KERS may be a new term to some, but it’s actually not the first time being implemented in Formula One. KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) is coming back for the 2011 Formula One season after it first appeared on Formula One cars on 2009. This time, Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber got together with the team’s animation gurus to explain how it works.

When the driver brakes, the energy is lost when it’s converted to heat. But instead of wasting those precious bits of power, the electrons are transferred from the brakes and stored in a battery pack, allowing the driver to use the additional power for passing. How much power? Around 90 horsepower is available at the push of a button. That’s quite a healthy boost over the existing 700 horses running in the cars.

The out the full video below, which also explains abit about the new adjustable rear wings, and streamlining with opponent cars when racing. And you think Need for Speed’s games which keep on telling you to streamline is a joke.