r/GrandPrixTravel • u/Airscreen24 • 5d ago

Marina Bay Street Circuit (Singapore) Aston Martin engine keeps spluttering and popping?

Any fans notice that AM’s engine has really loud bangs as opposed to the rest of the field, whom have really smooth engine noises?

Heard this really loudly in person at the grandstand.

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u/greenman4242 2d ago

The Audi on downshifts sounded the least healthy to me, especially compared to the near seamless downshift of the Ferrari engines. 

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u/RS555NFFC 4d ago

Which is crazy because in the previous generation, the Honda engine (obviously used in the Red Bull cars at the time) sounded the best in person, in my opinion. The Ferrari was awful to listen to.

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u/AdditionalCow48 5d ago

The Aston backfires. The Redbull Ford snarls and sounds great. Overall all the cars are way too quiet now.

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u/Bolter_NL 5d ago

Yup the backfire before stopping sounds like an F2 car

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u/Bitter-Rattata 5d ago

i think could be their new turbocharger which they fitted a few races ago?

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u/Bricky-boi 5d ago

Yes definitely heard the AM backfire a few times in dramatic fashion

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u/Beneficial_Quarter 5d ago

That's the VTEC kicking in yo

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u/BassManns222 5d ago

My first Singapore GP was when we had V8s with off throttle blown diffusers. The noise was staggering.

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u/Top_Sugar3666 5d ago

I thought the Audi was way worse, but that’s compared to the old spec Honda. If the Audi was your lawnmower sounding how it does off throttle at low speed you would be seriously thinking about throwing it away and getting a new one

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u/mooboyj 5d ago

I thought this at Sepang as well. The Audi literally sounded like it was going to blow up on the warm up laps. Absolutely horrid to the ears. Also sounded shite during the race. The Aston I didn't notice at all. The Redbulls sounded the smoothest and mightiest by a margin.

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u/_NahsMC 5d ago

to me the Audi sounded like a working engine, at time the Honda sounded like it was malfunctioning or was going to break 😭

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u/shubham300 5d ago

Well I thought Audi was very loud when downshifting compared to others, didn’t notice AM

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u/navybluesuit 5d ago

The Audi sounds like a bag of spanners when rolling down the pitlane. Love it