Marussia must focus on basics before KERS - Glock
Mar.13 (GMM) Marussia needs to get the basics right before worrying about KERS, Timo Glock explained on the eve of the 2012 season.
The experienced German, and his rookie teammate Charles Pic, enter the new season with essentially no testing, after the former Virgin team struggled to push its new car - the MR01 - through the FIA's mandatory crash tests.
Last year, the Cosworth-powered team was soundly beaten by its closest rival Team Lotus, who as well as changing its name to Caterham for 2012 has also added a Red Bull KERS system to its Renault-powered package.
"On the subject of KERS, it is of course a disadvantage not to have it," Glock is quoted by the SID news agency.
We have to get the foundation right first
"But we have said that our focus is right to first get rid of the four seconds of aerodynamic deficit, before we worry about the money and the manpower we need for five tenths with the KERS," added Glock.
"We have to get the foundation right first," said the almost 30-year-old.
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