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Romain Grosjean wants F1 to bring back refueling

Haas' Romain Grosjean believes that adding refueling to the strategic mix would open up the options for F1 teams on race day and spice up the show.

Refueling was banned at the end of the 2009 season as part of the sport's efforts to reduce costs and improve safety. Since, the idea of bringing it back has been debated a few times by F1's Strategy Group but without any success.

Grosjean believes refueling could help dissipate part of Formula 1's predictability and add a bit of variety.

"I haven’t spoken about it with GPDA or whatever, but personally I would like to see it coming back," the Frenchman told Crash.net.

"Then the strategy is a bit more open. At the moment it’s a bit dictated, you know how you’re going to react [to strategy]. When you run out of fuel, you run out of fuel."

"I would like to see more teams being able to fight for podiums and sometimes wins, like 2012 where we had seven winners in seven Grands Prix, that was amazing.

"It’s just great for the sport, great for the show, and great for people to watch it."

With regard to improving the racing and opening up the field, Grosjean also believes Formula 1 should focus in the future on the quality of the tyres supplied to the teams, insisting Pirelli has fallen short with its product.

The Italian company will remain F1's exclusive supplier until the end of the 2019 season, with a tender offer process initiated by the FIA set to determine a supplier for the 2020-23 seasons. However, the sport will move to 18-inch diameter wheels in 2021.

Grosjean isn't happy with Pirelli's current blend of tyre performance and degradation characteristics, and actually hopes former F1 suppliers Bridgestone and Michelin return to Grand Prix racing.

"We don’t have much information about 2021. I read in the press that it was 18-inch tyres, and I truly hope that Bridgestone or Michelin come back," he said.

"To me, one of the big problems with Formula 1 right now is tyres, for overtaking, or even being able to follow another car closely to make excitement. It’s just not possible. It’s a bit of a shame."

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