Renault to use KERS at Monza
For the Italian Grand Prix weekend the Renault Formula One Team decided to use the Kinetic Energy Recovery System. According to Pat Symonds, the system will assist the team with three aspects: lap time, the advantage it gives from the start, and the ability to assist overtaking.
Pat Symonds: "There are three aspects of KERS that need to be considered: lap time, the advantage it gives from the start, and the ability to assist overtaking. Firstly, the gain in lap time of running KERS in Monza is likely to be around a quarter of a second and it's worth even more in qualifying as you can do one release before you start a timed lap and another release during the timed lap. In terms of the advantage at the start, it's a long way from the grid to the first corner in Monza and KERS will give an advantage of well over fifteen metres compared with non-KERS cars. For assisting overtaking, you have to remember that Monza is a circuit where it's very difficult to overtake, but running KERS certainly won't disadvantage us in that respect. All these factors combine to make Monza a very favourable circuit for KERS."
