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Ecclestone U-turn on engine criticism
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has admitted he was too critical of the sound produced by the new engines introduced this year. The 83-year-old said after the season-opener in Australia two weeks ago that he was 'horrified' by the quieter sound of the new turbo hybrid engines. But after hearing them at a track for the first time in Malaysia, he admitted they were 'better than I thought'. He said he had been told by the teams the engines could not be made louder. 'You'll have to ask the engineers. I've asked them and they've said no,' he said. But he said he still felt there was a potential problem with race promoters and fans. Are the new V6 turbo hybrid engines 'too quiet'? Andrew Benson...
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