From GMM
The Mercedes is the loudest formula one car in 2011.
That is the finding of the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag , after testing the volume of this year's field trackside in Monaco just over a week ago.
The silver W02 registered 127.8 decibels, which is louder than the average human pain threshold, and nearly as loud as a military jet aircraft take-off with afterburner at 50 feet.
The Renault comes next at 127.5 decibels, followed by McLaren-Mercedes (127.3) and Renault-powered Red Bull (127.1).
The quietest F1 car this year is the Cosworth-powered Marussia Virgin, at 125.9 decibels.
Bernie Ecclestone has cited the awesome sound of the current crop of F1 cars as his main objection to the proposed four-cylinder turbo rules for 2013.
The Mercedes is the loudest formula one car in 2011.
That is the finding of the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag , after testing the volume of this year's field trackside in Monaco just over a week ago.
The silver W02 registered 127.8 decibels, which is louder than the average human pain threshold, and nearly as loud as a military jet aircraft take-off with afterburner at 50 feet.
The Renault comes next at 127.5 decibels, followed by McLaren-Mercedes (127.3) and Renault-powered Red Bull (127.1).
The quietest F1 car this year is the Cosworth-powered Marussia Virgin, at 125.9 decibels.
Bernie Ecclestone has cited the awesome sound of the current crop of F1 cars as his main objection to the proposed four-cylinder turbo rules for 2013.
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