One respected veteran correspondent has allayed fears F1's scream will become a whimper when the new V6 rules take over next year. Apparently spurred on by Bernie Ecclestone, the F1 circuits' union chief Ron Walker told Autoweek last week that the 1.6 litre ERS-boosted engines of 2014 sound "like a lawnmower engine". And Ecclestone hinted the sport's authorities might be forced to artificially enhance the noise, for fear of losing spectators. But Jean-Louis Moncet, the long-time French commentator for TF1, said the fears are exaggerated. "I don't think the engine noise for 2014 is really a problem," he said in his Auto Plus blog. "I started as a journalist in F1 in...
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