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However, Theissen said the Hinwil built cars will also be without KERS at Monaco in just over a fortnight.

Renault has abandoned KERS at least for the next seven races, the Spanish sports newspaper Diario AS claims.

KERS is expected to be more beneficial this weekend than in Melbourne a week ago, due to the Sepang circuit's longer straights.

"The tuning time on Friday would be too short, " he said, while BMW confirmed that the KERS absence will only be "temporary" .

Only McLaren and Ferrari used KERS in Istanbul over the weekend, but even so BMW's Mario Theissen did not vote to ban the systems.

Robert Kubica on Thursday said it has not been decided if his BMW-Sauber will be fitted with a KERS system in Malaysia this weekend.

BMW-Sauber's KERS system is not living up to the Swiss based squad's expectations, the publication Motorsport Aktuell reports.

SV: Well, I mean first of all I am happy that Fernando does not have KERS as it is quite a way down to turn one.

His boss Christian Horner on Friday said Red Bull has "no fixed date" for a KERS debut aboard the RB5 in 2009.

Current F1 rules allow for a KERS that collects up to 60 kW of energy every second, which can then be used as an 82 horsepower boost.

Marmorini's comments come after Toyota team president John Howett said he had doubts KERS can be made ready in time for next season.

Fernando Alonso was unimpressed with the performance of his KERS system in Sunday's Australian grand prix.

It appears that this vehicle will also carry the new KERS technology installed to the 2009 lineup of F1 challengers.

The main straight was lengthened a few years ago, which should favour teams, who like Ferrari, are still using KERS.

Renault has decided to keep KERS on its two cars for qualifying and the grand prix in Bahrain.

Behind them, Kimi Raikkonen thrust up to fourth, also using the Ferrari's KERS button.

KERS recover waste kinetic energy from the car during braking, store that energy and then make it available to propel the car.

BMW-Sauber is not even using KERS on both its cars at present: a strategy that makes little sense to Mercedes' racing chief Haug.

Q. What are your thoughts on the load on drivers in the cockpit now you have had some time testing both KERS and the moveable rear wing?

Sutil's 2009 car may get a boost next month, when Mercedes' KERS system is scheduled to be fitted for the first time.

Ferrari hopes to have Hy-Kers technology in showrooms within three to five years.

In contrast to an electrical KERS, the mechanical energy doesn't change state and is therefore more efficient.

SV: Not today, but we have been running with KERS in the last test.

Felipe Massa was just 14th and lapped, apparently with KERS problems and after having to pit for front end damage.

Felipe Massa is proud to be the first to drive the F60, but team principal Stefano Domenicali is wary of the reliability of KERS.

Maranello promises the Hy-Kers concept will offer stellar performance along with improved fuel economy and emissions.

As its name implies, a KERS recovers the (normally wasted) kinetic energy generated by the car's braking process.

For the first time this season, neither BMW-Sauber car will be equipped with a KERS system this weekend in Spain.

Vettel will be driving for Red Bull Racing next year, which will have both KERS units and engines supplied by Renault.

they cease to be young and old, ma ste rs and pupils, wo r kers and drivers.

Badoer on next year's car: 'Next year we'll see a different Ferrari, everything will change with KERS and the aerodynamic parts taken off.

The Brazilian said that as a result of not using KERS, "we are losing even more performance" .

And on both tracks the first corner is very close to the starting line, so we can't even exploit the advantage of the KERS there.

In fact, for 2010 a gentlemen's agreement means no team is using it, though that does not mean it may not return in the future.

Felipe Massa has refused to blame Ferrari's competitive struggle in 2009 on the decision to use KERS.

Anyway we have the KERS, so it is a help to keep the position or maybe try to overtake.

The acronym KERS stands for Kinetic Energy Recovery System.

McLaren's duo Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen have used Mercedes' KERS consistently in 2009.

Toyota's engine chief Luca Marmorini is confident the Japanese squad will have their KERS system ready in time for next year.

The balance of the car is almost identical with or without (KERS).

I would say it is the other rules, for example those that govern elements like the diffuser and KERS that are causing the problems.

JB: For me not driving without KERS in 2009 was frustrating, because you had to change strategy to whatever these guys would do.

If the other car doesn't use KERS, then maybe you can get an advantage, but once the field is separated you will still have your usual gap.

Ferrari exec Stefano Domenicali railed on the cost of developing KERS for F1 racing, and other F1 teams agree.

To that end, the Hy-Kers system cuts the 599's emissions by 35 percent to 270 grams per kilometer.

Our car will be 2WD without the possibility to refuel and without KERS.

No. A typical KERS system weighs around 35 kilograms.

The wor'kers are paid by the day.

Ferrari's HY-KERS concept, shown at the 2010 Geneva car show, a hybrid concept based on the 599 GTB Fiorano.

The Hy-Kers concept is Ferrari's first step toward meet new European Union fuel-economy and emissions regulations