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I hate to see cars get torn up as well, and hate even more the caution periods that sometimes result. However, somehow, sooner or later, something has to be done to keep cars on the track.
If the track limits are not respected, then some cars can cheat safely to get advantages, or everyone has to cheat to stay level. This was never an issue until kerbs and such were made "safer" and acres of run-off allowed cars to straighten out chicanes at will.
Those pyramids are easy not to hit--just stay on the track. If you don't want your car torn up, tell your driver not to cheat.
The hope is for some kind fo kerb which doesn't cause accidents but still provides some kind of incentive to stay on the roadway. The pyramids did okay---as Oak showed, an idiot driver could use a pyramid as a launch ramp. However, no cars flipped, which is more of a worry with continuous square-edged kerbs.
Maybe the only safe solution would be to hitre extra referees just to watch the cars around the corners, and to hand out stop +30 (stop+60 for four wheels off) to violators. Thing is right now most race officials don't want to interfere, which is why most cars get at most warnings.
Everything is a compromise. Take the pyramids out and people will be complaining because a car went four wheels over the line and got penalized--"The stewards screwed up an epic, race-deciding battle!" or a car will hit a pyramid and crack its tub and people will complain.
One thing we know for sure, the drivers will take every advantage unless the risk outweighs the rewards--something other than the Honor System is needed.
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