I'm 95% sure they claimed their kers was ready for higher than 400kj per lap performance.mx_tifosi wrote:Surely Williams and the other KERS manufacturers designed the systems to surpass the 2009 limits? Or does doubling it to 800kj require a totally different design?
EDIT: scratch that, seems they were talking about release rate actually:
But then again the system doesn't necessarily have to accumulate all 800 kj at once, a 400 kj or lesser cap would be ok as long as they are able to release/harvest it quick enough for an overall 800 kj per lap.The electric systems is what you would find in a Toyota Prius or Honda Civic Hybrid. Those systems are less powerful – the Prius’s is 23kW, this is 60kW. Performance of the devices in F1 is limited to 60kw, but this one is capable of 100kW, we restrict it to meet the rules, but it is much more powerful than the regulations allow. We are expecting them to increase the limit in the future and we’re ready and waiting for it.
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/01/11/k ... tem-works/