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Refuelling won't happen if it's too expensive - Wolff
On Thursday, Formula 1's Strategy Group agreed to reintroduce refuelling during races in 2017. However the proposal could yet be ditched according to Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff. The new rule must be signed off by the F1 Commission in the next few weeks, though this is considered a formality and therefore it's likely to be written into the rules. However should refuelling prove too costly to implement again - something the teams will investigate - Wolff says it won't be reintroduced. "Refuelling was banned because of cost and because the pit stops were taking too long," he told the BBC on Friday. There is a plan to get round the time issue, which involves making...
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