At some point in the not-so-distant future F1 is going to have to detach from the woeful faux concept of keeping up with industry demands. Fortunately or unfortunately, however you feel about it, cars are leaning into full electric at a rapid pace. Manufacturers will have no use for F1 any longer and will leave the second they need to, and I feel it’s coming faster than some might think. Series’ like Formula E will become their plaything.

In my opinion, Formula 1 should switch to focus fully on carbon neutral / bio fuels to help support the millions (billions?) of old-tech cars that will be traveling the planet for decades to come. Go back to simple NA engines, lighter cars and work on powering them more responsibly and put on a show. The sport will be better off for it. Manufacturer interest and demands are hurting the sport and only prolonging the inevitable. Seb is onto something with his FW14B.

I've always been lukewarm on DRS and its effects on competition in terms of defence, but making the cars draggier probably puts even more of an emphasis on better aero performance, and imo would likely strengthen RB, if anything, since they have Newey on their staff. You'd also be placing a lot more emphasis on engine design and fabrication, since cars with lower RPM power bands would be able to gain and hold early leads (this, of course, subject to tyre degradation and design).