Quote Originally Posted by si_the_geek
How dare you!!

In 2005 I was about 10 feet away from the F1 cars (exit of Club corner at Silverstone) for about 3 hours over the weekend, without earplugs.. bearing in mind that you can hear these cars from literally miles away, that's not the best idea!

One of my friends (who was wearing ear plugs throughout) still had ringing in his ears nearly a week later.

How am I not deaf?
Obviously, the tires were squealing away at greater than 21 kHz.