Depends what you want from a series I guess. I see F1 as high budget soap-opera/reality-TV with a racing series setting. I can't relate to the people in the sa

Depends what you want from a series I guess. I see F1 as high budget soap-opera/reality-TV with a racing series setting. I can't relate to the people in the same way as you might with the "dirty dozen" approach but the drama is there nonetheless. I used to love F1 as an engineering research unit for the world. But once regulations started banning technologies - and even relatively simple tweaks! - left right and centre it lost that shine. I wish F1 would largely throw away the regulations again. Keep general safety regulations, a safety cell and 4 wheels, set the physical parameters for the car like size and weight with an 80kg driver, maybe specify some aerodynamic condition for trailing air and limit the unobtanium material use. I think limiting $ spent should be done by full specifications of cars to be released after 3-5 years. It is only worth spending money to get an advantage. If all your competitors are going to have your research in a few years then why spend so much? Also, ALL the engineering fanciness is released for the world to benefit. Then, when cars get too fast. Reduce the size/weight of the car, while keeping safety cell and wheels the same. "Oh, your 2m wide car goes too fast? Try it next year at 0.8 the size." Eventually it will be go-karts again. But of the most brilliant engineering.