Harvesting refers to the capture and storage of, otherwise lost, energy for use on a flying lapA flying lap, also referred to as a hot lap is when the driver sets out to do a very... There's more... or when needed to assist a passing manoeuvre.
There are two types of ERSThe Energy Recovery System has been designed to harvest energy and charge the car's onboard battery for deployment when the... There's more... (Energy Recovery SystemEnergy Recovery Systems, or ERS for short, consists of Motor Generator Units that harness waste heat energy (from the turbocharger) and waste... There's more...) on F1
F1 is the pinnacle of open wheel, single seater car racing and arguably the highest level of any motorsport globally.... There's more... cars – the MGU-KThe MGU-K (Kinetic) harvests energy from the decelerating wheels back to the energy store for later use. The power created... There's more... and MGU-H
The MGU-H (Heat) uses excess exhaust gases from the engine to feed power to the energy store, which is then... There's more.... MGUMotor Generator Unit (MGU) is a part of the power unit designed to harvest energy for deployment when the driver... There's more... refers to Motor Generator Unit, K refers to kinetic where energy is harvested from braking and H refers to heat where energy is harvested from the engine.
Cars will be going slower, and their rain light flashes when they are harvesting, as the process is taking energy away from the Power UnitF1 cars no longer have engines as such, they run a hybrid power unit (PU) that delivers in the order... There's more....