Sound is irrelevant for most people who watch it on TV. And if one of you ever attended an F1 race, I remember the sound of late 90's v10 was nice and impressive but really painful when standing a few meters from the track and just annoying when watching on television. The biggest issue is they sound all more or less the same. It was much more entertaining when turbo v4 and v6 were battling against cosworth v8 and the ferrari, matra and alfa-romeo v12.

If you want to hear great racing noise, go to hill climbs, endurances races or classic events. Lots of different engine types and sounds.