Williams will use their own KERS system on their 2011 car, technical director Sam Michael has confirmed.
With the FOTA agreement not to use the system in 2010 coming to an end shortly, the larger teams are all looking to install the system for next season. Currently Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren and Renault are expected to use the energy recovery system on their 2011 cars.
The Grove-based Williams team developed its own flywheel system in 2008/09 when it established its own hybrid systems company. However that system, currently being used by Porsche in the GT series, won’t be used on the F1 car as it’s too large and heavy.
Sir Frank Williams recently said: “it would make our car like a London double-decker [bus]”.
The team will now work on a battery system, similar to that developed by Mercedes and ran by McLaren in 2009.
“Everything is being done in-house,” Michael is quoted by ESPN-F1. “Only the battery cells are being bought from outside.”
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