In Brazil, the teams spent a lot of time discussing the new rules and regulations even though Ferrari have not yet signed up to any agreement.
It's very difficult to force Ferrari into line because they know they are the major attraction.
They have such political power and clout that whoever has got them they are guaranteed the championship.
Now at the moment there is the mooted GPWC that will come in after 2007 when the current agreement with ther FIA and Bernie Eccleston's group comes to an end.
But in the short term everyone is agreed and even Ferrari has agreed that the costs must be cut down.
But a lot of these same times like McLaren, Williams and even Renault have been saying you have to test, you have to test.
They have been the most guilty about spending fortunes on testing.
Now Ferrari will wait to see what happens and then they will make their move.
There will not be any rush because it has to be unanimous but the longer the wait, it will put the sport in more jeopardy.
Now Ferrari are the only ones with a test track right on the door of their factory at Fiorano - yet now it's sitting there and you are saying you won't be able to test.
So they will be looking for a compromise on that and they are also talking about running a third car.
Now these estimates are between £5-8m extra to run a third car so there a lot of issues there.
Just think of pit-stops with three cars having to come in, it's hard enough to co-ordinate with two and even then it causes traffic jams.
They prefer to have the 10 teams and the 20 cars.
It's just Ferrari spoiling it at the moment because they are the best in the world and the star attraction and they are calling the shots.
The business about fewer engines and tyres will cut down the costs and it will try to keep all the teams at a certain level.
If you have one team chewing up all the tyres on a particular circuit, then they will have to change the set-up on the car.
Now they could make a pit-stop but they can't change the tyres.
Now even Rubens Barrichello suggested you could end up with a dangerous siutiation when a tyre is beginning to shred and a driver will take chance or a tyre is losing air and you can't come in to change it.
You have to wait to see if the rules are refined to cover dangerous situation where a tyre is down to its canvas.
I think you are spoiling the ship for ha'pennyworth of tar.
I think three sets of tyres are fine because it helps the tyre companies, it helps F1 reduce money but one set is too draconian.
I think having an engine last for two races is too dracionian also.
But you have to keep a balance between what is a technological challenge and what helps the show.
If people are pootling around protecting their tyres and now using maximum revs because they are worriying about blowing up the engine, then it's bad.
I think it's worked well this year with losing 10 places for changing an engine. I think that's fine.
Having said that the teams have had all the time in the world to formulate all these regulations and in the four-mont period to put in a new set of rules, they failed to reach the agreement yet again and the FIA have put them together themselves.
Tony Jardine was talking to Stephen Joyce.
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