Hopefully that is the start of revision of the now 30 year old trend or so where F1 robots are not allowed to participate in anything else but their own mounts. (Bourdais of course being the exception, and some test drivers).
It may allow other types of motor sport (and usually much more interesting per se) to attract public attention, and also attention from the very F1 focused general media.
"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams