Australian Grand Prix 2014, Melbourne - Race 1/19

I don't get it, most people are sat there with ear defenders anyway!

Having stood next to the old V8 doing a burnout at Goodwood with no ear protection I do agree they were loud and awesome, but surely the volume of the current spec makes it more enjoyable and more comfortable to watch live.

I would have expected more turbo chatter etc maybe but then turbo is always quieter and the regs mean they cant rev high enough to get any kind of volume from them. I'd sooner better racing and less noise than screaming V8s and broken racing.
 
Surely pieces of plastic between the wheel spokes would increase the noise dramatically?

Ok a more serious note, those who enjoy wearing ear defenders can switch to headphones which replicate the noise of the cars going past at 2013 noise levels, using GPS and timing data.
 
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the_chicco said:
I'm sorry but the cars sound awful. The sound change from V10 > V8 was acceptable (god I miss the sound of the FW25 at full whack) but this is just laughable. They sound like a cross between a hair drier and a Dyson.
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ERS-H is the reason for the **** sound unfortunately, due to the lack of wastegate to control boost all the "sound" comes through the turbo. Bin the ERS-H go back to using a wastegate with an atmospheric vent and glorious sound will ensue.


Edit: For the JDM-Yo people: screamer pipe. Ferrari fans: The middle hole on an F40.
 
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Nismo said:
This is an interesting comparison between AUS 2013 and 2014. As much as I like the new sound in isolation, the "show" has definitely lost a lot of appeal when a whole load of cars is going past...


It makes missing a trip to Silverstone this year a little more bearable.
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I prefer the second sound :-)
 
Baboonanza said:
I've been wodering recently if you could do a drive-by-wire formula with unlimited tech since the primarly problems are driver safety and human endurance (besides money of course).

I would guess reaction time would be a bit of a problem but it would be interesting to see, though possibly not very entertaining :)
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It's definitely an interesting concept.

One of the bigger issues would be the requirement of the tracks to be modified to contain the cars should an accident occur. Run off areas would need to be much bigger for a start - can you imagine how much that would cost every track to do? Some couldn't, most wouldn't.

The knock on effect would be that the grandstands would be miles from the action, so the fans wouldn't get to see anything.
 
Skip to around 3.30 to illustrate my point, this car has the same basic setup (bar an extra turbo) and is probably running not much more power than the current petrol engine makes, yet sounds rather good.


ERS-H needs to get binned.

I would love to hear that car in qualifying trim :(
 
I know I'm a page late. But if they did not limit fuel flow, they could potentially do 1000bhp for a few seconds. As long as they stayed within the 100kg fuel limit.
So limiting fuel flow, limits what maximum power they can use. Maximum fuel just limits average power over the race, but doesn't have any limits.
 
I like the sound of the new engines, adds a bit more character and change to the high pitched screams the V8's made. V8's @ 18k rpm sounded little more than just a lot of noise, there was no finesse to it.

In 20years time kids of today will be getting all nostalgic over today's engines. Its just change.

However gimmie the noise of a DFV, BRM V16, Ferrari V12 any day! :D
 
robbiemc said:
It's definitely an interesting concept.

One of the bigger issues would be the requirement of the tracks to be modified to contain the cars should an accident occur. Run off areas would need to be much bigger for a start - can you imagine how much that would cost every track to do? Some couldn't, most wouldn't.

The knock on effect would be that the grandstands would be miles from the action, so the fans wouldn't get to see anything.
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They want to do something like that as part of the Formula-E series - where you can sign up and race against them in real time on your computer :-)
 
Baboonanza said:
I've been wodering recently if you could do a drive-by-wire formula with unlimited tech since the primarly problems are driver safety and human endurance (besides money of course).

I would guess reaction time would be a bit of a problem but it would be interesting to see, though possibly not very entertaining :)
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It would be cool but it'll never happen. You need restrictions. Otherwise it's just most money wins(and far worse than it is atm), which doesn't interest any one with that sort of money to spend.
 
Glaucus said:
I know I'm a page late. But if they did not limit fuel flow, they could potentially do 1000bhp for a few seconds. As long as they stayed within the 100kg fuel limit.
So limiting fuel flow, limits what maximum power they can use. Maximum fuel just limits average power over the race, but doesn't have any limits.
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That's partly why I was curious, because giving that ability to the team would potentially introduce another strategic variable into the race and make it more interesting. But then perhaps everyone would just switch to maximum flow for the first 3 laps then spend the rest of the race going round at half speed.
 
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