Just because they don't sound quick but do look it confuses things a bit I think

 

Sounds like the Top Gear thread.

 

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More power than the chassis can handle is good to watch (and fun to drive)

 

Sounds like the Top Gear thread.
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Hey my parents kinda love me but they still tell me when I'm wrong.

 

There is something always kinda sexy about turbo whistle and the sound of the F1 cars makes now is basically all turbo whistle.

The tech is amazing and as F1 is as much about the driving as it is about being a showcase of the best British Engineering (basically!) I think it is a good ambassador now for how we British engineers can still lead the way in new and innovative, cutting edge technology...that will eventually filter down to normal cars.

 

Just watching 'Legends of F1 - Montoya' on Sky. Pretty sure he has a S2000 in silverstone in his garage!

 

What I mean is, when you look at the 'in car' the noise doesnt relate to the speed so much any more. A screaming NA engine gives a sence of excitement and speed.

I thought a couple of the cars sounded nicer on deceleration than acceleration! Think it was Mercedes that sounded a bit fruity. Like an AMG on 'roids

 

With a badly fitting bonnet.

 

I quite liked the in car noise, but yes probably nicer on decleration with all the whistles and pops. The disappointing thing is the short shifting on acceleration, but that's as much to do with the increased torque as the engine design - the drivers saying sometimes they're 2 gears higher than last year. We didn't get any FOM graphics for the race or qualifying, but they did show some in the practice and whoever it was was changing up at about 12K rpm - so not even using the full 15K, and far short of last year's 18K.

But it can't be that simple. Chris Evans was talking about this this morning, and had Christian Horner and Ron Dennis on. Ron was saying they need to return to higher rev limits and more fuel - but obviously that's another redesign of the engines that certainly won't happen for a few years. But the infamous 80s 1.5 V6 turbos certainly weren't short of noise with much less revs, so why are these so quiet?

 

I think these are quieter because the turbos are so efficient. Remember noise is energy, so if they are quiet then the turbo is using the most amount of energy in the exhaust.