Leo
The thing is, that system makes sense in F1 because you know all the teams are going to practice anyway and even if you lose one you still have 18 cars on the grid. In rookie it's very common to reach a point where only 1-4 teams are actually practicing, removing every other team would leave you with an empty race which is not what rookies like.
Plus if you did remove these teams, you are basically removing any chance of a double yellow flag, SC, etc, because it's not often that an active manager runs out of fuel and doesn't pit to ensure they don't retire and ofc an active manager can very easily keep their car and engine at a 0% chance of retirement.
But to compete, in fact, with bots, in which case is this normal? In my opinion, if in beginners one active player the rest do not play, then either look for another league.Or, all the same, to prevent unsettled players from starting and miss the race. Rather than go alone with these bots.In proposing my idea, I had in mind that this would apply to professionals and the elite. Recently, in newcomers in all leagues, with some exceptions, there has been almost zero activity!