The safety and better racing argument was always bull in my opinion, these are some of the fastest cars we’ve had in F1 and they were just fine tackling that last corner, 16 Spanish GP’s with an unnecessary configuration, luckily the FIA finally got something right for once.
The better racing argument came from the faulty logic that because the cars couldn’t follow each other well in the early 00s, then you couldn’t have fast corners before straights. You can see this thinking in the design of every Tilke blank sheet design. Everyone seemed to forget that slow corners just string cars out. Now that cars can follow each other, we can go back to what was always the best rule for good overtaking, a fast or medium speed corner leading to a long straight.
I reckon these cars would put on a decent race at Magny-Cours.