V6 noise

[Boarder1]

I am sorry if this has already been covered, but listening to Sky Sports News this morning, they were covering the Bahrain testing.

The noise of the new engines was terrible and so quiet, it felt like the spirit of F1 had somehow been taken away!

I believe a big part of motorsport is noise, especially as a spectator as it helps to add so much aural drama to the action.

This is just my opinion of course, and I understand that there is possibly some people that like the new noise.

Anyone else feel the same?

[RealSquirrels]

i watched a video of the first bahrain test where you could hear birds tweeting whilst an F1 car drove down the straight...

[Eric Mc]

There is a thread already running on the new engine sounds. I posted on it yesterday.

[Daston]

I dont think they sound too bad, all the vids I have seen so far it sounds as if they are short shifting. I hope they sound a lot louder though, it's my first and probably only time I am going to see an F1 race live this year and dont want my first thought to be "wish I had come last year"

[Shaoxter]

Daston said:

I dont think they sound too bad, all the vids I have seen so far it sounds as if they are short shifting.

Not short shifting, but because the rev limiter is significantly lower this year.

[geeks]

DkyF1 live ticker from the testing had some video earlier with the cars on track and the noise sounds great, sure its not V8 scream but the Mercs V6 unit sound superb, the Renault not quite as good but its a different noise not a bad one though

[Inertiatic]

I think they sound great. Lots of whooshing and whining alongside the bark from the ICE

[RKi]

I was bored of the v8's tbh. The exhaust blown diffusers i heard at spa in 2011 were cool but last year at silverstone it got boring real fast. Every single car sounded identical, and tbh, the v8's were just worse versions of the v10's and 12s that preceded them.

The v6's maybe quieter but at least theres turbo whine and wooshing and other weird ERS noises. They sound far more modern than the v8's. Plus im quite looking forward to hearing tyre screeching through corners, something that couldn't be heard over the sound of the torqueless v8s.

[callyman]

RealSquirrels said:

i watched a video of the first bahrain test where you could hear birds tweeting whilst an F1 car drove down the straight...

Must have noisy phones.

[Tony2or4]

callyman said:

RealSquirrels said:

i watched a video of the first bahrain test where you could hear birds tweeting whilst an F1 car drove down the straight...

Must have noisy phones.

I see what you did there.

[Inertiatic]

RKi said:

...torqueless v8s.

Now you've done it



blah blah blah, gearboxes, blah, torque at wheels, blah blah

Edited by Inertiatic on Saturday 1st March 16:49

[heres2thehole]

One of the main draws of watching F1 live is the noise, the ear splitting scream of engines trying to drag every single drop of power out of the engines.

My best ever memory of an F1 race was at Montreal a couple of years ago - Watching the Renaults braking hard into the hairpin, blown diffusers going crazy sounding like machine guns , and then screaming out of the bend. You couldn't help but be totally engrossed with the awe and spectacle. Looks like those days are dead and buried with the new engine regs.
And don't even get me started on the face of the new eFormula electric cars.......