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PIERO FERRARI: KERS Will Not Improve 2009 F1 Racing

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  1. RP

    RP F1 World Champ

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    Ferrari's vice president Piero Ferrari believes the Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems will only increase costs and will not improve the racing.

    KERS are due to be introduced in Formula One from 2009 in what promises to be a major challenge for engineers.

    The system will allow drivers to draw 60kW of energy from one axle on the car to be used in the form of a "push-to-pass" button to increase the chances of overtaking.

    Ferrari, however, believes the system will not mean more overtaking and will also see the teams having to spend more money in research.

    "We should reflect on many of the technical and sporting decisions taken in F1 lately," he told Italian magazine Autosprint.

    "Engines were frozen with the result that all of them now run at 19,000 revolutions, so there's no difference in power nor revs, and therefore there's no way you can take advantage of a possible overrevving to try to overtake.

    "We should have done something similar to what NASCAR has done: to set some limits in the regulations, while allowing for researching and re-designing. The way the regulations are right now, we can't re-design a single part to improve it. It's excessive. Ferrari have great engine guys twiddling their thumbs.

    "By contrast, they make us spend time and money to design the KERS, for which we can't evaluate the costs precisely because it's a new technology.

    "It's also based on knowledge unknown to traditional engine guys, like high-capacity batteries and high-performance electrical engines, for which you need specialized engineers from outside the motoring world.

    "To acquire that know-how will cause high levels of spending over the years, it's not the best solution to reduce costs.

    "Engine recovery is fine, but not this way. Too many different systems to recover energy have been permitted. They need to be limited, otherwise costs could go sky-high, with the risk of having to cut drastically on other areas to limit spending, as was done with engines, revs, and electronics.

    "This way we risk to transform an F1 car into a GP2 car, and that must not happen."
     
  2. GrndLkNatv

    GrndLkNatv Formula Junior

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    Max has lost his mind... It's been whipping it up to much lately, drinking his own kool-aid... If F1 is to race Toyota Paseo's that great but otherwise this KERS junk should be dropped, it's junk.
     
  3. Remy Zero

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    they should go back to unrestricted V10s, slick tyres....sigh...

    on thr bright side, i'm a world champion now.. :D
     
  4. AustinMartin

    AustinMartin F1 Veteran

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    Those darn kool-aid drinkers!
     
  5. 1_can_dream

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    Does that make you the highest post count unsubscribed member :)
     
  6. Jack-the-lad

    Jack-the-lad Seven Time F1 World Champ
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    Here's a novel thought for Kinky Max: How about elevating the absolute performance and excitement of F1 cars? You know, instead of trying to make them "relevant." Leave that crap to university science departments to stage cross-country races using sails and solar panels.

    Jack
     
  7. GrndLkNatv

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    The drivers will be required to wear leather suits, wear furry hand cuffs while driving and be given whips to hurry the pit crew along.. Then will come the tatoo's and the like!
     
  8. infinitespecter

    infinitespecter Karting

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    You know things are bad in F1 when Ferrari is quoting NASCAR rules as the way to go.
     
  9. tifosi12

    tifosi12 Four Time F1 World Champ
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    Wow, interesting article. Thanks Ron!

    Sounds like Piero is not happy at all about what Mosley is dictating. Do I see a disconnect between Piero and Todt?

    Also the argument that the revs are limited at 19k obvioulsy goes against a PTP KERS button. Duh!
     
  10. tifosi12

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    Actually the third highest post count for a non subscribed member. Or in other words: A real cheapskate...:)
     
  11. Senna1994

    Senna1994 F1 World Champ

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    +1 I was thinking the samething, good for Piero for speaking his mind about the Engine Guys sitting around.
     
  12. Remy Zero

    Remy Zero Two Time F1 World Champ

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    Thanks for the encouragement, Andreas :D

    whose the other 2?
     
  13. tifosi12

    tifosi12 Four Time F1 World Champ
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    Aircon and matteo
     
  14. ferraridude615

    ferraridude615 F1 Veteran

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    When was the last time he posted? :D
     
  15. Tobias

    Tobias Formula 3

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    Agreed.
     

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