True, I think this is to prevent big players who can afford it from bankrupting the competition. I guess it turns out boring either way.

Although there is a silver lining: with identical cars it's down to pilot skill. I still don't see F1 or FE too exciting right now.

I've found F2 to be much more exciting than F1 this year, and I think a big part of it is that the cars don't have as much "innovation", and are much closer to identical performance-wise.

Barring some surprise changes or race-by-race accidents/failures, we're looking a season of 1-2 Mercedes, 3-4 Ferrari, 5-6 Red Bull. That doesn't feel like racing.