The whole thing is a team sport, adding fuel, like DC said in his older blog, only reduces the role of the driver, it would cut down on over-taking because why run the risk of running a strategy that could cause a crash when you could avoid them on track all together?
Also, I was in favor of ground effect haha
So, do you think we should put everyone in exactly the same car and not have any pit stops at all? That would make it completely a driver's race like DC seems to be wanting.
F1 has teams. It's not just a driver's formula, in fact the driver's championship is only one part of it and a part with a bit too much focus IMHO. I really don't mind if the role of the driver is reduced a little, although in fact I suspect drivers would find the switch to a more strategised race to be more interesting and challenging, not less. Right now the only real strategy the teams have is about which tire compound you choose for which section of the race... it's like a train going round and round.
With cars too alike, one team will naturally have an advantage over the others because the configuration happens to play into their strengths. With many possible configurations, teams can choose a configuration that suits them more.
The teams need more options in terms of gaining competive advantages against other teams. They need to have more scope for innovation on more aspects of the car. The cars need to be more different from each other, with some teams having a completely different configuration. If a particular configuration proves to be have a massive advantage, then (many) teams will switch to it naturally, it doesn't need to be stipulated in the rules. Some teams will, however, stick with the "poorer" configuration and come up with other ways to make it competitive. As I said previously also, different configurations will suit some tracks better than others. This is how to encourage innovation in motor sport. It needs diversity.
If that happened, I would actually prefer to keep refueling banned and let the cars run the whole race with perhaps only one stop for tires if needed.
As a case in point, how many road cars are genuinely benefiting from all the fine playing around with tiny aspects of the aero of an F1 car? None that I can think of.
Could cars benefit from more finely developed four wheel drive, or movable aero components, or active suspension, or alternative engine designs, or alternative valve train designs, or underside aero, or exotic material engine components (like ceramics, polymers, composites, etc.)? Hell yes.
Yes, I totally agree with you about ground effect. However, I still think the only way to really take full advantage of ground effect is to pair it with active suspension, and we appear to differ on that point.
