'Pay drivers' not good for F1 in long run

Don't fix it if ain't broke, goes the saying. In F1, however, fresh cracks seem to keep popping up with alarming regularity as can be seen with the amount of 'fixing' going on. Moreover, with the introduction of new teams, the downside is that Formula 1 seems to be losing its integrity.
It wasn't too long ago that drivers got to drive these thoroughbred cars purely on merit.The millions of dollars spent was on getting to be noticed by a F1 team, but now it doesn't happen that way.
This is due to a flawed system concerning the money-sharing pattern, about which I have been crying myself hoarse for many years. Let's take the plight of HRT and the lower-rung teams for instance. They are looking for drivers purely from the size of their wallet point of view.
Wouldn't it be different if the 16-20 million Euros that they are looking for came from F1 itself as a 'thank you' for participating?
Then such teams can afford to look for fresh young talent who don't have access to money but have requisite talent, and as a result become not only competitive but also help them develop cars rapidly. Getting 'pay drivers' just to somehow fund and get the car on the starting grid serves no purpose.
Bernie Ecclestone may support such entrants to keep his circus entertaining with more acts, but then it gets worse when the sword of Damocles dangles tantalizingly mid-season onwards. It's beyond me as to how, without adequate finances, can any team plan their immediate or, for that matter, further funding of the development of their cars while the competition is doing so every single second! It is good for F1 to have 24 cars on the grid but not if they serve only as moving chicanes.
It's ironical as to how Indians have been involved with the fortunes of HRT and its CEO Colin Kowles. Colin was fired from Force India by his Indian boss Vijay Mallya.
Now two other Indians, Karun Chandhok and Narain Karthikeyan, have become his saviours in terms of putting some badly-needed fuel into his depleted tank. Hence, contrary to the belief, it's these two Indians who are helping HRT and not vice versa! HRT's acrimonious exit from FOTA, claiming that it was 'nonsense', now has no meaning as FOTA has emphatically confirmed that HRT were asked to leave because they defaulted in payment. Karthikeyan must be careful regarding the kind of contract he signs. The most sensible thing would be to pay race-by-race before he winds up on the wrong side of litigation vis-a-vis Chandhok.
The rule changes for this season - particularly the one that permits team orders - may sound debatable but they definitely lean more towards the positive side. Laws that can't be policed or enforced easily should be allowed.
Otherwise teams will develop codes to allow them to do the same anyway and go scot-free. Or if they are Team Ferrari, they will be let off the hook with merely a slap on the wrist despite having broken rules that attract severe penalties!
Economic woes led to the exit of Bridgestone and now the cars will be shod by Pirelli. This will, of course, mean that the existing data that teams have on circuits pertaining to corner speeds, tyre temperatures, wear and tear and so on will not be of much use now.
This will make a difference to a few chassis and it would be a few races into the season before the cars settle down to a stable and predictable handling pattern.
And as for the engine restrictions in the offing, it won't be long before they start puttering around with lawnmower engines!