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Happy to have you chiming in again.

 

Honestly I don't see how kers acts as an environmentally friendly tech. Yes it is a recharging system using brake energy, but IMO it only saves energy if they use that to generate constant power in lieu of another source (say having a smaller displacement engine). They use it in addition to the original power source. Maybe I am thinking of it wrong, or f1 knows they can push it as a talking point on the news. For example- using made up figures- if a car has 100 hp last season and uses 100 gallons of gas for a race, they now have the 100 hp engine and use kers for additional performance (short bursts) of say 10 hp so I feel they are using the same 100 gallons. Now if the original car was reduced to 90 hp and the kers added a constant 10 hp, and they then only used 90 gallons for a race, that would be 'green'. I only mention this because I am wondering if I have a misconception of the tech.

 

Interesting article, Malaysia will reveal everything, the moving rear wing and the KERS should show their true potential.

Basically that's most about KERS, although there is a simpler mechanical KERS, which uses a flywheel attached to the axle, when you brake, the flywheel (which is rotating) is disengaged from the drive axle, then re-engaged when you resume throttle, thus using its momentum to accelerate the axle.

The KERS used in F1 is mechanical-electrical, they do not have a flywheel, only motors/generators, it is basically a hybrid system much like Barrister said, and the trickiest part is the batteries who are simply dead weight in the car.

 

Or it will reveal nothing at all.

Formula1.com's forecast? Rain all weekend. Throw away the form book.

 

Rain in Malaysia!?!?