It is all based around the fact that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be endlessly converted. It all sounds very complicated but it really isn’t, the basic physics of KERS is laid down in lessons taught to almost every secondary school child in the developed world. Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems or KERS for short are devices used for converting some of the waste energy from the braking process into more useful types of energy which can then be used to give the cars a power boost. FOTA Teams simply agreed not to use the systems, but they were still legal under the technical regulations. Many will no doubt report that KERS was banned in 2010 but this was not actually the case. This year grand prix racing will feature the return of a controversial new technology, which in thoery makes the cars more environmentally friendly. The Kinetic Energy Release System returns
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