Lotus have announced that they will not be using KERS in 2011 due to a number of reasons. KERS or kinetic energy recovery system is an application whereby the kinetic or moving energy produced by the F1 car is translated into electric energy which is then stored in a battery. This power is later called upon by pressing a button on the steering wheel that produces a horsepower boost.
Last year, the boost was worth 80 bhp for less than 7 seconds, but teams like Ferrari and Renault are pushing for it to be increased to 150 bhp for 10 seconds. Details are still being ironed out by FOTA’s technical group and a decision will be made at this weekend’s Turkish GP. If everyone is favourable towards the system, it will be passed on to the FIA for inclusion in 2011.
“This year we had to buy nearly all the parts from other suppliers but now we are in a position to build the entire car in our factory. So we are trying to take advantage of the experience we have collected with the current car and to make the project more effective.
“If we were to have KERS, in accordance with the technical working group (decision), we would have to start everything again from zero in terms of weight distribution.The big teams are in a different boat, already with solid experience of KERS from recent years,” said team boss Tony Fernandes.
“What we saw last season is that it is not easy to get KERS to operate effectively and reliably; it took a lot of time, money and resources. At Lotus we are fully confident that we are going to cope without it,” he added.
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KERS… yawn
F1… yawn
Keep changing the rules according to the whim & fancies of Bernie …. yawn
This F1, really change a lots, for tyre : this year bridegestone supply, next year michelin supply, than silverstone supply nad so on, this time KERS system, all this change involve a lots of money.
For LOTUS, can build a parts by them self is a huge step forward to lotus team, well done, well done, LOTUS, i will wait and see.
They won’t use KERS because they’re so slow there’s not much energy to recover. Just kidding! :-D
Btw, Paul/Danny, HRT has ceased partnership with Dallara.
say NO to environmental Eco friendly…hahaha…racing sports like F1..already burning too much fuel..hydrogen?..KERS?..bio fuel?..boring lorr…even electric car are going to make more accident then normal car (electric car has almost no sound)…lalalalala..
At least bio fuel, is a type of engine fuel. Even turbocharged Indycars/Champcars were running on methanol.
But KERS or Hybrid is a definite no no for F1 racing!