Not entirely on subject as the season has finished and a new one closing in. But another slant on Grand Prix racing.
Obviously this will never happen, but what I would like to see is all drivers being paid from a central money pool according to how they finished the previous year. Then drivers given two races drawn randomly in each manufacturers car. Each driver would have his own coccoon that would fit into any car. They could also have an extra days untimed practice to familiarise themselves. At the end of the season you would get the best car and the best driver. The good driver would get the best from the worst car and the best car would get the best result for the less talented driver.
As I said, this will never happen, but it would certainly be better than the processions we usually get. This is a fun comment, so please read it as such.
Although as an aside, MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi gets into a rally car once a year and competes and regularly wins the LeMans rally.