KERS vs Non KERS, Australia GP?

This is a pure speculation at the moment of course, but considering the extra rear weight KERS generates, we could see some interesting battles by the end of races, when a KERS car, which is struggling with tyre wear, is blocking a faster non-KERS car. So more battles like we saw back at Imola in 2005. :p :

First corner could be exciting too and I think it's possible to see at least one KERS-car colliding with others. The reason for this is that the effect and influence of KERS in race conditions against 19 rival cars is still untested and how will it exactly function against in a fight for position on a straight - it's an unknown territory and someone may make a misjudgement. I wouldn't rule out the possibility that someone, who pushes the KERS button after the start, makes a slight miscalculation with the extra boost and runs wide in Turn1 (if he doesn't hit someone).

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Originally Posted by jens

This is a pure speculation at the moment of course, but considering the extra rear weight KERS generates, we could see some interesting battles by the end of races, when a KERS car, which is struggling with tyre wear, is blocking a faster non-KERS car. So more battles like we saw back at Imola in 2005. :p :

First corner could be exciting too and I think it's possible to see at least one KERS-car colliding with others. The reason for this is that the effect and influence of KERS in race conditions against 19 rival cars is still untested and how will it exactly function against in a fight for position on a straight - it's an unknown territory and someone may make a misjudgement. I wouldn't rule out the possibility that someone, who pushes the KERS button after the start, makes a slight miscalculation with the extra boost and runs wide in Turn1 (if he doesn't hit someone).

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Again i might be wrong, but as i said earlier, i dont think Kers will be charged at the start. As it takes a few laps to build up charge.

Renault Ferrari, and now McClaren to run Kers.
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headline...24100552.shtml

Found this intresting. 2 types of Kers to be used. Battery Kers, and Flywheel Kers.
http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?T...ughes&id=43467

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Originally Posted by jens

This is a pure speculation at the moment of course, but considering the extra rear weight KERS generates, we could see some interesting battles by the end of races, when a KERS car, which is struggling with tyre wear, is blocking a faster non-KERS car. So more battles like we saw back at Imola in 2005. :p :

First corner could be exciting too and I think it's possible to see at least one KERS-car colliding with others. The reason for this is that the effect and influence of KERS in race conditions against 19 rival cars is still untested and how will it exactly function against in a fight for position on a straight - it's an unknown territory and someone may make a misjudgement. I wouldn't rule out the possibility that someone, who pushes the KERS button after the start, makes a slight miscalculation with the extra boost and runs wide in Turn1 (if he doesn't hit someone).

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The whole KERS used by Ferrari (motor + batteries) is rumored to weigh 25-30 kgs. The batteries can be placed towards the front end of the car and the motor doesn't weigh more than 10 kgs IMO.

The cars using KERS shouldn't so unbalanced as you think. I think the Ferrari ran pretty long stints of soft tires without any significant troubles.

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Originally Posted by big_sw2000

Again i might be wrong, but as i said earlier, i dont think Kers will be charged at the start. As it takes a few laps to build up charge.

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KERS will be used only 6.6 seconds per lap, there is no minimum energy level prescribed for it's use.

A few corners are more than enough to gather the energy needed for those 6.6 seconds, not to mention that it will probably not be used for more than 2 or 3 seconds at once, I would even say they will use it in 1.5 - 2 second bursts, for they need less batteries to store the energy and the heat dissipated will be also less and thus the system will be less prone to failures.
Sure this is only my personal opinion.

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Originally Posted by ioan

First of all there is no weight penalty as all the cars have to meet the minimum weight, no matter if they use or not KERS.

The start will certainly be an interesting battle between KERS and non-Kers equipped cars!

PS: Speed through corners is very variable between teams and also drivers KERS or not KERS this depends more on the set-up of the car.

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I think the Kers cars will out-drag the others after exiting corners. This will be very interesting.

I think it will be interesting to see what happens the first wet race. I can't imagine KERS benefiting anyone at a soaked Monaco or maybe early in the season at Malaysia.

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Originally Posted by big_sw2000

Again i might be wrong, but as i said earlier, i dont think Kers will be charged at the start. As it takes a few laps to build up charge.

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It's only allowed to store 80KW per lap, so won't take all that long to charge up.

Plus remember on the warmup lap they can set it to a maximum recharge setting, as it doesn't matter if you're being slowed down a bit on the warmup lap