BMW Sauber discovers cause of KERS shock

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According to Team BMW Sauber, it has “concluded their investigations into the KERS incident at Jerez.” Incident? You mean that time when one of your mechanics was literally thrown to the ground after doing nothing more than touching your car? Right, that one. If you are truly interested in [...]

VIDEO: Shocking! See F1 mechanic getting zapped by KERS system

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Anybody who wants to know why Formula 1 teams are reconsidering using the Kinetic Energy Recovery System, or KERS need only watch the video embedded after the jump. So far, there have been two incidents of KERS failures, the first requiring the [...]