De la Rosa: No fears over KERS safety

The Spaniard, who has been conducting development work on the system through his test role with McLaren in recent months, believes the sport has done a good job of addressing the legitimate question marks raised over the danger posed by the highly-charged devices.

"On the KERS side, the teams and the FIA are doing a very good job to understand it and keep it safe," he said. "I have no KERS concerns. Initially we all had them with the accident that the BMW mechanic had, but since then I have been in contact with Charlie Whiting.

"The teams have explained to the drivers the risks KERS involves and we are quite comfortable at the moment."

Despite his confidence, de la Rosa says the teams will continue to learn how to improve the safety of KERS.

"We will always learn," he said. "The problem with electricity is you can't always see where it is. You can see where fire is, but you can't see where electricity is. It's a problem for the marshals as well.

"But the teams are doing a very good job and we've learned from the BMW accident."