Imagine that a new rule would be introduced to give backmarkers a competititve advantage: no DRS for the first, say 6, drivers in the WDC classification. This means that the WDC classification, race-by-race, determines who gets (no) DRS during the next race. Hypothesis if applied: no DRS for Verstappen, Perez, Alonso, Hamilton, Sainz and Russell during the Imola F1 race. DRS for Leclerc (currently P7 in the WDC) and the rest. Imagine that Leclerc's performance at Imola gets him back into the top 6 of the WDC at the expense of Sainz dropping back to P7, Leclerc will get no DRS at Monaco, unlike Sainz. And so on.
Better than no DRS for the top 6 of the qualies.
What do you think of this 'handicap' system ?
I believe to remember (but could be mistaken for propoposals that never materialized) that in some rallye racing formulas 'handicap' experiments for the best happened: reverse grid during a next race (start position disadvantage) or the winners getting extra weight on board of their cars (weight disadvantage).
'Reverse grid' was thought about in the recent past (possibly because of the Mercedes dominance), but converted into the 'Sprint' formula:
https://flowracers.com/blog/f1-reverse-grid/