Formula 1 looks set for a radical shakeup to its qualifying format, according to widespread reports in the specialist press.
The news, yet to be announced by the governing body, follows a series of meetings that took place on Tuesday in Geneva.
The meetings of the Strategy Group and F1 Commission had been billed as the last chance for F1 to agree sweeping changes to the technical regulations for 2017 but the deadline for consensus, initially set to expire in just a few days, was instead simply delayed for another month.
Germany's Auto Bild, however, reports that the radical car blueprint for 2017 as devised by Red Bull, with a five second per lap boost and 50% more downforce, "was rejected".
"The McLaren idea, with 30% more downforce as a compromise, seems the most probable now," the report said.
FIA president Jean Todt is said to have described the meeting as having gone "quite well", amid reports the 2017 cars will now be only three seconds per lap quicker.
The biggest news from Tuesday's meetings, reportedly championed hard by Bernie Ecclestone, is a tweak to qualifying, based on the current three-phase 'knockout' format.
The Mirror explained that "the slowest driver would be ejected every 90 seconds", with the change set to be rubber-stamped in the coming days.
