The FIA has been evaluating ways of adding covers to wheels in rainy conditions to help minimise spray being thrown up, which can severely restrict visibility.
Trials of an early design tested at Silverstone earlier this year did not deliver the results hoped for, with the conclusion being that the first iteration concept failed to cover enough of the wheel.
A second, bigger design has been in development since then and was originally hoped to be tested on cars last month.
However, amid the logistical challenge of the intense end of the season, allied to cost implications, teams that had been offering to help out felt that it would be better to hold fire and wait until next May to plan the next run.
FIA single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis said the governing body was happy to listen to the teams over how best to approach the next stage.
“Obviously for these tests, we get support from the teams who do the work, we don't have cars ourselves,” he said.
“The work that had been planned was going to happen around about early November, but parts availability and production capacity of the teams involved meant they would have had to get everything supplied externally - and that would have been very expensive.
Source: Autosport