AMEN Brother! Freak Show! Freak Show!
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Originally Posted by Kyle B
I'm not expecting much, if any change.
The engine is still a turbocharged V6. The turbocharger is damping a LOT of the noise coming from the engine; it's a byproduct of turbocharging an engine. There isn't a whole lot you can do about the sound with the new engine regs. And besides, you shouldn't have to 'manufacture' a good exhaust note. You should have some kick-ass engines that do it naturally. WTF is with F1, BMW, etc and the manufacturing of an exhaust note?!?!?! The whole notion is laughable.
And the teams are still going to be revving the engines between 10 and 12K. The fuel flow limit is holding them back, and it's not like we're all of a sudden going to see a team out there going lap after lap at the 15K limit. Fuel flow limit + no in-race refueling = endurance racing. That's basically what F1 has been butchered into.
The whole notion of F1 being 'earth friendly' is absurd. Want to reduce the global impact of F1? Tell a team like McLaren to stop bringing a dozen and a half motorhomes to each race. Besides, the cars are returning what, 6mpg instead of the 3 or so from the V10 era? Fuel economy is not why people like watching F1. If fans were drawn to fuel economy, Toyota parking lots worldwide would be jam-packed with people staring at Priuses.
F1 cars today are a joke. F1 is not about transferring technology to road cars; that's what LeMans racing is for. If it happens because of F1, think of it as a happy accident. F1 should be about the manufactures going balls out, engineering the most insane chassis and drivetrains they could ever dream up and throwing it out on track. Someone needs to pull Jean Todt aside and remind him that F1 is supposed to be an automotive freak show. Right now it's about as technically compelling as a Sony Walkman.
Bring back the V10s.
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