[ChrisL]

I totally agree on that cammer. F1 is a victim of its own success. Technology has plateaued at such a high level, that you could almost pluck a requirement out of the air and build a car to that spec... hence the need for some dumb rules. In the "old" days it was almost open slather, and the advancements were directly relevant to the road car.

My comment about ground-effects was, I admit, just a bit wishful. The reality is that you cannot divorce aerodynamics from motorsport, especially when the racecars travel at 300+kmh. But if they could somehow minimize it, you would then have a situation whereby overtaking was easier. And because the technology emphasis would be transferred to mechanical grip, there would be a greater affinity with road cars - as per days gone past.