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Cool website mate , gooing to the favorites.

Here's a technical question which I've been pondering for a while and can't seem to find a satisfactory answer to (including on f1technical.net):

What was the rationale behind re-introducing in-race refuelling in 1994?

It seems to have hurt the quality of the show more than help it. Pit stops are now rarely deciding factors, since the fuel hose is usually on for much longer than it takes the guys to change the tires. Eliminating refuelling would put the focus back on the speed of the mechanics. Secondly and more importantly, it has reduced so many races to a procession of cars waiting for the car in front to pit only to blast in a few hotlaps in order to overtake in the pitlane. Overtaking in the pitlane is not exciting. In 2006, tital rivals Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso didn't go wheel-to-wheel on track until the thirteenth race of the season, thanks largely to overtaking in the pitlane.

So why doesn't the FIA simply require teams to make fuel tanks big enough for a race distance and only allow them to put in their race fuel before the race? Keep the three-part quali but make Q3 on low fuel like Q2 instead of this burnoff phase BS. Give them very soft, wide slick tires that burn out easily so they have to stop two or three times over a grand prix to change them.

Believe it or not, I think the reintroduction of refuelling was meant to 'spice up' the show by adding a more strategic element to the racing.

However, I completely agree with you!