Formula One is facing momentous change, however much Ferrari and Michael Schumacher keep on serving up the same old dominance.
The sense of inevitability that accompanied Schumacher's fourth win in four races on Sunday contrasted with the uncertainty hanging over the sport.
Proposals by the governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) to take motor racing back to basics from 2008 caused far more of a stir than anything seen on the racetrack at Imola.
There were more ripples when the GPWC group of five major carmakers announced that they were ending an agreement to secure the sport's future with Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone.
What the two statements meant was that while the FIA had served notice of a future revolution, to be imposed if necessary, the manufacturers were again threatening to introduce their own series.
A split is not impossible but some in the sport believe the carmakers to be on the back foot, more likely to buckle than commit themselves and their shareholders to such a major financial undertaking.
In the meantime, the door is still open to negotiation and there will be many meetings to come.
The first will be between the FIA and teams in Monaco next week for what promises to be a highly significant gathering that could make up a few minds.
In 2008, Formula One's guiding "Concorde Agreement" between the teams, Ecclestone and FIA expires.
Without a new one, the FIA can lay down the law to the teams providing it gives sufficient notice -- which it did with the proposals issued at Imola.
But if they all agree, the changes could be introduced sooner.
The main questions now are how the teams align themselves, with the non-GPWC ones already backing the FIA, and what Ferrari decides to do.
While the FIA proposals would put the emphasis back on the driver and eliminate much of the hi-tech wizardry that has taken costs into the stratosphere, the major carmakers are unlikely to accept restrictions on electronics.
Some could leave or scale down their involvement.
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