The Enstone-based team decided to drop the technology at the Spanish grand prix in May because having felt that they weren’t getting any sort of advantage by running the system.
However, in the most recent races the KERS-powered McLarens and Ferraris have demonstrated the benefits of running the system winning two of the last three meetings in Hungary and Belgium.
Renault’s chief of engineering Pat Symonds has said that he believes the KERS system could provide runners with a major advantage at the high-speed Monza circuit.
'There are three aspects of KERS that need to be considered: laptime, the advantage it gives from the start, and the ability to assist overtaking,' said Symonds.
'Firstly, the gain in lap time of running KERS in Monza is likely to be around a quarter of a second and it's worth even more in qualifying as you can do one release before you start a timed lap and another release during the timed lap.
'In terms of the advantage at the start, it's a long way from the grid to the first corner in Monza and KERS will give an advantage of well over fifteen metres compared with non-KERS cars.
'For assisting overtaking, you have to remember that Monza is a circuit where it's very difficult to overtake, but running KERS certainly won't disadvantage us in that respect. All these factors combine to make Monza a very favourable circuit for KERS.'
Red Bull Racing are also considering adopting the system at some point in the season, but have yet to confirm whether it will be on their cars in Italy.
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