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2016 engines 'up to 25% louder'

F1 cars will be up to 25 per cent louder in 2016 following changes to the exhaust rules, according to Williams technical chief Pat Symonds. The sport has acted on complaints from fans that the current engines are too quiet by mandating that the wastegate on cars, which previously fed into one main exhaust, now exit via a separate tailpipe. Although Symonds admits the wastegate "doesn't open very much" on modern-day engines, with the turbo units designed to be as efficient as possible, the layout of the exhaust system used in 2014 and 2015 still had a negative impact on the quality of the sound produced - creating a so-called 'dead zone' in the pipe. "Getting rid of that means...
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