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I honestly don't see the problem here. Modern cars are far, far quicker, can be pushed much harder, and have far more advanced designs than at any time previously.
Only NASCAR could truly be called a formula that is stuck in a time warp.
I'm sure a Ford GT40, and cars right upto the 1990's had to be nursed around for 24 Hours at Le Mans. Now an R8 can be driven flat out, like in a sprint race.
One of the driving forces in modern motorsport is exploiting new regs to the max. In F1 for example, in less than 10 years, we have gone from 3.5l V12's producing 750BHP to 3l V10's producing 900BHP+. Isn't this kind of development a good thing.
The Vette C5-R this year lapped around 7 seconds quicker at LM than last year, through gradual refinments and improvements to the car.
In the WRC, cars that are restricted to 350BHP are far quicker than Group B cars producing 600BHP due to improved tranmissions etc.
The best always rise to the top, whether it is Ferrari, Audi or Peugeot.
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