Q: What are your views on the draft proposals for new regulations. John?
John Howett: I think the first point is that if you read the draft regulation the FIA has moved a long way from almost an exclusion of technology to actually meet quite a lot of the suggestions put forward by the manufacturers and teams, so there was a positive sign of movement in that direction. I feel quite a large number of areas, particularly aerodynamics, where both sides agreed the general direction to reduce downforce and increase mechanical grip and improve overtaking, but still I don think either the FIA or the teams have the ideal all-perfect solution. And then finally, on the implementation of technology, which allows manufacturers to demonstrate technology, I think everyone though it was a positive move but the manufacturers asked for more time to study the implications and how, in the end, they can support independent teams with this technology, regardless of the direction.

Q: But generally speaking you feel it is moving in the right direction?
JH: I think there is still a long way to go but from a regulation that was excluding a lot of technology and capability there has been a significant movement from that position towards the position of the nine-plus-five. so the trend is very positive.

Q: Flavio, what are your opinions?
Flavio Briatore: I agree with John. I still believe that whatever the federation wants to do for 2008, reducing costs and increasing spectacle, we agree at Renault, because what we are doing is decreasing our cost and everybody together. The federation is moving in our direction as well and together we make this effort. Regarding aerodynamics, in the last ten years we have tried to make a car for overtaking and have never succeeded in that. This process is not easy, but we need to arrive at this point, between us and the federation, and I believe the final result will be like that. So we are moving the right way.

Q: Norbert?
Norbert Haug: I can support what the colleagues have said, but I think we have to keep in mind where the whole discussion all started. This is not a technical discussion in the first place, it is a discussion what can we do for the spectator, and I think that is a big change in the last couple of years. Formula One is, and was, and still is very much technical but at the end of the day we need to communicate to the customer and for us the most important customer is firstly on the racetrack and then on the television. Of course, they like to see overtaking so we should investigate how we can encourage overtaking. Currently, you saw it at the last race in Monza, it is virtually impossible to get close to the car, even if you have a faster car, you are three seconds quicker, you just will not make it through a fast corner because 10m or 15m behind you get understeer and cannot cope with it. Having said that, it is no criticism. It is not easy to achieve that but we have to find solutions for that and they have to be the right solutions. It was not for a lack of trying in the past. We wanted to achieve that, all of us, but we just couldn't manage it. That is an important issue. Hybrid comes in place, the only reason for that is to save some energy, to store some energy then have the energy in place when it comes to overtaking. We can discuss further issues, like the overtake button, like what we are doing currently with higher revs, this is very similar. You probably already go to 300 or 400 revs higher and if you could find a solution to get 1000 revs higher that probably that might help with overtaking. It is very difficult if you already rev 20,000 with a new V8, to go to 21,000, you can try it but probably only one time and that is why i think we have to bring all these things together. But the positive thing is there is an overwhelming impression in all these discussions that the spectator is in the middle of it and that is fine for us and I think fine for the other manufacturers and that is what we are working on.

Q: One other thing that has come up recently, slightly allied with these new rules, is the prospect of B-teams. What are your feelings about those, one or two of you are slightly involved in one way or another, it is rumoured that McLaren could have a B-team, I don't know what you would say about that, also Toyota already supply engines to another team. What are the feelings about B-teams?
NH: We currently have no decisions, not at all. It is true, there was an idea in place to form a Team Dubai. The team was asked, there were negotiations and there was a proposal in place. Currently we have different discussions but nothing precise, nothing planned for 2007. The story was we would use McLarens or change McLarens or whatever, but to my knowledge we cannot use McLarens, for a B-team, that is not allowed by the rules, and I think everyone should know that we are very much against used Formula One cars. We don't think that is the key to the future, we think it is against the independent teams if you sell used McLarens, Renaults, Ferraris and so on. We don't want to have that and this needs to be properly discussed. So the rumour that used McLarens can run in 2007 is not possible according to the rules. I don't know where this story comes from. Of course, there are discussions in place, there are contacts with various people, but no decision and I cannot see how that could happen in 2007 really, maybe things are changing but you need your own car, as far as I am concerned. This is how I read the rules.

Q: Even though the 2008 rules would allow you to buy equipment from other teams?
NH: But they do not. That is in discussion. They do not. To my knowledge, we have no second hand cars in 2008. Firstly we do not have the rules in place, secondly there are ideas on the table but this was never confirmed or written into the rules that used Formula One cars should be the future from 2008 onwards. Or I got it wrong, I don't know.