The KERS is a great challenge, but it costs more than expected

On the occasion of the traditional exchange of greetings, the Ferrari Sports Management technicians commented on Kers, the system for recovering the kinetic energy deriving from the car's brakes, introduced by the next F1 season. It's "quite a challenge", they said, but on an economic level, devices of this kind "have exceeded our expectations". The Technical Director Aldo Costa, the Director of Engines and Electronics Gilles Simon and the designer Nikolas Tombazis declared: "On the engines and electronics front there was a drop in expenses, but with the KERS we spent much more than than expected." "We are working a lot on the energy recovery system. We are behind schedule but our goal is to be ready for the first race in Australia with the Kers functioning. In any case, in parallel we are evaluating the car even without Kers".