The Weekly Grapevine
With just over a year to go before the introduction of KERS in F1, Dieter Rencken looks into how the teams are coping. And how will the ban on third cars affect the traditional Sunday morning pitstop rehearsals?
Energetic debate
The introduction of the FIA's Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) to Formula One is, as BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen reminded the media at the launch of the F1.08 on Monday, 'just 14 months away'.
Teams thus have a little over a year to not only design, build and develop an energy recovery system capable of generating 60kW before making it available in a short burst for overtaking purposes, but, as a precursor to all of the above, first need to decide upon exactly which system provides the way forward.
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