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Having just seen Alonso fly up to 3rd in the Malaysian Grand Prix I had to know more…

KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) allows the F1 teams to store kinetic energy which is produced from the breaking system on the cars, under FIA regulations they are allowed to store 60KW which is more or less equivalent to 80HP for an extra 6.67 seconds, they are allowed to use this on each Lap.

The energy can be stored in a Flywheel (which many of the teams use) or in Super capacitors. Many of the teams are yet to fully implement this system and as a result have to use extra ballast on the car (as the system weighs about 35kg). Therefore no team will be at a loss for implementing KERS.

It is meant to help in the entertainment of the sport by giving the drivers the extra power they need to do a passing move.

Here is a Williams Engineer telling you more…

Okay, if you are looking for a battle then England Vs Australia is always going to be one.

There we (England) are near the end of a game when some reasonably averaged sized ozzie -- he now supports a mullet (enough said!) wants to get involved in a bit of a battle…How do the English reply….Josh Lewsy shows you how