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Historically yes, but the cars in days gone by were much less reliable, as you noted.
That is the point, from that perspective they can now actually race flat out all race long if they have to.
So make them actually race, by writing the regs in such a way that they have to.
For instance maybe stipulate a minimum number of pitstops so that they cannot employ fuel saving to eliminate a pitstop.
Possibly do something with tyres also to make sure there is no incentive to nurse tyres.
In a spec series like IndyCars I would imagine that over race distance it would close the field up and improve the racing.
Might not work for F1 though, where all the cars are different and (under)fuelled for the race but you would imagine that great minds could come up with suitable solutions.
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