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Silverstone happy with the less noisy new Formula 1
Silverstone happy with the less noisy new Formula 1 5 April, 2014 Organisers of the British Grand Prix have opted out of the controversy surrounding the milder sound of Formula 1′s new V6 turbo engines, by declaring that the new sound is a good thing.
While Melbourne's Ron Walker and Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone have been making a lot of noise about the sport's new quieter sound, the president of Silverstone's circuit-owning club BRDC thinks the old V8s were in fact 'too noisy'.
'I think they were ear-bleeding,' former Formula 1 driver Derek Warwick, also serving as a steward this weekend in Bahrain, told Reuters. 'We've just got to re-adjust our volume.'
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