FIA President, Max Mosely, warned Formula One leading drivers to stop complaining about the sport's regulations. Over the weekend of the Spanish Grand Prix, numerous drivers - including Damon Hill, David Coulthard and Michael Schumacher - voiced their concern that the technical regulations introduced by the governing body of the sport is in essense killing any chance of real racing.

Mosely told The London Times that, "The general feeling is that, as long as the cars are safe, we are not concerned whether the drivers like the cars or not. Because they are paid so much, they are not entitled to like or dislike them.

"It is not up to the drivers [to decide on the regulations]. They naturally want cars which are easy to drive and easy to overtake in, but that might not be the best principle of Formula One. The question we have to face is whether it is just too difficult to overtake.

"The fact is that this season we have had four fascinating races and one which clearly was not so interesting, but that is no reason to panic."

It should be mentioned that, at the end of the 1997 season, Jacques Villeneuve voiced harsh criticsm on the then-new decision to switch from slicks to grooved tyres as of 1998. Villeneuve was then summoned before the World Council of the FIA, being accused of bringing the sport under dispute, which is against the regulations of the FIA.