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Originally Posted by duke_toaster
They didn't have to be drawn up - they could have always air restricted or rev limited the V10s.
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Due to free development most V8s were faster than the air restricted and revs limited V10s. On the long run all V8s would have become faster any way. Therefore, continuing with a V10 wasn't an option.
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A fuel formula has advantages as well as disadvantages, what could be a good idea would be to go for the reciprocal of that idea and limit the power - then the development will be about fuel economy. Six races and 780hp, safe and limitations on "NASA technologies", otherwise free soulds like it could be a sensible proposition.
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With a power cap the straight line speeds might become quite equal. At least, no driver will have the ability to overtake someone on the straight by temporarily boosting (more revs and/or more turbo boost) the engine. Enforced reliability are artificial and the mandatory reliability of six races is arbitrary too. If a minimum reliability is to be enforced, it should be for (a) qualifying and race, (b) one entire race weekend or (c) one entire season.
If we want Formula 1 to be road relevant to a certain point and hence have driving 'laboratories', any kind of "NASA technology" should principally be allowed.