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Renault and Williams debating KERS implementation

Jan 21st 2009 4:59PM - 0 Comments

Formula 1's Kinetic Energy Recovery System, otherwise known as KERS, is causing quite a stir among the teams that are preparing to compete in the 2009 season. BMW is said to have led the push to implement these hybrid systems on schedule this year, ...

BMW considering KERS for M Division?

Jul 30th 2008 8:30PM - 5 Comments

Although BMW's Formula 1 team has had its fair share of troubles getting the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) to work properly, those minor setbacks may not be enough to stop the Bavarian automaker from using a similar system for its line of ...

KERS has mixed results in Formula One debut

Mar 29th 2009 4:01PM - 8 Comments

Today's 2009 Formula One season opener in Australia marked the debut of kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) in the sport. Unfortunately, this first use of the new hybrid drive systems had mixed results. Only seven of the twenty cars on the grid ...

KERS Formula 1 hybrid system will not be delayed

Aug 6th 2008 8:10PM - 1 Comment

The Kinetic Energy Recovery System will indeed be affixed to the powertrains of Formula 1 cars in 2009. The issue of whether the hybrid system should be delayed was recently brought up, with Renault calling a meeting of all the teams together to ...

Ferrari denies working with Peugeot on KERS development

Jan 7th 2009 5:26PM - 0 Comments

Click the Peugeot 908 HY for high-res images Last September, Peugeot announced that it had built a experimental hybrid version of its 908 HDi Le Mans prototype coupe using kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) similar to those currently being ...

Zytek developed the Mercedes F1 KERS system

Aug 11th 2009 4:14PM - 1 Comment

It turns out that when the time came for the McLaren-Mercedes Formula One team to develop a hybrid drive KERS for this year's car, it did not do the job in-house. Instead, it went to a specialist with perhaps more experience than anyone in ...

Ferrari Formula 1 KERS system more expensive than estimated

Dec 18th 2008 6:33PM - 0 Comments

All of the teams in Formula One have spent a significant portion of 2008 developing and testing the new Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) that will debut in 2009. Among the teams there is a mix of two basic types of systems, a mechanical ...

Only four cars to run KERS at Monaco Grand Prix

May 20th 2009 12:41PM - 3 Comments

The ongoing debate among Formula one teams over whether to run kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) continues as those teams head to the streets of Monaco this weekend. While as many as eight cars have used the new hybrid systems at races earlier ...

Honda Formula 1 team making progress in testing of KERS system

Sep 22nd 2008 9:35AM - 2 Comments

Formula One teams are continuing to develop their KERS hybrid drive systems in preparation for a 2009 season launch. This week, the Honda F1 team wrapped up its 2008 testing allotment at the Jerez track in Spain with a day of running the kinetic ...

KTM used KERS system on 125 GP bike last year

Feb 5th 2009 10:28AM - 6 Comments

Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM seems to have beaten Formula 1 teams to the hybrid punch. Last year, at the 125 Grand Prix race in Valencia, Spain, KTM rider Tommy Koyama's race bike was fitted with a kinetic energy recovery system, better ...

Formula One teams alliance votes to ban KERS in 2010

Jun 8th 2009 9:33AM - 8 Comments

The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) voted this past weekend to push for a ban on kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) in 2010. While it wasn't a unanimous vote, a majority of the eight teams remaining in the group voted in favor of the ban. ...

BMW gives up on KERS for the remainder of the 2009 F1 season

Jun 22nd 2009 11:00AM - 0 Comments

After using its KERS hybrid system on and off through the first half of the 2009 Formula One season, the BMW-Sauber team has decided enough is enough. The team will shelve the system through the remainder of the year while it focuses on aerodynamic ...

Three races in, Formula One teams already abandoning KERS

Apr 18th 2009 3:41PM - 15 Comments

Apparently, hybrid drive systems aren't catching on in Formula 1 this year. The new 2009 rules allowed, but did not require the addition of hybrid systems called KERS or kinetic energy recovery systems. Over the course of the 2008 season, teams ...

Renault still using KERS this weekend, wants it banned for 2010

Apr 26th 2009 10:53AM - 7 Comments

The Formula One circus has landed in Bahrain this weekend and the controversies surrounding kinetic energy recovery systems are continuing. Four of ten teams are apparently using KERS this week including BMW, Ferrari, McLaren and Renault. Renault ...

McLaren team splits use of KERS to determine effectiveness

Jun 20th 2009 2:19PM - 7 Comments

In case you haven't been paying attention, Formula 1 as we know it appears ready to come completely apart at the seams with the front-running teams launching a separate series that could potentially run concurrently with what's left of today's F1. ...

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