Motorsport Off Topic Thread

Last years Lotus cars across other formulas were green and gold. This year they are all taking the black and gold from the F1 team.

There is nothing traditional about Lotus Cars and the Black and Gold livery! God that really winds me up!
 
Nice find Duke.

This bit sounds fantastically complicated and wonderful and confusing and brilliant and odd, all at the same time!

KERS future
KERS continues in its current guise for another two years, then for 2014 along with all new engine regulations there will be a new format KERS. Energy recovery will be from different sources, so the overriding term for the hybrid technology on the car will simply be ERS (Energy Recovery Systems). However KERS will still exist, harvesting energy from braking, but will have a greater allowance for energy stored and reapplied. But, there will also be TERS (Thermal Energy Recovery), which a MGU harvesting energy from the turbocharger. Overall ERS will provide a third of the engines power for some 30s of the lap. No longer will the driver press a button for their KERS boost, it will be integrated in their demand for power from the throttle pedal. The electronics will be constantly managing the Powertrains energy, harvesting and applying energy based on whether the driver is on or off the throttle. In 2014 Powertrains and ERS is set to become very complicated.
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Cant wait!
 
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