The FIA is to impose a speed limit for Formula One drivers in dangerous conditions following the serious head injury suffered by Jules Bianchi in Japan last Sunday.

The sport’s governing body will meet teams on Saturday morning to discuss the introduction of a yellow flag speed limit and there are a number of other issues on the agenda. Five days after the accident that has left Bianchi fighting for his life, the race director, Charlie Whiting said: “There are some things to learn and we want to engage with all the teams and drivers to make sure we come up with good, sound, well thought through ideas.

“One of the most important things for us to learn here is that it is probably better to take the decision to slow down away from the drivers. It’s better to put in place a system where it’s much clearer to everybody how much we think cars should slow down under similar circumstances.

“That’s what we’re working on, starting with a meeting with all the teams tomorrow morning to discuss exactly that, a way to impose, for want of a better expression, a speed limit. There will be a way of controlling the speed with complete certainty and clarity.”

Whiting – who had an hour-long meeting with drivers earlier in the day – would not confirm that Bianchi was driving too fast at Suzuka and said that a proper investigation had yet to be carried out, including a thorough analysis of video footage and GPS data. But he did say: “Some cars slowed down more than others. Jules did slow down, it’s a matter of degree.” Whiting is hoping a new code can be introduced for the 2015 season.

More immediately, he said the FIA would be more careful about the use of on-track recovery vehicles, saying they would be used with “extreme caution”. The idea of placing a skirt around recovery vehicles, to prevent cars going underneath them, will also be looked at. “It is similar to the thing you see on trucks on the road to stop cars going under the side or under the back,” said Whiting. “That is something we are going to consider.”

Whiting confirmed that the FIA had suggested moving the start time of the race, but that this had been rejected. He also denied that Felipe Massa had been screaming for the race to be stopped, as the driver claimed. “That’s not entirely true,” he said. “I don’t think he was screaming. ‘Track conditions are getting worse’ was the only thing he actually said. I don’t personally think that constitutes screaming.”Whiting said that a safety car had not been used because Adrian Sutil’s car, which crashed at tdhe same spot a short time before, was “well away from the track, against the tyre barrier.”

FIA president Jean Todt added: “We have to learn from what happened. And we will because we cannot be faced with such a situation again. Each life is very important.”