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Trio back introduction of KERS

Wednesday 6th August 2008

BMW, Honda and Williams believe the introduction of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) next season should go ahead as planned.

Several teams have called for KERS' introduction to be postponed following a couple of incidents in the past few weeks.

The Red Bull factory had to be evacuated when smoke came pouring out of a battery and a BMW mechanic landed up in hospital when he touched a car fitted with the system, prompting teams to ask for a delay.

However, BMW, Honda and Williams told Autosport such a move would have big financial implications.

BMW motorsport director Mario Theissen said: "We think we should go ahead with it, and there were three aspects discussed in the meeting - two of them openly, which is safety and financial implications. And the other one, underlying the picture, is competitiveness, as you would expect.

"Our point of view is that it is good, not just for BMW but for the sport. And if it is good we should have it as soon as possible."

Williams chief Frank Williams backed Theissen, saying "It is an exciting challenge that we are enjoying.

"There were two or three against the delay but we want to carry on with what we are doing."

Honda team principal Ross Brawn also believes there is no going back now.

"We are happy to carry on with KERS, and we have put a lot of effort in. I think if we were the only ones who were stood out saying no then we might consider it (a delay), but we would generally be happier if it was kept."

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I'm definitely excited by the prospects of KERS. This in conjunction with slick tyres will see a transformed grid and a transformed season next year.

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No wonder BMW, Honda, and Williams want KERS to proceed. BMW and Honda have massive budgets that they have allocated because of KERS potential to be adapted to road cars and Williams have bought that company (I can't remember the name off hand) who specialise in KERS technology.

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No wonder BMW, Honda, and Williams want KERS to proceed. BMW and Honda have massive budgets that they have allocated because of KERS potential to be adapted to road cars and Williams have bought that company (I can't remember the name off hand) who specialise in KERS technology.

Indeedy.

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That's one more factor to consider for Nando if he plans a move to Honda in 2009. If you add KERS plus Button plus Brawn plus new regulations, it's Honda's best opportunity since they starting throwing money down the drain in F1.

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Very true. I'm not sure though what game Brawn was trying to play when he said Honda was retaining their drivers for next season. Then you had the legend that is Nick Fry saying they are in negociations.

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Yeah possibly, but won't Renault be equally keen to develop this and apply it to their road cars. I always think Renault is quite an innovative company in general, but I could be wrong...

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Yeah possibly, but won't Renault be equally keen to develop this and apply it to their road cars. I always think Renault is quite an innovative company in general, but I could be wrong...

Yes they are. Just for their development of turbo and V10 engines alone they should be worshipped throughout the world :)

But that road is usually a lonely and long trip. And Nando does not seem to be too fond of taking that road. If Renault does not pull out of F1 (like they regretfuly did in the past) then I am sure they will win again. Their lack of commitment to F1 for 2007/2008 was one of the key factors on Nando's move to McLaren (something usually overlooked). In 2005/2006, rumours that they would leave F1 at the end of 2006 were more than insistent.

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No wonder BMW, Honda, and Williams want KERS to proceed. BMW and Honda have massive budgets that they have allocated because of KERS potential to be adapted to road cars and Williams have bought that company (I can't remember the name off hand) who specialise in KERS technology.

Automotive Hybrid Power Ltd, is the name of the company Williams bought to answer my own question.

Yeah possibly, but won't Renault be equally keen to develop this and apply it to their road cars. I always think Renault is quite an innovative company in general, but I could be wrong...

The French are quite innovative.

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I always think Renault is quite an innovative company in general, but I could be wrong...

If you mean that they find new and interesting ways of making unreliable cars that disassemble spontaneously then I suppose you're right.

On topic, KERS is something I'm looking forward to, the sooner the better. I might even start watching again.

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Yeah possibly, but won't Renault be equally keen to develop this and apply it to their road cars. I always think Renault is quite an innovative company in general, but I could be wrong...

Carlos Ghosn doesn't see F1 as more then just a marketing tool with no real value to his company's R&D (Renault-Nissan alliance). That's because Balestre and Mosley banned everything that is in any way connected to production cars that Renault have or intend to build.

Turbos, active/reactive/semi-active suspensions, 4WD, 4 wheel steering (found in the new Laguna coupe), diesel engines, TC, ABS, ESC, variable valve timing, electric engines, compressed air engines, eCVTs, hydrogen fuel cells, hydrogen engines, 4 wheel KERS and Co. are all banned.

And while Mosley now play the green and/or road relevant cars, it was he who banned the eCVTs (1993 Williams), KERS (2001 McLaren) and a loot of other things. He also rejected proposals made in the late 1990s to bring back smaller turbo engines relevant to production cars (think probably turbo-diesels).

The active rides cars, to this days the most advanced racing machines ever build, where last trully innovative Grand Prix cars and also the last there where connected to road cars (semi-active suspensions, TC, ABS, 4 Wheel Steering, electric steering, semi-automatics witch also had full automatic mode, all this stuff made it onto production cars, at least into some).

Heck there are even supercars with stuff like ground-effect underbodies, movable wings (Veyron), dynamic traction control and Co.

When those cars where banned F1 (with the exception of some aviation/aerospace-defense stuff) became nothing more then a marketing-hype machine, a stupid reality show best described as "The search for the next superstar driver".

You can't governing bodies designing racing cars as they always **** up.

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Can someone please splain how adding KERS to the car next year is cost cutting ?????? All the money and resources the teams had to expend on this new system would have been better served on the team and cars then exploring this so called "Green" technology . And while we're at it why does racing have to be "Green" , hello what about noise pollution maybe they should add mufflers as well . Maybe they should build the cars from "recycled" carbon fiber , use retread tyres , there are many ways to go "green" adding more parts does not help save cost .

All this "green" stuff makes me sick kinda like the Indy cars running Ethanol , taking food and making it into racing fuel is not what we need , maybe a "Fuel cell" car would be better , nah stick with high test gasoline .

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Because greener, more fuel efficient cars and exploring alternative sources is where the industry is going; and where the political presures are forcing things go.

As to cost cutting, it's just bulls##t. You can have super-expensive yesterday's tech racing cars or you can have super-expensive race cars that have the technologies the production cars of tomorrow will feature (that's the way it used to be). One thing you can't have is low costs and cost cutting.

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Kinetic energy makes things like rulers move & wobble! Then there's nuclear energy which is harmful to the skin & is more than 5 times hotter than the sun!

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I back KERS, and my opinion is the one that counts. I think KERS can be a really neat development for road cars. KERS is the only reason to have any faith in the FIA ever stumbling upon the proper regulations, in my opinion. Go KERS!

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Kinetic energy makes things like rulers move & wobble! Then there's nuclear energy which is harmful to the skin & is more than 5 times hotter than the sun!

And cellulosic ethanol energy owns them all. ;)

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