KERS may not improve overtaking

Red Bull Racing's technical director Geoff Willis says the introduction of KERS to Formula One next season won't help much for overtaking the car in front of you.

"I think the teams will soon learn how to use and optimize the KERS, but it won't help overtaking so much," he told Italian magazine Autosprint. "It's a technology developed on road cars that will find a limited application in F1.

"The new aerodynamics regulations will be the biggest factor at changing racing by creating new overtaking opportunities.

"The reduction in size of the rear wing will allow the drivers to race more closely, because the loss of downforce won't be as radical while in the slipstream."

"Probably one aerodynamic development will be to disturb the air flow of the following car in order to make your own car less prone to be overtaken," he added.