Formula 1 kers system. Grosjean suggests that bringing back kers can counteract this. Your go to source for the latest f1 news video highlights gp results live timing in depth analysis and expert commentary. What exactly is kers.
Kinetic energy recovery system kers is an innovation introduced in formula one from the 2009 season to give cars a short term power boost on each lap. While kers could still provide even more power for longer to formula 1 cars there are several reasons why the current systems are not reaching their full potential. You had 100 percent battery for one lap and could use it wherever you wanted to attack or defend.
In a formula one application the 21 speeds available 3 cft kers x 7 car gearbox speeds mean that during a typical racing lap the efficiency will be around 64 round trip. Luca marmorini on kers. To learn more about new 2014 rule change new formula 1 power units and new ers system follow this link.
The rule changes were most interested in are those concerning the introduction of the kinetic energy recovery system kers that will eventually make every future formula one race car a hybrid. A false dawn the basics. Contentsshow technology the kers system harvests lost energy from braking to charge either a battery or flywheel.
The drivers could use this extra energy strategically during the race or qualifying. When the 24 liter engine was in use it was paired to a kinetic energy recovery system kers that has been introduced ever since 2009. Kers stands for kinetic energy recovery system and was introduced by the fia to direct the formula 1 engineering community towards developing greener technologies.
Examples include complex high end systems such as the zytek flybrid torotrak and xtrac used in formula one racing and simple easily. Although not used in 2010 kers made a return to the sport in 2011. In typical road car use the overall efficiency can be even higher so that fuel savings on the nedc drive cycle are comparable with cvt based flywheel hybrid systems.
A kinetic energy recovery system kers is an automotive system for recovering a moving vehicles kinetic energy under brakingthe recovered energy is stored in a reservoir for example a flywheel or high voltage batteries for later use under acceleration. Lets start with a definition. Enter the world of formula 1.
It will be renamed to ers k for the 2014 season. From 2009 to 2013 the kinetic energy recovery system was on the cars in formula 1. One of these is the weight of the systems.