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KERS: A power boost.(NEWS)(Kinetic Energy Recovery System )(Brief article)
FIA president Max Mosley championed kinetic-energy-recovery systems as a PR measure to force manufacturers to invest in eco-friendly technology that would help convince the world that the sport has some redeeming value. It is almost incidental that KERS will also aid in overtaking.
The steering-wheel-mounted KERS button gives a driver an 80-hp boost for about 6.7 seconds a lap, thanks to stored energy previously lost under braking. A driver can use all of that in one hittypically coming onto the main straight, where it will generate a 5-mph ...
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