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Originally Posted by mattysupra
o and to answer your post. The Kers system weight is more than 20k is it not? That seems very light for the amount of time it costs the cars on a lap when not using it.
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F1 cars using KERS weigh exactly the same as those without. However the non KERS cars use ballast weights to modify the CG, as well as get the car up to the minimum weight, KERS cars don't have as much freedom in that dept.
Think only Toyota use the flywheel system, but I thought it transferred it's kinetic energy directly onto the crank via a clutch. The others, use a pure battery and charger system.
Lewis didn't use KERs at Silverstone, and got out qualified by his team mate who did use it.
