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2016 F1 engines to be up to 25% louder
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The 2016 power units should sound up to 25% louder to fans at circuits due to the new exhaust regulations, according to Pat Symonds. New technical regulations introduced for this season require teams to have at least one pipe from the wastegate exiting out of the rear of the car as well as the main exhaust pipe. Previously there was only one tailpipe but Williams chief technical officer Symonds explains the impact of the change and sees a “quite significant“ increase in volume as a result. “Because there’s a pipe joining the wastegate and the main tailpipe it acts as what is known as a side branch resonator,” Symonds said at the Autosport International Show....
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