F1!! Shhhhh!!

General General Lotus Talk
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Morning all!!!

Spend the day watching the F1 practice live from Melbourne… spent the day trying to fix the volume control of my new TV…

… then I realised that nothing is wrong with the TV… :open_mouth:

The ‘new F1’ cars make no noise!!! :confused: :confused: :confused: Some local bloke said they sounded like a Cessna 150 at idle thrust making a landing… I did not think that was fair, it was more like a Cessna 172!

WTF have the rule makers done to F1!!! Sure we need the sport to be at ‘cutting edge’ but FFS, if this is the result at least install a 1000W amp in the boot to play the old soundtrack of a V8 at 18,000 RPM! :smiley:

The body language of the crowd said it all I thought…

7 seconds slower per lap that Schumies record…

Merc look great… Lotus still practicing rally cross at the hands of Monsiour Grobag! :exclamation:

Well, it is certainly going to be a different season! :unamused:

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oh running a F1 predictor league at work:

http://gppredictor.com/league/join/id/5322d6c47f39286a380001ad/code/3e668fd0680af3fc684a09833bfbc525

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Pete has given all the predictions that you need - slower, quieter, mud. Job done :smiley: .

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Less grip, more torque, less Vettel - sounds good to me. :smiley:

I like the Ferrari’s run down noise when they turn it off, very Thunderbirds.

Call TVR, that’ll get some sexiness back in to the zorst noise.

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Happy Birthday Cobber :mrgreen:

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Woo hoo hoo!

I think we may have a racing format on our hands. :slight_smile:

There’s several hundred engineers out there that deserve massive congratulations for what they’ve achieved in the last few months.

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Fully with you on the noise, it was one of the main features for me of F1.

Now that’s gone - there’s even less appeal to a sport that was struggling on several fronts to start with.

It’s a big shame - just shows how those in the know can still get it completely wrong.

Thank god for club racing & BTCC etc.

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personally I think the new engines are great, while they’re not as noisy there are more and different noises to listen out for: turbo noise, drivetrain shunt and tyre screech can now be heard too.

Throw in gobs of torque that spear the cars sideways without warning, and effectively a push to pass option and it’s livened up the whole shebang.

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I’m not sure they’re great noise-wise but I do like the other benefits. I would say they somehow sound futuristic.

Seriously? I think you need to give it another try as less grip and more torque just made the driver far more of the focus. True, I much prefer BTCC and MotoGP for the racing but F1 is the best drivers in the most advanced cars (and it sounds better than those).

Ian :slight_smile: