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[Marco]

Does anyone know the winter testing dates? I wanna go along to hear the V8s. I hope the speed/noise hasn't been damaged too much.

[R00DIT]

No idea, I used to go to the Silverstone testing but that was back in 2001. The way I found out about that was through an unofficial site which no longer exists.

I'm also worried about the new engines, I just wonder how badly the lap times will be affected. Will it make that much difference?!

[Stephen]

Probably land up sounding like an F3000 car!

[F1Poser]

Yeah silverstone is best for this. Keep an eye out on f1 news sites for info.

[Stephen]

Listen to the noise from a new F1 engine, v8 vs v10:

http://www.f1racing.net/en/v10.wma
( STRs RPM limited V10 )

http://www.f1racing.net/en/v8.wma
( McLaren's V8 )

[British Bulldog]

there is testing in silverstone in feb.
not sure of date yet but will let you know when i find out.

[Forza]

Listen to the noise from a new F1 engine, v8 vs v10:

Geoff Willis from Honda says that the new V8 engine is actually louder than the old V10, even though it's a smaller engine...