Despite the concerns currently being raised by those in the F1 paddock about the safety of the new KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) especially after a BMW mechanic was given a shock during recent testing t the Jerez circuit in Southern Spain and needed overnight attention in hospital, FIA boss Max Mosley believes all the kinks will be ironed out before its official introduction.

Even though BMW was only one team experiencing issues, the other being Red Bull, who were forced to evacuate their Milton Keynes factory due to a scare during testing, Mosley, while surprised at the incidents, believes it is simply a mater of teams finding their limits…

"For us there are two main areas. There's what we call the health and safety area, which is in the factory and basic precautions of the car. And then there's the operating it - does it cause a danger to the drivers, the marshals, the mechanics and so on? And we're interested in the operating it bit,” Mosley was quoted as saying on Autosport.

“What happened with BMW was, on the face of it, very surprising, because you would think they would either insulate the electrical system or they would earth the car. I don't know what went wrong, so I can't comment on I, but these are very elementary problems. With road cars I think a Toyota Lexus has a 600-volt system, but you don't get a shock from it."

While KERS will not be compulsory in 2009, it is thought to give a time advantage to the Formula One cars, so it is thought that all teams ill adapt it to their new cars. However, there are those that are anti the new system and may go to lengths to have it outlawed due to safety reasons, but BMW is not one of them….

"There is opposition to it, but BMW have always been very enthusiastic. They put out a very positive press release saying it had directly fed into the road cars. To me, the crucial thing about KERS is that its inconceivable that in 50 years time, when you put the brakes on in your car, the energy will just burn off in heat. That won't happen.”

"But the first thing we need is a system that's capable of absorbing all the energy when you put the brakes on. The next generation of Formula One cars will be like that. They'll probably be able to absorb, we're talking 300 kilowatts, and giving out 200 kilowatts. That's a two-tonne car braking at 1G. F1 will make that very small and very light, and the things that will fit in next year, in ten year's time, will look very primitive. But that's Formula One.”

"We've seen it so often in areas, and those devices will be crucial for the roads because if a KERS system is really light and can absorb all the energy, with super capacitors or flywheels, whatever its going to be, that's really for the road, and if we advance it by several years, then that's extremely useful and that alone can justify Formula One, because it will make such a huge contribution to the motor industry. If you imagine you could have a super-efficient KERS system, five to 10 years sooner than you would otherwise get it, then multiply it by the number of cars in the world, then Formula One (costs) will be a drop in the ocean."