Nowadays no team tries to shuffle the cards to overturn apparently (or objectively) untouchable balances of power. Going back to the origins of F1 is not possible, but working on pit stop regulations could yield surprising results
There was a moment towards the end of the Brazilian GP in which everyone, exhausted by the domination of Verstappen’s Red Bull, entertained the illusion that Norris could attempt a coup by going to the finish line without changing the tyres. It also had rhythm and the idea, in other times, might even have worked. Today it lasted the space of a morning, a few laps long enough to understand that Max would catch Lando quickly and that therefore there was really no point in risking it.