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A mate of mine who work in the electrical industry here in Australia tells me that it's not as simple as just "a pair of rubber gloves" to protect yourself or anyone else who might come into contact with a KERS fitted car.
More than likely he says that the energy stored is DC and not AC (well he hopes so), which means that the car become a capacitor in a way. What they need to do is determine how much energy it stored on the body, and that way they can also work out what level of protection is required for anyone handling the car.
If the level was too high for anyone to get close, then he says the marshal's would have to be trained in "hot stick" techniques that they use for high voltages, 6.6kV and up. This would mean at least one marshal would be required to be suited up in the gloves (which are about 5mm thick) and other protective equipment, have at the ready an earth line and a insulated stick so that they can place the line on the car without getting too close. Then once discharged, anyone should be able to go up to the car.
At the end of the day, we'll have to wait until the F1 tech working group work out the fine details.
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