‘Illegal car’ row nears end at Silverstone
Super Aguri and Toro Rosso are expected to sign an agreement with Spyker on Saturday, following another meeting about the issue at lunchtime on the scene of the British grand prix.
The locally-based Spyker argues that the other two teams' cars are illegal copies of their parent outfits' works single seaters, and is backed by F1's chief executive who wants all three to share their commercial income at the end of the year.
Prior to a new agreement, the eleventh-placed team in 2007 stands to earn no additional income according to the terms of the existing Concorde Agreement.
"We're in the middle of it," Ecclestone said coyly in the paddock on Friday.
"We never finalise anything, we're always in the middle of meetings. Until everybody signs a document anything can happen."