Yep I was there, sound like rubbish. The V8's are louder now, even the Carerra Cup cars are louder.
Crowds will drop off for sure.
I've been once, probably about 10 years ago. Think they were the v12s then? The noise was eat splitting, even with ear plugs in. They where unbelievable, the sound now would definatlely take away from the experience.
In other news Ricciardo lost his second placing due to some bullshit, not his fault. Team is appealing.
Where I was (Turn 1), you could hear the 2011 F1 car around the whole track. This years car, you can't hear it after turn 3.
Its not some bullshit.. Redbull were cheating, intentionaly or unintentionaly.. Who knows
Was an unapproved fuel monitoring system, helped them manage their fuel load during the race, not a power aid of any sort, according to the latestupdate anyway.
From 2006 they went to 2.4L V8's from V10's, still deafening. Definitely takes away from the experience, as much as 90% for me.
To give an example, they run a speed comparison test. So a road car, a V8 super car and and this year a 2011 F1 car (V8 engine) line up together at the start line. The road takes off, 20 seconds or so later the V8 will take off then about the same again the F1 car will take off. The idea is they try and get all the cars to hit the finish line at the same time.
Where I was (Turn 1), you could hear the 2011 F1 car around the whole track. This years car, you can't hear it after turn 3.
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