This season there are new fuel regulations to go with the quieter V6 turbo engines that have replaced the screaming V8s.
But ahead of tomorrow's Malaysian Grand Prix, F1 boss Ecclestone believes they have got it badly wrong.
"The noise is better than I thought but it's more a sportscar noise," he said. "It is not aggressive enough, it's not what people think of when they think of F1.
"We need to do better."
"It sounds terrible on television, too quiet, and here in Malaysia it is better but probably because down the straights they have roofs on the stands that catch the noise."
Ecclestone has always been against the change to V6s but lost the battle with FIA president Jean Todt, who is determined that his legacy will be more environmentally-friendly motorsport.
"It's not my product, I didn't invent this, I was against it from the start, did not want it. There was no need for them," said Ecclestone.
"I did explain to the FIA World Council that if fuel saving was a problem then we could ask the teams to cut down the motorhomes by half, and instead of Mercedes sending 23 trucks with their motorhome they could cut that.
"If you work out how much fuel the trucks use it is a nonsense compared with the fuel used by the cars.
"We were talking for three years about cost cuts and what happens? You put these engines in and the teams have to spend many millions."
The changeover is the most complicated in F1 history with engines made a third more fuel efficient with the addition of two energy conversion units, which make up in power for the loss of two cylinders.
Noise is power, and using exhaust gases efficiently has caused the quietening.
One suggestion is allowing the teams to channel 20 per cent more gases to the exhaust to create more roar.
"I am concerned that we might lose promoters, sponsors," said Ecclestone. "The Singapore race promoter is here and he said that if they lose a lot of public then they will definitely stop.
"Australia is not happy, the Americans are not happy."
Red Bull boss Christian Horner admits he expects to come a cropped of the new rules again after Daniel Ricciardo was kicked off the podium in Australia for breaking the fuel flow regulations.
Red Bull suffered another failure of the fuel-flow sensor in practice yesterday and Horner said: "Hopefully it will behave for the rest of the weekend.
"If it doesn't then we will find ourselves in an awkward situation.
"We will try to work with the FIA, but then you are faced with the same dilemma as occurred in Australia a couple of weeks ago. Hopefully we can agree something that's sensible.
"F1 is a sport and when technology becomes too prevalent and confuses fans and teams it is not good. Is it good for the sport? No, if it is too complicated."
Source - http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/ot...reener-is-ruining-the-sport-Bernie-Ecclestone
BE lost it a while back if you ask me.
