Filed under: Motorsports , Videos , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , Renault , Racing While every team on the Formula One grid is worried about making a good showing in this year’s championship at the same time as they develop a brand-new car for next year’s championship, Bernie Ecclestone and F1 circuit promoters have a different concern: how next year’s cars will sound. The current cars use 2.4-liter, naturally-aspirated V8s that can reach 18,000 revolutions per minute and employ dual exhaust, next year’s engine formula calls for 1.6-liter turbocharged V6s that are capped at 15,000 rpm and are constrained to a single exhaust outlet. Ecclestone and promoters like Ron Walker believe the new engines sound like lawnmowers and that the less thrilling audio will keep people from coming to races.
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Ecclestone wonders if F1’s upcoming turbo V6s should get augmented sound [w/videos]