Renault and Williams F1 Teams May Delay KERS Debuts
January 23, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Formula 1’s Kinetic Energy Recovery System, otherwise known as KERS, is causing a lot of controversy and some teams may not even use it for the first few races of the season, and Ferrari trying to have it’s introduction delayed until the 2010 season.
It emerged that Williams and Renault, who both unveiled their new cars in Portugal this week, have not decided whether to use their KERS units at the first race of the season in March.
Williams is using a purely mechanical KERS system as favored by FIA President Max Mosely, while Renault, Ferrari and BMW are using electrical battery-based technology.
Renault’s new R29 featured only a dormant KERS version on Monday, with team boss Flavio Briatore hitting out at BMW for vetoing the technology’s delay and condemning the 2009 debut as a “terrible mistake”. He said KERS is dangerous and expensive, and very limited in terms of performance gains. Read more
