It’s actually a pretty smart approach for a team with limited resources. Building efficient downforce is very hard. Building efficient low-drag is much easier. You will suck even harder at most tracks than if you’d tried making an all-rounder car, but so what? Finishing 14/15 is worth the same points as 19/20. Doing the the extreme low drag approach at least puts you in contention for points at tracks like Monza and those handfuls of points can be huge for a team at the bottom of the standings.
It’s actually a pretty smart approach for a team with limited resources. Building efficient downforce is very hard. Building efficient low-drag is much easier. You will suck even harder at most tracks than if you’d tried making an all-rounder car, but so what? Finishing 14/15 is worth the same points as 19/20. Doing the the extreme low drag approach at least puts you in contention for points at tracks like Monza and those handfuls of points can be huge for a team at the bottom of the standings.