New hybrid engine technology reduces the familiar roar at Grand Prix races, but among both insiders and fans, not everyone thinks the silence is golden.
Quiet Formula One Cars Spark a Noisy Debate
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New hybrid engine technology reduces the familiar roar at Grand Prix races, but among both insiders and fans, not everyone thinks the silence is golden.
What is your point? The sound is not OFF, it's turned down to a reasonable volume. If you watch the youtube video the smart people are wearing ear protection for the old cars and not for the new cars. That is an IMPROVEMENT in the experience. I used to go to watch World Superbike and MotoGP at Laguna Seca religiously but they just kept getting louder and louder and more and more uncomfortable to watch as I had to sit further and further from the track. When the electric bikes ran my 3-year-old son and I were (literally) hanging on the fence, just feet away from them rushing by. MUCH better experience thank you very much. You can talk all you want about engine noises but all I hear is the sound of waste.Try playing a video game with the sound turned off. No fun.
Try playing a video game with the sound turned off. No fun.
From The New York Times:
Formula One’s New-Age Hybrids Find Their Footing
Just as the critics were attacking Formula One over an engine change, a tense race last weekend at the Bahrain Grand Prix gave the series a thrilling showcase.
Where does it say anything in the article about noise coming back?
Pointedly, Ecclestone and di Montezemolo left the track for their executive jets before the race ended, taking with them a solitary concession: that Todt’s officials would work with the teams to seek ways of changing the V6’s exhaust systems to generate more of the noise that many see as essential to spectator appeal. The aim is get the engineering done in time for tests after the Spanish Grand Prix on May 11.
“I think the noise matters,” said Lauda, who was a three-time Formula One champion <snip/>
While speaking with an indulgent tone on the issue of engine noise, Lauda managed to <snip/>