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Re:Mercedes Is Owning This Formula 1 Season by jimmyrp on Sunday April 06, 2014 @03:05PM (#7542222)
A lot of the hardcore fans seem to like the noise. I'm waiting for the teams to start pushing closer to the rev limit where the engines really start to scream (I think they use around 13000 of the 15000 available).

CVT's were previously used but they were banned pretty quickly.

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Re:Mercedes Is Owning This Formula 1 Season by dhughes on Sunday April 06, 2014 @03:41PM (#7542462)
I've only been to one F1 race in person that was 1988 in Montreal and I couldn't believe the noise, vicious! My teeth vibrated, even my bones I couldn't believe I could feel my freaking skeletal bones vibrate. Some friends and I went because the turbos were going to be banned in 1989.

I was 19 years old and the only thing I remember about the trip is 1) the noise! 2) crazy Italians 3) crazy Brazilians 4) strip club under a Burger King

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Re:Mercedes Is Owning This Formula 1 Season by dwd on Monday April 07, 2014 @01:23AM (#7544783)
The mid-80's turbo era was the best. The awesome sound, the cars twitching with the torque and sparks flying from the undertray made for good watching.

The JPS 98Ts are still possibly the best looking cars ever.

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