Aussies are complaining about quieter F1 cars

Australian Grand Prix organisers have complained to Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone about the quieter V6-powered cars and said their reduced volume may have breached race contracts with Formula One management.

Australian Grand Prix Corporation CEO Andrew Westacott said the quieter cars had taken something away from the F1 spectacle.

"One aspect of it was just a little bit duller than it's ever been before, and that's part of the mix and the chemistry that they're going to have to get right," Westacott said yesterday.

"The fans don't like it.

"We pay for a product. We've got contracts in place and we are looking at those very, very seriously because we reckon there has probably been some breaches."

The season-opening Grand Prix in Melbourne raised the curtain on F1's technological revolution, which includes new turbocharged hybrid engines.

Some pundits have bemoaned the quieter cars, saying they preferred the more robust noise of the previous V8 engines.