Sebastian Vettel is hoping that the 2014 rule changes won't impact the excitement of the sport.
Ahead of one of the biggest regulation changes in the sport's history, concerns have been raised that the smaller V6 Turbo power-units may not sound as exciting or loud in comparison to the current V8's.
Vettel is equally concerned. "I am a bit sad because my first test in F1 was in a V10," he said on stage at the AUTOSPORT Awards - where he won 'International Racing Driver of the Year.'
"I remember that test, and then we went to a V8 a year afterwards. When I had my second go in an F1 car I could tell the difference. I just hope that we are not going down from a power point of view. We will lose the revs which I think is a shame - because it is a new direction that we go into and a new technology.
"I also still remember the first time I went to see F1 was in 1992, it was raining and only free practice in Hockenheim. The cars were only coming out for installation laps, and just to hear the sound of the car coming around, to feel it in the ground; they are the first memories I have.
"I just hope in the future we will not lose this excitement. I think the cars need to smell, the cars need to be loud, it needs to give you something that you don't forget."
The 26-year-old admits it is very difficult to predict how Red Bull Racing will fare: "I think it is very difficult to know. Every team and every engine manufacturer probably has an idea of how it should turn out, but it is a surprise at this stage.
"Next year getting the cars on the track for the first time will be very interesting and then we see how many engines blow up or not."
Adrian Newey, chief technical officer at Red Bull, is expecting reliability to be an issue. "I think from our perspective it is somewhere between mild panic and crisis management," he joked on stage at the AUTOSPORT Awards.
"Next year's regulations are a huge change. It is a very complicated powertrain, and for many teams including ourselves it really is a big challenge. Reliability could be a big issue, and it is far from clear how the three engine manufacturers will perform compared to each other. We have got the aerodynamic changes too.
"So it really is a complete clean start unfortunately. We would have been quite happy to stay with the [old] regulations as it turned out."
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Vettel is equally concerned. "I am a bit sad because my first test in F1 was in a V10," he said on stage at the AUTOSPORT Awards - where he won 'International Racing Driver of the Year.'
"I remember that test, and then we went to a V8 a year afterwards. When I had my second go in an F1 car I could tell the difference. I just hope that we are not going down from a power point of view. We will lose the revs which I think is a shame - because it is a new direction that we go into and a new technology.
"I also still remember the first time I went to see F1 was in 1992, it was raining and only free practice in Hockenheim. The cars were only coming out for installation laps, and just to hear the sound of the car coming around, to feel it in the ground; they are the first memories I have.
"I just hope in the future we will not lose this excitement. I think the cars need to smell, the cars need to be loud, it needs to give you something that you don't forget."
The 26-year-old admits it is very difficult to predict how Red Bull Racing will fare: "I think it is very difficult to know. Every team and every engine manufacturer probably has an idea of how it should turn out, but it is a surprise at this stage.
"Next year getting the cars on the track for the first time will be very interesting and then we see how many engines blow up or not."
Adrian Newey, chief technical officer at Red Bull, is expecting reliability to be an issue. "I think from our perspective it is somewhere between mild panic and crisis management," he joked on stage at the AUTOSPORT Awards.
"Next year's regulations are a huge change. It is a very complicated powertrain, and for many teams including ourselves it really is a big challenge. Reliability could be a big issue, and it is far from clear how the three engine manufacturers will perform compared to each other. We have got the aerodynamic changes too.
"So it really is a complete clean start unfortunately. We would have been quite happy to stay with the [old] regulations as it turned out."
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