It occurred to me to look into the past to see what lessons we can draw from the past, when a similar situation to next year´s happened (stability in regulations, then a big difference the following year), see what results teams had in one year, then the next. If teams could develop both seasons and still be successful, or if a compromise was needed. However I´m not that big on F1´s history, and from what little investigation I did, it appears that basically there were dominant teams for certain periods, regardless of technical changes.
So let´s hear the thoughts of F1´s history buffs