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Mercedes: Muted sound of F1 has brought families to the track
Mercedes engine boss Andy Cowell says the muffled and less aggressive sound of F1's hybrid engines has encouraged families to attend Grand Prix weekends. Formula 1's engines have seen incredible advancements in terms of energy efficiency since the advent of the hybrid era in 2014. But for all the technological prowess achieved by the sport's power unit engineers, one area in which the engines have failed in the ears of the fans is sound. The low-key strangled melody of today's F1 engine is a far cry - pun intended - from the screaming, earth-shattering, soul-stirring, high-revving pitch of the V10s and V8s from the previous decade or the nineties. Video: Hamilton takes an emotional trip...
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