Renault with KERS already in Australia

Renault was the first team to confirm the use of the Kinetic Energy Retention and Reuse System (KERS), already for the weekend of the Australian Grand Prix, the first race of the 2009 Formula 1 season. we will use in Australia, I'm already sure of it" said the head of engineering, Patrick Head, to GP Week. According to rumors, Ferrari, McLaren and BMW are also at the same level but have not yet decided whether or not to use the system at Albert Park.

BMW is expected to make a decision on the matter this week. "I can't predict the outcome," technical director Willy Rampf told Blick magazine.

Other teams, including Toyota, Williams, Red Bull and Force India, have already decided to start the season without KERS.

Brawn GP, ​​however, has not yet tested the new technology. “With the time we had, we frankly didn't consider KERS at all,” said Ross Brawn.

Symonds, however, said he was confident about Renault's system despite concerns about weight distribution, tire wear and safety arising from the use of KERS: "Obviously we are convinced that we are exploiting a performance advantage otherwise we wouldn't use it" he explained, also revealing that Renault's KERS is already reliable.

“Before Christmas I would have said there was only a small chance of using it in Australia and I really couldn't give dates for its use, but after Christmas we sorted out most of the problems one after the other. And since then we've had a car with very few problems" concluded Symonds.