{"id":10494,"date":"2011-01-14T06:56:50","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T11:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=10494"},"modified":"2011-01-14T06:56:50","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T11:56:50","slug":"engineers-to-ensure-f1-sounds-sexy-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/engineers-to-ensure-f1-sounds-sexy-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineers to ensure F1 sounds &#8216;sexy&#8217; in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>F1 engineers will work with the sport&#8217;s new engine formula for 2013 to create a &#8220;sexy&#8221; sound.<\/p>\n<p>That is the claim of Fernando Alonso, amid fears F1&#8217;s formidable engine note is not reduced to a feeble buzz after the normally-aspirated V8s roar for the last time next year.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the likely sound of the 4-cylinder turbo engines in 2013, Ferrari driver Alonso said on Thursday: &#8220;For the driver, the change will not be a big one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From the cockpit, we hear only 5 or 10 per cent of the ambient noise anyway,&#8221; the Spaniard said at Ferrari&#8217;s media event in the Italian Dolomites.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the fans, of course, it is important, but I am sure the engineers will work for example with the exhaust to ensure that the sound is sexy enough,&#8221; added Alonso.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>F1 engineers will work with the sport&#8217;s new engine formula for 2013 to create a &#8220;sexy&#8221; sound. That is the claim of Fernando Alonso, amid fears F1&#8217;s formidable engine note is not reduced to a feeble buzz after the normally-aspirated V8s roar for the last time next year. Asked about the likely sound of the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[5262,5340],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10495,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10494\/revisions\/10495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}