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boredatoms • today at 2:24 AM • 4 replies • view on HN

Time to go back to NA engines, the hybrids don't give the rock concert wall of sound


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rapidfl • today at 2:28 AM

Lets all vent in one more place. How this kind of regs get forced is sad. All the casual fans want something fun to watch. All the serious fans want NA engines. The drivers hate these "power units".

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userbinator • today at 4:43 AM

NASCAR still uses classic carbureted V8s. I personally prefer that sound over the much higher-pitched F1 engines.

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silon42 • today at 7:20 AM

It's a turbo that muffles the sound (and resulting reduced revs because high RPM was restricted due to cost reasons).

penskymaterial • today at 4:21 AM

I don't follow motorsports very closely, sorry, but racing hybrids sounds extremely queer.

They might as well not do it at all.

You cannot greenwash auto racing as "sustainable" when by its very nature it need not exist. It's done for sport.

It's like people who hunt exotic animals agreeing to put suppressors on their rifles as if that somehow makes it more acceptable.

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