[Official] United States Grand Prix Thread

[wdave0]

Originally Posted by JeremySmith

You have a real point there bella.. I read this evening that the V8's were measured at a SPL of 145DB and the V6's Turbo PU's were measured at a SPL of 135DB.. I would have thought that were was a greater difference ?

That is actually a huge difference - db is a logarithmic scale - 3db is about double the volume.

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by bella

by jove, i think he's finally found his arse. odd how it seemingly took red bull to show him the door for him to do it. must be something to do with the ~freedom.

nah to be fair he's been a god in races for a long time, is he not still a bit wobbly in qualifying?

Yes, he is regularly getting properly 'on it', and the timing is excellent isn't it!

Agree though, qualy is still hit and miss, but that might be something to do with the car set up, don't know as Kyvat seems to be the other way around?

[sparkione]

[QUOTE=Knowlesy;3471152]Jenson's race with Fernando was brilliant and Magnussen's defence was abject, I agree. It probably cost Kevin less time though!

All weekend he seemed creepily happy, like a man who has accepted he won't have a McLaren seat next year and has, perhaps, got a belting sports car option on the table.

You're probably right, according to Andrew Benson on the Beeb F1 site...

"You shouldn't worry about me," Button said. "I am in a great place in my life right now and whatever happens next year I am happy."

[sparkione]

All weekend he seemed creepily happy, like a man who has accepted he won't have a McLaren seat next year and has, perhaps, got a belting sports car option on the table.

You're probably right, according to Andrew Benson on the Beeb F1 site...

"You shouldn't worry about me," Button said. "I am in a great place in my life right now and whatever happens next year I am happy."[/QUOTE]

[Jakester]

Originally Posted by wdave0

That is actually a huge difference - db is a logarithmic scale - 3db is about double the volume.

Not quite. It depends upon what you're speaking of in dB:

Doubling of the volume (loudness) should be sensed as a level difference of +10 dB − acousticians say.
Doubling the sound pressure (voltage) corresponds to a measured level change of +6 dB ●
Doubling of sound intensity (acoustic energy) belongs to a calculated level change of +3 dB.

+10 dB is the level of twice the perceived volume or twice as loud (loudness) in psychoacoustics − mostly sensed.
+6 dB is the level of twice the (RMS) value of voltage respectively sound pressure − mostly measured ●
+3 dB is the level of twice the energy or power respectively intensity − mostly calculated.