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Old 18 Apr 2011, 02:26 (Ref:2865446)   #1210
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On Topic: This illustrates why the ACO wants KERS to be mainly for fuel saving, not as a push to pass, as that bares little relevance to why road cars use KERS, as well as why Audi and Peugeot don't want to run KERS in 2011--if Red Bull can't get their system to last a two hour or shorter GP, and if other teams destroy the batteries in theirs by the end of a GP weekend (though that's more down to how the teams use KERS as as power boost system than anything), why deal with something that if it fails on the cars will basically become numerous kilograms of dead weight?

Well no. You seem to be forgetting that the porsche Flybrid that ran at Petit lemans with no issues.

in addition as stated numerous times the reason the teams destroy the batteries is because they purposely overcharge(to get the maximum boost) them knowing it only has to last a GP weekend. If your trying to go enduro(12hrs etc..) you will not be overcharging the battery.
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