The aim of Formula 1's delayed rules reset remains improving its sporting product - the racing.
For too long events have suffered from a lack of overtaking, the same teams winning, little in the way of surprise. But, whisper it though, much of 2019, after the nadir of the French Grand Prix, was pretty good.
Nevertheless, the new cars, when they now do arrive in 2022, are intended to slash the negative effects of aerodynamics, with closer and more unpredictable races the desired outcome.