Hybrid Formula 1 cars?

[Dave G]

Should be interesting to see what this leads to:

"From 2009, teams will be allowed to store and retrieve kinetic energy on the cars - effectively, allowing the cars to become hybrid vehicles."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7021869.stm

[neanderpaul]

Wow that ought to be interesting. I saw an acura hybrid in Popular Mechanics about 15 years ago that went 0-60 in 4.? and got 40mpgs!