Renault Sport F1 have today released the first sound recording of a 2014 Formula One engine. Although it gives an indication, the engine is clearly short short shifted and not pushed to prevent giving away too much details to its competing engine suppliers. Renault's engine is dubbed 'Energy F1-2014', leaving behind the RS naming scheme that its F1 engines had thus far. Previously the company already released a number of details, but the sound recording is a first. Rob White, deputy managing director at Renault Sport F1 noted: ‘‘The sound of the engine is the sum of three principal components, exhaust, intake and mechanical noise. On fired engines, exhaust noise dominates, but the other...
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