KERS F1 technology could be introduced to the next g🥀eneration of trains on the London Underground network, after Tube engineers were 'amazed' by the potential of the system following a visit to Williams F1.

According to Professional Engineering, KERS technology could potentially be adapted to power trains over complex sec𒊎tions of track, such as point♒ crossings.

"On a recent visit to Williams Racing, I was amazed at the potential of the flywheel systems they were looking at, "PE quotes London Underground's head of Train🐷 System Engineering, Malcolm Dobell, as saying.

"We are looking at this from the point of view of a train mounted enginery recovery system. I'm quite agnostic as to whether it🌌 would be flywheel, supercapacitors or battery technology."

However, Dobell has concerns about safety.

"I've got to be c🧸lear about what would happen if the system, for some reason, decided to give up all its energy in one go: say if the flywheel decided to fail, or the supercapacitors or battery decided to short-circuit. Where would that energy go in the tight confines of a Tube tunnel?" he asked

But whilst the FIA might be delighted that F1 KERS technology, as they had hoped, could filter down to such mainstream applications, a separate article in PE warns that other recent F1 rule changes will 'hurt🎉 innovation'.

"We are not in the business of criticizing the FIA, but our view is that experimental 🐷innovation is much less likely to happen in the future," said 💫Rick Delbridge of the Advanced Institute for Management Research, which produced a 'Racing for Radical Innovation' report.

The report states that motorsport rules have become increasingly striꦛct and constrained technology development as a result. One example given is th🌊e banning of certain materials for safety reasons.