Dec.9 (GMM) Amid Honda’s shock exit and the urgent need to cut costs, F1 should call off the introduction of KERS systems in 2009
That is the view of Norbert Haug, motor racing chief of the German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz
Given Honda’s departure due to the global slump in road car sales, Haug told the Swiss publication Motorsport Aktuell “the time for games is over” as F1 seeks to slash out of control expenditure
Numerous teams have recently tried to postpone the planned introduction next year of KERS, but outfits like BMW-Sauber are in favour of the energy-recovery technology
Haug said KERS “is an extremely expensive exercise” and said the saving to the engine budgets by scrapping it would be at least 25 per cent
He explained that the KERS concept should not be sidelined entirely, but in the current financial climate the prudent action would be to put it aside and “think about it later”
