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Refuelling to return to F1 in 2017

Formula 1 will bring back refuelling in 2017 as part of a raft of changes aimed at making the sport more exciting. Following a lengthy Strategy Group meeting at Biggin Hill on Thursday, F1 teams are understood to have agreed on a number of changes to spice up the show. As well as refuelling, F1 will introduce wider tyres, with higher revving engines that will make more noise. It was agreed that F1 would stick with the current V6 turbo engines, with the idea of a dual power unit formula having been rejected. An FIA statement said: "On the engine side, it has been decided that stability of the rules should prevail in consideration of the investments of the manufacturers involved in the...
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