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Horner not convinced refuelling will help the spectacle

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has hinted that he didn't vote in favour of refuelling's return in 2017, after admitting it did nothing to make races more exciting. The Briton, who has a seat on the Strategy Group which agrees new rules, questioned whether refuelling is the right step, despite almost unanimous support amongst the drivers. "I tend not to agree with it," he told Sky Sports F1. "We got rid of refuelling for a reason, it didn't make the races interesting. "If you cast your mind back to races where there was refuelling, they weren't that exciting – you just timed the pitstop, you either went shorter or longer [in the stint], and that...
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