Are KERS & DRS good for F1?

What are peoples views on this?
Is F1 becoming more like a computer game when a driver can hit their 'boost' button?
Does it take something away from the skill of the driver?
Or are they good for F1 and give it something new and exciting?

It always seems strange to me that cars are always being improved with new features but then regulations come in to tone the car down.

They should just stick with one set of rules and only alter then every 3 years to allow designers to get the best advantage over a couple of seasons before having to start again.

I voted no by the way!

I haven't voted as there's not an option that best fits my opinion.

In and off themselves they are great idea's and innovations that certainly do fit in the F1 world. HOWEVER not in the capacity they have been brought in.

They are currently being used as a bandage to a far bigger problem - poor circuit design, not enough regulation in the right area's of car design (all kudos to the engineer's that work around the new regualtions as they are passed down to them) - that all leads to fewer opportunites and a harder time fo overtaking.

Solve these issues and KERS and DRS would be a fabulous boost to the sport, putting it back up there as the pinancle of motorsport engineering (rather than motosport triage)

Track design is the main problem, Australia was a good race (not a classic, but enjoyable with enough overtaking), but then it always is. The test for KERS and DRS will come at the more boring tracks. If it makes for more exciting races there, than yes it's good for F1.

the problem with the drs and kers is that. the drs was brought in to help overtaking at 2 points of the track. surely they should be able to use it all around the track mainly due to anyone trying to overtake with it is usually defended against the guy ahead with the kers button neglecting the point of the drs.

Well after doing some Googling to read what it was all about I decided to vote 'no'.

Solerina

makes it more interesting but in fairness what happend to good old racing! need boost to over take people! its wrong. but i suppose because its in massive spotlights all around the globe it makes for good entertainment but it shouldnt be this way! should scrap it! if you were driving an F1 car and looked at your steering wheel now you wouldnt know where to look. so many buttons for no purpose at all! need some good old racing without any silly buttons i reckon!

Being something of a "purist" I'd rather not see boost buttons and driver-adjustable gadgets on cars.

I feel the on-track action should be a result of the drivers' skill, as far as possible.

I don't mind the pit crew adjusting the wings, if necessary, but I think the drivers should have as few distractions in the cockpit as possible, so they can get on with the business of racing.

Given how hard it can be to overtake, I suppose they're something of a necessary evil at the moment and I would say they're helping to bring about more exciting racing. After seeing how the first few races have gone, I'm now not sure whether the restrictions placed on KERS and DRS is a good thing or not. I have the feeling if they were unrestricted, the drivers would use them to cancel out the advantages they give.

yep they are good for f1.

f1 is more than racing , its also an industry that pushing technological boundaries. If it was like other motorsports where equipment is the same we wouldnt get the evolotion we see in f1. Its highly competitive and adding the drs and kers allows for more racing even though we may have a disparity in the cars racing abilities