Top level meeting cancelled again

The meeting was due to take place this weekend at the Spanish Grand Prix and then rescheduled for next week.

Now that meeting has been cancelled too.

Among the issues to be discussed is whether to freeze engine at the V10 configuration, whether the sport should return to slick tyres and a general discussion on aerodynamics, including a radical change to the rules governing front wings which would encourage overtaking.

Damon Hill had urged team bosses to convene the meeting as a matter of urgency because he said the current regulations had taken the sport up a 'blind alley'.

He said many of the leading designers agreed with his call to bring back slick tyres and reduce the importance of aerodynamics to make overtaking easier.

He also requested that drivers he allowed to have some input at the meeting.

Williams technical director Patrick Head said the current regulations meant Bridgestone were forced to design what he called 'lousy tyres'.

Arrows technical boss Tom Walkinshaw criticised other team bosses for ducking out of the meeting in Barcelona and forcing it to be cancelled.