Teams must embrace KERS technology if Formula One is to survive, Honda CEO Nick Fry has affirmed following trouble-free testing of the system in Jerez.

The Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS), which are designed to store and re-use energy lost as heat through braking and other episodes, are due to be introduced next year to make Formula One more environmentally sustainable.

Gilles Simon, Engine Technical Director at Ferrari, has said that the team are struggling with the KERS challenge. KERS will make it’s debut in Formula One racing next season, and Ferrari are not the only team to appear to be struggling with the new components – earlier in the year, Red Bull had to evacuate their factory after one of the new KERS components started to smoke and set off the fire alarms, and a BMW mechanic was given an electric shock after he touched one of the cars during a test session.

BMW have explained that the KERS incident at Jerez testing last month, which saw a mechanic fall to the ground having received an electric shock from their new car, posed no real danger to either the mechanic or the driver, Christian Klien, despite the fact that high voltages were involved.

Max Mosley is adamant the new Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) which are set to be introduced into Formula One next season are safe, despite several incidents over the past few weeks.

David Coulthard has raised further concerns over the introduction of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) next season, both in terms of safety and the amount of time teams have to implement the device.

At the next meeting of F1’s Technical Working group, issues surrounding KERS will be discussed.

KERS has caused two dramas in the past week alone – last week, Red Bull had to evacuate it’s factory when a KERS piece started to smoke, and BMW had problems with their KERS at testing yesterday.