News Details

Rosberg: 'Megaphone' exhaust didn't change anything

– Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg says that alterations to the exhaust of the W05 Hybrid in a bid to increase the noise levels were not successful during the in-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Rosberg was second quickest but trialled a 'megaphone' exhaust during the first part of the morning session. Trackside observers, including GPUpdate.net, did not notice any audible increase in noise levels and Rosberg echoed such thoughts. "Unfortunately it didn't change anything, so we need to keep pushing – we want to as a team make the sport louder and to keep pushing and to try another solution as this was not the right solution," he said. The German revealed...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes to trial louder exhaust solution at second...

Mercedes has confirmed that it will trial a prototype exhaust at next...
10y ago from RichlandF1.com

Organisers want Gran Premio de Barcelona not Spanish GP

Organisers want Gran Premio de Barcelona not Spanish GP 7 May, 2014...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Barcelona circuit boss keen for rebranding

Red Bull/Getty Images The boss of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

The Big Preview: Spanish Grand Prix at Circuit de...

The Big Preview: Spanish Grand Prix at Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya 7...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez proves he’s ‘still human’ after...

Marc Marquez says he is “not a disaster” despite crashing out of a...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Alex Marquez:  ‘no problems being Mr P2’ after...

Alex Marquez says he is happy to be called ‘Mr P2’ for the rest of...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Francesco Bagnaia wins Americas Grand Prix after Marc...

t;li>Marquez crashes while leading raceÁlex Márquez tops riders’...
1d ago from TheGuardian.com

Francesco Bagnaia earns dramatic COTA MotoGP victory...

Francesco Bagnaia scored a dramatic MotoGP victory at COTA as team-mate...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar penalizes PREMA over fire safety issue

The NTT IndyCar Series has issued penalties to the PREMA IndyCar team for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans bags the big game on Safari

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin claimed their maiden Safari Rally Kenya...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Liverpool target 'likely to leave' this summer is...

Bournemouth reportedly put a price tag of £45m on one of their in-demand...
56m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Arsenal latest news: 'Excited' Mikel Arteta drops 'big...

Mikel Arteta welcomes 'big addition' Andrea Berta to Arsenal and is...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.