Dupasquier: F1 can thrive without big noise
May 4 - F1 can survive without the big engines and sounds of the past.
That is the view of Pierre Dupasquier, the former Michelin boss who was in F1 at the height of the V10 and tyre war era over a decade ago.
Five years into the controversial 'hybrid' era, F1 owner Liberty Media is now looking into making the category louder for 2021.
But Dupasquier said the new generation will adjust to the modern age.
"Young people are in another category," he told France's Auto Hebdo.
"With the gaming consoles they're getting used to something different and they're seeing hybrid and electric cars on a daily basis as well.
"They will end up wondering why an F1 car makes so much noise," Dupasquier added.
Indeed, he said rewinding to the past would be the wrong step for formula one.
"Nobody would understand this old machine in a time when road cars have all the modern finesse," he said.
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Repeating something endlessly doesn't make it true.
This is bullshit.
Is he seriously saying that people would have preferred it if Red Bull had taken one of the current vacuum cleaners to Budapest rather than the V8 elsewhere on this site today?
There is a lot of anger behind the criticism.
For my part, although I drive an AMG, I will not buy another one as Mercedes are at the forefront of perpetrating this idiocy and vandalism.
Agree. We want loud, louder and fucking loud !!! Thank you