

Following the final day of testing at Barcelona on Friday, Schumacher spoke out on the subject that took a new turn on Thursday, when FIA president Max Mosley said he would intervene if the F1 technical working group could not agree on a way of reducing speeds.

"The question is, if we need to slow down the cars, you have to think about why we are doing this now," Schumacher told autosport.com. "Yes, the speeds have increased in the last few years, but I don't think that they are dangerous or problematic. I don't think we need to make a change. There is no need to panic at the moment."

Team-mate Rubens Barrichello agreed, telling autosport.com: "Before we change anything we have to sit down and discuss it. We can't rush into anything. I don't see any reason why we should change things."

Others to issue similar sentiments were BAR's Jenson Button and Jaguar's Mark Webber. Button told autosport.com: "I know other drivers have expressed concerns, but I haven't got a problem with the speeds at the moment."