Honda has released the first audio clip of its new V6 turbo Formula 1 engine that will power the McLaren cars from the 2015 season.
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Honda has released the first audio clip of its new V6 turbo Formula 1 engine that will power the McLaren cars from the 2015 season.
Roro said:.... And if you think that's bad just wait until F1 goes electric... Bound to happen at some point :nooo:
Senoj said:Oh dear, Bernie won't be happy.
Ecclestone wonders if F1's upcoming turbo V6s should get augmented sound
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. If Walker's Australian Grand Prix really is shelling out almost $57 million to hold the race, every ticket counts. As a fix, according to a report in Autoweek, Ecclestone "suggests that the only way to guarantee [a good sound] may be to artificially adjust the tone of the V6s."
However, neither the manufacturers nor the governing body of F1, the FIA, think there will be a problem. Ecclestone fears that if the manufacturers "don't get it right" they'll simply leave the sport, but the only three carmakers and engine builders left next year, Renault (its 2014 "power unit" is pictured), Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari are so embedded that it would stretch belief to think they'd leave the table over an audio hiccup – if said hiccup even occurs. And frankly, these issues always precede changes to engine formulas, as they did when the formula switched from V10 to V8; fans, though, are probably less focused on the engines and more on the mandated standardization of the sport and the spec-series overtones that have come with it.
No one knows yet what next year's engines will sound like, but we've assembled a few videos below to help us all start guessing. The first is an engine check on an Eighties-era John Player Special Renault with a 1.5-liter V6 turbo, after that is Ayrton Senna qualifying in 1986 in the Lotus 98T that also had a 1.5-liter V6 turbo, then you'll find a short with a manufactured range of potential V6 engine notes, and then the sound of turbocharged V6 Indycars testing last year at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Any, or none of them, could be Formula One's future.
MisterCorn said:whilst they do sound rubbish, the technology behind them is very interesting, using the turbo to generate power for the kers system as well as being able to spin the turbo up electrically to reduce lag. The new regs on the fuelling mean that although they can run up to 15 000rpm I believe that they can run maximum fuel flow from 10 000rpm so they will be trying to get maximum power as close to that as possible to reduce the friction losses at higher speeds. It should make for some interesting technical articles if nothing else.
MC
plavix said:Roro said:.... And if you think that's bad just wait until F1 goes electric... Bound to happen at some point :nooo:
Oh, please God no! Say it isn't so????
But, yes it is inevitable.
Perhaps that is the least of our worries? In the not too distant future we'll all be driving around in cars with sensors so as the less than capable people won't crash into each other and can maintain a constant speed on the motorway.
Perhaps I'll be dead long before then.![]()
Roro said::sad: :sad:
MILTON Keynes might already be famous for its concrete cows and numerous roundabouts, but soon it'll also be known for its driverless cars.
In a project aimed at boosting green technologies, a fleet of 20 driver-operated 'pods' will run on designated pathways separated from pedestrians. By mid-2017 it is planned that 100 fully autonomous vehicles will run on pathways alongside people, using sensors to avoid collisions with obstacles.
The early collaborators on the project are engineering consultancy firm Arup, Transport Systems Catapult, the Automotive Council, and Cambridge and Oxford Universities.
Commenting on the scheme, John Miles, programme director and Arup Consultant, said: "With the continually increasing number of people living in cities, city authorities are facing some real challenges with regards to ensuring future levels of mobility.
"This project has the potential to deliver a truly autonomous low-carbon transport option within the context of a city centre and we're delighted to be using this funding to take the project into the first stages of design."
The government-back scheme hopes to stimulate the development of advanced and green technologies over the next decade.