The sound of 62 years of F1 cars launching
07-08-11, 11:23 AM
#1
The sound of 62 years of F1 cars launching
the video says it all
http://jalopnik.com/5819077/the-soun...cars-launching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRp-E...layer_embedded
http://jalopnik.com/5819077/the-soun...cars-launching
The sound of 62 years of F1 cars launching The sound of an F1 engine has changed so much over the years. While I like the high pitch whine of the current cars, it sounds more like a missile being fired than a race car. But I shouldn't complain as I'm sure one day they will be electric or something that doesn't make any noise. That'll really suck. Because I like the noise.
Frankly, I think the noise is as much a part of a Formula One car as the driver or the circuit. But the thing that is hard to believe is what they sound like only five feet away at full launch. I have been in the grandstands of a handful of F1 races but at five-to-ten feet...It's madness.
I was doing just fine till the Lotus Lamborghini pulled up and it didn't even launch hard. I have no idea why that engine hurts so much but after it went by I felt liquid run out of my ears, not blood but some weird liquid like it just drained my sinuses. I'm totally serious. I didn't have earplugs but figured how bad could it be? I could barely hold the camera still by the end it was so loud.
As for which car I would like to drive the most in the video? I'd trade a ******** to race in the 1968 Lotus Cosworth or the 1993 Williams Renault in period correct races. How about you?
Frankly, I think the noise is as much a part of a Formula One car as the driver or the circuit. But the thing that is hard to believe is what they sound like only five feet away at full launch. I have been in the grandstands of a handful of F1 races but at five-to-ten feet...It's madness.
I was doing just fine till the Lotus Lamborghini pulled up and it didn't even launch hard. I have no idea why that engine hurts so much but after it went by I felt liquid run out of my ears, not blood but some weird liquid like it just drained my sinuses. I'm totally serious. I didn't have earplugs but figured how bad could it be? I could barely hold the camera still by the end it was so loud.
As for which car I would like to drive the most in the video? I'd trade a ******** to race in the 1968 Lotus Cosworth or the 1993 Williams Renault in period correct races. How about you?
07-08-11, 01:08 PM
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F1 in real life actually sounds a lot lower pitch than it does on TV. The high pitch sound masks a lot of the raspy exhaust and low end torque engine noise when its recorded on TV.
I was at the F1 race in Montreal, and the F1 car sounds like the 1990 Lotus Lambo in this video accompanied by the high pitch howl when they hit the straights.
I was at the F1 race in Montreal, and the F1 car sounds like the 1990 Lotus Lambo in this video accompanied by the high pitch howl when they hit the straights.
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