Everybody seems to think that the removal of refuelling will take away all the strategic excitement. Well what's been exciting about virtually every race being won or lost in the pitlane for the past 16 years? Surely this returns a real demand to pass on the track as there will be fewer alternatives. It will be a shame if it all gets absorbed into some artificial tyre strategy simply creating the same effect as with refueling. Why for instance insist that the teams use multiple compounds? Let them have a completely free tyre choice. It's going to be almost impossible to achieve but imagine a set up that enables a car to go the whole race on a single set, especially if one of the compounds was formulated with that in mind.
I'm not sure about this top ten proposal. Surely all of the top ten would select the hard tyre - no point going for glory and pole and then ruining things by stopping early because the heavy weight has destroyed the tyres in the first few laps. Therefore what is the point. It might spice things up for the guys immediately outside the top ten though - if someone in front does go down the softer tyre option.
So the poor bloke in P10 will wish he was back in P11 or 12... again. The only difference is that it's a tyre advantage now, not a fuel one, which is arguably much worse for the unlucky driver in P10. I believe Tracks should have at least a couple of spots for overtaking opportunities. No refueling = good, especially for saftey sake. Regulating tire use to cause pitstops and now to penalize success = not sure!
Regulations should be there for safety and fairness, not to create a false sense of equality among the competition. Stop over-regulating and let the car builders, the teams and the drivers provide the excitement.
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