The easy answer is - They're not viable anymore at this day and age for a ton of reasons, and they're good ones. The long answer is: F1 had V6 once, but after they chose to put more cylinders, because at the time it meant more power and efficiency (focus on efficiency because V6 turbos drank a lot of fuel, were incredibly unreliable and unefficient. The only good reason to use them was turbos, and when they got banned, the answer was to put more cylinders in). That kept on growing until the V12's in the early 90's, until they realised they were kinda obsolete - "wait a sec, the V10 has more power to efficiency overall, so lets remove just 2 for now.". Then the V10's turned obsolete, so they switched to a small (key word with these engines) and high rpm V8, which was more powerful and.. efficient than a V10, and also enormously less complex to build. Then came the 2014 regulations that seemingly would make everything less complicated and less expensive, but ended out making the complete opposite effect, and that's where the plot hole lies really, because these engines nowadays cost more than 10 MILLION dollars PER UNIT. The best developed V10 wouldn't get near this price. The reason they're so expensive was billions of dollars put into development of the MGU-K and H and how those parts marry the teenie tiny 1.6L V6. These guys together produce more than a thousand horsepower, *allegedly, over a thousand, but a thousand is certain at least* . So think about how they've come with a 3.0L V10 and 20.000rpm with barely 800bhp, to a tiny 1.6L V6 that produces over a thousand bhp, consumes less fuel, less energy, doesn't get heated as much, etc etc. Its all about efficiency, and innovating technology. And also, these tech will go down the stairs until they reach road legal vehicles, that's just how it goes. F1 is the pinnacle of motorsport in development of new tech for vehicles for the future. The carbon emission stuff is bullshit if you ask me, but synthetic fuels were part of the reason for this boring change as well. Yes they could build V10's and V12's with those MGU-K and H shenanigans, but what could possibly be the point of going backwards in the evolution? Just so we could hear a nice sound? The picture is way bigger than we can see it, if we count just sound as the meaning for the change.
@@bottomtext593 You cannot say F1 cars were way louder in 2022 based on a video unless it was taken with the same equipment, same settings and at the exactly same spot.
Now a bearly a sound of engine. It's becoming a E-F1 in future more noise at pit 🛑. Now 10 month old baby could come N won't get bothered. Not like 1999 V10 F1 sound. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
SPOILER: IT'S THE SAME
Naaah
What are you talking about? Are you still newbie?
Copy mate
Absolutely the same on some teams.
2024's cars are so noiseless. Can barely hear them
They’re pretty frickin loud tbh
These are the loudest of the v6’s I was just at Miami GP yesterday
Hope you had fun :)
In Spain its just noiseless.
Sounds like a Toyota corolla compared to the V12's they used to run. Now that was mechanical music!
Theyre a little louder. I was at zandvoort this year and it was a slight bit louder. The alpine sounds the best by far though even in person
that alpine under braking🔥
Wish the V8 or V10 would come back. Still makes no sense why they chose the V6. I can name more V8 cars than I can V6 cars
It's because we can't have good stuff.
V6 way more reliable than V8 or v10, V6 also lighter compared to v10 so they can add hybrid component.
@@01-aleriorayyaarifaisal91cars are over 100kg heavier now than the V10s and produce less power.
The easy answer is - They're not viable anymore at this day and age for a ton of reasons, and they're good ones.
The long answer is:
F1 had V6 once, but after they chose to put more cylinders, because at the time it meant more power and efficiency (focus on efficiency because V6 turbos drank a lot of fuel, were incredibly unreliable and unefficient. The only good reason to use them was turbos, and when they got banned, the answer was to put more cylinders in). That kept on growing until the V12's in the early 90's, until they realised they were kinda obsolete - "wait a sec, the V10 has more power to efficiency overall, so lets remove just 2 for now.". Then the V10's turned obsolete, so they switched to a small (key word with these engines) and high rpm V8, which was more powerful and.. efficient than a V10, and also enormously less complex to build.
Then came the 2014 regulations that seemingly would make everything less complicated and less expensive, but ended out making the complete opposite effect, and that's where the plot hole lies really, because these engines nowadays cost more than 10 MILLION dollars PER UNIT. The best developed V10 wouldn't get near this price. The reason they're so expensive was billions of dollars put into development of the MGU-K and H and how those parts marry the teenie tiny 1.6L V6. These guys together produce more than a thousand horsepower, *allegedly, over a thousand, but a thousand is certain at least* . So think about how they've come with a 3.0L V10 and 20.000rpm with barely 800bhp, to a tiny 1.6L V6 that produces over a thousand bhp, consumes less fuel, less energy, doesn't get heated as much, etc etc. Its all about efficiency, and innovating technology. And also, these tech will go down the stairs until they reach road legal vehicles, that's just how it goes. F1 is the pinnacle of motorsport in development of new tech for vehicles for the future.
The carbon emission stuff is bullshit if you ask me, but synthetic fuels were part of the reason for this boring change as well. Yes they could build V10's and V12's with those MGU-K and H shenanigans, but what could possibly be the point of going backwards in the evolution? Just so we could hear a nice sound? The picture is way bigger than we can see it, if we count just sound as the meaning for the change.
@@Ryan.T89they produce more peak power
0:25 who put nets in the car
the main part why i loved f1 was the sound. the magic is gone
Stupid sound since 2014, RIP F1 !!!!
What happened? They were way louder in 2022
And what races in 2024 did you go to so far?
@@grzegorzkolodziej1781 Zero. Your point?
@@bottomtext593 You cannot say F1 cars were way louder in 2022 based on a video unless it was taken with the same equipment, same settings and at the exactly same spot.
2024 F1 Engine sounds on some teams are worse than in 2023.
What faa have done to the sport. Bring back atleast the v8😓
Now a bearly a sound of engine. It's becoming a E-F1 in future more noise at pit 🛑. Now 10 month old baby could come N won't get bothered. Not like 1999 V10 F1 sound. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They should go old school like the 80's era cars...oh wait😂😂
What a terrible Sound, my BMW V8 sounds better. I was growing up with Formula V10 and V8 and that was like Music against this shit F1 today.