The FIA proposals outlined to BBC Sport broadly match a set of ideas discussed and agreed at a meeting of the F1 teams' top technical people on Wednesday.

BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | F1 changes to be revealed

Governing body, the FIA, decreed that the design was legal - but an appeal is set for 14 April after Renault, Ferrari and Red Bull challenged the decision.

BBC: Red Bull considering new diffuser

And with McLaren set to face the sport's governing body, the FIA, on 29 April to answer charges of breaching the International Sporting Code, Dennis admits his departure will be welcomed by two of F1's biggest names.

BBC: McLaren's Dennis quits Formula 1

The FIA technical regulations, to be published soon for the Championship, will ultimately set the framework for making such submissions possible.

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The new stewards set-up is part of a wide-ranging restructuring of the way the FIA administers F1 introduced by Todt, who was elected to succeed Mosley in October.

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The news came on the same day the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the body which governs global motorsport, confirmed the 20-race 2012 F1 calendar, which is set to be the longest in the sport's history.

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