Max Mosley has called a meeting with Formula One drivers in a move which could ease tensions between world governing body the FIA and the sport's star names.
FIA president Mosley this morning invited all 24 drivers to a meeting, just days after cancelling a planned get-together at Silverstone on Friday.
At the time Mosley insisted the door was still open for discussions on safety and he today took the initiative by writing to every driver to request talks in Cannes on August 1st.
Top of the agenda are discussions over safety at private tests after drivers expressed fears medical cover differed dramatically from that offered at race weekends.
They will also discuss proposed new rules for Formula One as well as "any other business", which could see post-Indianapolis issues debated. The meeting will only go ahead if half the drivers agree to attend on the Monday after the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Relations between the most powerful man in motorsport and the drivers deteriorated over the French Grand Prix weekend, when frustrations following the Indianapolis fiasco spilled over.
Red Bull driver David Coulthard bore the brunt of Mosley's displeasure at the drivers, who had issued a statement in support of the teams who pulled out of the United States Grand Prix.
Mosley allegedly threatened to pull the plug on driver-backed safety initiatives before eventually cancelling a meeting with the Grand Prix Drivers' Association in protest at criticism from Coulthard of Formula One's rules.
The GPDA were scheduled to meet on Friday at Silverstone but Mosley requested talks away from the glare of a grand prix weekend - and on Sunday he has made good on that offer.