16-Apr-09: Kubica to Try KERS, Ferrari to Ditch It

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Welcome to F1 Minute for the 16th April.

KERS news first, with BMW handing a KERS capable car to Kubica for Friday Free Practice in China, as they work on solutions to the weight problem. Meanwhile, Ferrari have decided not to run KERS in their cars for the Chinese Grand Prix. This comes after Raikkonen’s car was shrouded in a cloud of smoke during Free Practice 1 in Malaysia, and then wouldn’t have been able to restart the race due to KERS problems, had the rain not caused the red flag. Stefano Domenicali says: “It is a decision that we have taken because we need to understand the system exactly from a safety point of view, and a reliability point of view.”

Elsewhere, the McLaren Group has had a reorganisation with Ron Dennis taking the helm of McLaren Automotive which will become an independent company. This means he really won’t have anything to do with the F1 team anymore, but he says this has nothing to do with their current problems.

That’s it for today, I’ll be back tomorrow with another F1 Minute.