I honestly don't see why the ladder necessarily needs to be "simplified". The current status gives drivers multiple choices to search for one that fits them in their stage of their careers. And it's not like the talent is too spread around the series making the level low, because all the series that matter are international and have fierce competition. You have FR2.0 at lower level, then F3 / GP3, then WSR / GP2. Those are all that matters and the talent is heavily concentrated there. Nothing like the past when the real talent was spread around multiple national F3 series and it was a massive mess (nevermind the fact cars weren't spec so whilst that was great for teams and engineers to develop themselves; it made talent spotting for drivers much harder). It might not be an easy ladder to comprehend for the fans, but it's not like the drivers and the F1 teams scouting them have trouble getting it.
The only major problem is cost really, which has gone super silly. So it makes sense FIA might try to concentrate everything in their hands and try to force costs down. However a concentration of power is also a very good way to ramp up cost. Isn't this pretty much what happened a few years ago when GP2 was hyped up as the one and only path to F1? (around 2005-2008) It grown so much in popularity the promoters and the teams saw a great opportunity to start ripping off the drivers and their sponsors. I'm concerned that rebranding GP2 to F2 and making it the centre of the universe, possibly killing the only alternative of the WSR in the process (well it's not like the FIA has to do much there, Renault has already taken care of that), might end up being counterproductive.
Edited by noikeee, 03 December 2015 - 12:53.