Williams has revealed that it will be using KERS during the season-opening Grand Prix of the year in Melbourne, with the team opting to stick with its unit despite early teething problems in testing. The Grove-based outfit announced the news on Saturday, with the final pre-season test coming to a close at Barcelona.
Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado have both endured KERS related technical troubles behind the wheel of the newly-designed FW33, but Williams is confident that no such issues should occur when the upcoming Formula 1 campaign gets underway on the weekend of March 25-27.
According to Williams' official Twitter feed, Technical Director Sam Michael was working at Grove to asses the situation, and has since decided to use the system in Australia: "Reviewed KERS problem and good news is that we'll be racing KERS in Melbourne."
Source: http://www.gpupdate.net