I know only 3 engines allowed next year. However what about adopting a different strategy. What about designing your engine to only last for one race.
I know you would start from the back of the grid. However you could basically then use one engine for qualifying and then in the race use a completely new engine.
Theoretically then in the race the engine would only have to last 1 race instead of 7. How much more power could you make with a 1 race engine? 100BHP? Enough to easily overtake every car in the race?
Or would the big constraint be the amount of Fuel? You just couldn't run the Engine that hard anyways.
Just thinking out loud and it probably wouldn't work - but it's getting to the point where different strategies might work. It's almost like pitstops - No Stop, 1 stop or 2 stop strategy.