That would help, at least from the viewer's end. Predictability and utter lack of variability is the biggest thing wrong in today's F1 viewing experience imho. After an initial transitional period in 2013 when nthe new regs took place, engine reliability went way up from what it used to be with the V8s and V10s. That's largely because of the draconian engine limits. The idea was to save money, but engine limits don't actually do that. They spend even more on engines now, because there's no limit on how many engines the manufacturers can destroy on the testbed. Because of the penalties their teams would get for replacing components, cost and reliability went way up, as they ran through hundreds or thousands of engines getting the best possible reliability, power output, and efficiency.
Other problems off the top of my head:
- The cars are fucking huge and heavy. They're so big because they're so heavy, and they're so heavy because of the heavy batteries & hybrid PUs.
- Cars unable to follow closely because of dirty air. That's not just a symptom of being deep into these regs. They had made great strides but threw it all away because of crying from a few teams, Mercedes in particular.
- Lack of variability in tire strategy
- Too much telemetry data flowing to the pitwall & too much advice/coaching coming from it.
- Over simulation. Everything is simulated to death thousands of times before the race starts. Very little is left to chance.
- Far too much tire conservation, fuel conservation, battery management, systems management, etc, and far too little of drivers just pushing the hell out of the cars. If the drivers need constant guidance on tire temp, tire wear, brake temp, fuel status, which of thousands of possible mode scenarios to be in, etc, etc, etc, then maybe the cars are too complex and there's something wrong with the formula. It's motorsport, not fucking NASA.