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F1 cars to be louder in 2016
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The FIA has moved to make Formula One cars louder via a technical regulation tweak. Since the switch from V8 engines to V6 turbo power units at the start of the 2014 season, opinion has been split on the sound of the current generation of cars and efforts made to try and increase the volume. Following a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) in Paris on Wednesday, a change to the technical regulations has been approved in order to make the cars louder. The plan is to introduce a separate exhaust wastegate tailpipe, as explained by the FIA: "For 2016, all cars must have a separate exhaust wastegate tailpipe through which all and only wastegate exhaust...
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