Bear in mind final 12 months, once we have been all awestruck by Crimson Bull Components 1 driver Sergio Perez and his skill to navigate a race monitor blindfolded? Nicely now, a brand new F1 superpower has manifested itself, as AlphaTauri challenged its drivers with figuring out Components 1 tracks primarily based on engine sound alone.

Within the newest installment of its TauriTalk podcast, Crimson Bull junior staff AlphaTauri tasked racers Yuki Tsunoda and Nyck de Vries with figuring out tracks on final 12 months’s F1 calendar on nothing however engine be aware. In every occasion, the drivers should determine what surfaces make the automobile sound bumpy, what corners pressure them to sluggish and shift down the gears, and what tracks characteristic turns that preserve them at slower speeds. It’s actually unimaginable.

Regardless of sounding like a tricky ask, Tsunoda is assured in his talents and says it needs to be “simple.” Then, over the course of the clip (shared under) he and teammate de Vries are pitched in opposition to each other, with every racing to determine tracks like Silverstone within the UK and Baku in Azerbaijan as shortly as doable.

Some tracks the 2 drivers are in a position to spot immediately, because of the sound of the automobiles bottoming out as they did quite a bit final 12 months because of the proposing phenomenon that was introduced on by the brand new laws. On different makes an attempt, the pair appear stumped, earlier than an iconic part of corners provides the sport away.

It’s a type of skills you could’t assist however be impressed by and, regardless of how laborious I strive, I nonetheless battle to identify the clues that give every circuit away. However then, I assume I haven’t spent hours working towards every monitor on the F1 calendar in a simulator or on-track throughout observe periods, junior collection or different racing antics.

So, have you ever tried the sport? It begins at across the 33-minute mark within the newest episode of TauriTalk, which is out there to observe on YouTube and is linked above. Tell us which you managed to guess within the feedback under.