None of those were decisions were made by the FIA, they were all made by the teams, specifically the big teams. If/When the FIA opens up the regs for KERs you will only then see how big a factor it can be.pipex wrote:We are clearly seeing that KERS in its actual form is pretty useless. I think that this is due to the way the rules were created by the FIA. If KERS is that important to give F1 green credentials why not create a working group with specialists in energy recovery systems, like the OWG. In this working group, experts of each F1 team can discuss what needs to be done in terms of ruling to make a useful KERS, for example defining the maximum energy, when the energy needs to be released, and other parameters to make the system application successful.
We already know that the systems in real cars are much more complex than what is implemented in F1. I think that the push-to-pass application is not too relevant in the real world, so why not use it to reduce fuel comsumption?.
Another point i want to make is that the FIA indecision to make the system compulsory is what is making us looking at the system as useless. If the system was compulsory for each race and each team, we would be looking at KERS as a performance differentiator. In fact, nearly every new rule makes the cars slower, but we don't see that new rules as having a big new "negative" factor because all the cars are subjected to the same set of them. Limiting the energy capability also reduce the effectiveness of the designs.
Passenger cars systems are more complex in programming only... and that is because the FIA wants the KERs to be engaged only by the driver and rightly so. The power to weight of the F1 MGU's are unmatched as are the specifics of the batteries used... they are both cutting edge technology.
