The 2009 season will see the controversial introduction of KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) and while teams are not forced to use it, they could find themselves at a disadvantage to their rivals if they don’t.

Current rumours suggest that the Scuderia Ferrari team are behind their major rivals in development of the new system, however the biggest issue team boss of the Maranello based squad, Stefano Domenicali is concerned is the fact that its development goes against all they are trying to do to reduce the ever increasing costs in the sport….

"First of all I want to make a political consideration as far as the KERS is concerned: our position, which we discussed with other teams, is, that in a moment, when one has to reduce costs, the introduction of such a system is a contradiction in terms,” he said at the launch of the new F60. “We can decide if we want to use the KERS in our car and when it's clear that the system will effectively improve the performance, which it seems to do in simulations, it will be our task and technical challenge, to push on with it.”

“Today is a very important day also as far as this system is concerned and we're testing the new system on the track. I don't expect any surprises; but we'll definitely see the problems when it's used on the track. As you know tests are limited to 15,000 kilometres this year and there's no possibility to test after the start of the season.”

“I expect that test stands and simulations will be used much more. As I already said there will be many more problems, but our main objective is reliability. Last year we paid a high price; this year, with a new system as complex as the KERS, our main objective is the verification of the reliability. The car on the track today confirms it; it's fitted with the KERS."