Kinetic Energy Recovery System

when a driver brakes the energy produced by braking is stored in either a fly-wheel or a battery, the driver is then able to use this stored enegy in the form of a boost to the engine to go a little bit faster for a short time, and they're only allowed to use that boost twice per lap

most teams haven't bothered with it because it weighs so much and that extra weight plays with the overall weight distribution in the car and the balance and s**t

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton on July 27th 2009 at 20:56:40

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FAO Tricky Hawes (Other Sports) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 27, 20:05:59
- FAO Tricky (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 27, 20:47:55
  - that ^^^ should've been in another thread... (n/m) (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 27, 20:51:10
    - that was interesting (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 27, 21:29:21
- haha. I'll try (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 27, 20:17:52
  - No, that was fine too, ta. (Other Sports) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 27, 20:19:32
  - oops, just seen you already had an answer. Much the same tho, really. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 27, 20:19:21
- I watch a lot of F1, have done since I was a kid. (Other Sports) - conker, Jul 27, 20:13:39
  - Whats KERS? (n/m) (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 27, 20:43:19
    - Kinetic Energy Recovery System (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 27, 20:56:40
      - chairs! (n/m) (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 27, 21:26:09
  - *good* answer, ta. Much as I guessed, plus some detail. Thanks! (n/m) (Other Sports) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 27, 20:15:26
    - ( I say 'guessed', but I mean guessed based on what had been explained to me earlier in th (n/m) (Other Sports) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 27, 20:16:18

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