Many advances are simply the result of human cleverness and imagination, and there's no equation that can ever factor in that element. Creative minds find ingenious ways to use what's around them. In the 1970s, 3M brand Super Weatherstrip Adhesive was intended to be used as an auto glass adhesive. All teams currently use the procedure, making tire changing easier and reducing the risk of dropped lug nuts, which results in faster pit stop times. Something past futurists may have overlooked in their depictions of today's future is a need to keep costs down.
Technology is great, but it's expensive too.
As a result, we should see a shift toward using technology more for simulation, especially in the areas of vehicle design and track testing. By simulating car designs without building and testing prototypes, it will be much faster and less expensive to produce them. By simulating race tracks, a driver could run a complete race on any track without ever starting the engine or making adjustments. Even with advancing science and technology in our world of the future, the success of the automotive aftermarket and motorsports will remain with its people. You can't stop the creativity of the human mind.