A naturally aspirated 3.0-litre V8 would have reached noise levels that would cause a major problem with some of the current F1 venues. The issue concerns street circuits in particular: Melbourne, Miami, Madrid, Singapore, Baku and Las Vegas are venues where noise-emission restrictions are in place, and the arrival of cars significantly louder than the current generation could create major difficulties that would be impossible to overcome and potentially even put some events at risk.

Oh what a shame.