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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
KERS already takes over a bunch of the braking duties- if they don't discharge it fully, their brakes won't perform as needed because they're depending on the added drag of the recharging. Why anyone would be dumb enough to leave that power sitting on the table every lap is beynd me, but every once in a while there's a radio transmission reminding a driver to fully discharge it.  |
It's easy to lose track. KERS is completely manually activated, and sometimes a driver might lose track of how much he's used, or might have saved it up for a move on the next lap which didn't materialize. Most drivers nowadays use it at set points over the lap and make sure to drain it fully down the main start-finish straight if there's some left over, unless they're in an attacking or defending position.