HRT are unlikely to run KERS in 2012, despite the car having been designed to carry the device, says team principal Luis Pérez-Sala.
The energy recovery system provides an additional 80hp for 6.67 seconds and on average, though differing from track to track, provides up to four tenths of lap time.
HRT and Marussia are the only teams on the grid not running the system, wth the former opting to concentrate on understanding its car before making any massive changes.
“We have a car we are yet to discover,” Sala told he told El Confidencial.
“It [the F112] is designed to carry KERS but in the short term we will not [use it]. We don’t think we’re going to race with it this year,” he added.
The Spaniard is hopeful that the in-season test in Mugello after the Bahrain GP will provide some useful insight into the car, after the team only just qualified under the 107% regulation in Malaysia.
“It’s not perfect,” he added. “Right now, we have assembled the car in a hurry and so the private testing at Mugello, just after Bahrain, will be very important to us.
“In China and Bahrain we will improve things in the car and the team, but it is a slow process that will last all year.”
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