BEIJING, March 5 -- McLaren is likely to go against the flow and start the Formula One season with the controversial new KERS energy recovery system, said Finnish driver Heikki Kovalainen. "I'm 99 percent confident (the team will use it)," he told reporters in testing at the Jerez circuit in Spain. "I think we are now hitting a stage where we can run it all day, reliably, without any problems and at the maximum power. So unless something goes dramatically wrong, I don't see a reason why we shouldn't run it."

McLaren Formula One driver Heikki Kovalainen of Finland drives his car during a training session at the Jerez racetrack in southern Spain March 2, 2009

The Kinetic Energy Recovery System, which gives drivers a short burst of extra power at the push of a button, has been controversial because of the cost and technical complexity of introducing it when teams are trying to reduce expenditure. Williams, Red Bull and Toyota have said they will not use the system in the opening long-haul races, with the season starting in Australia on March 29, while other teams have yet to decide whether it is reliable enough to race.

"Hopefully, it should be an advantage for us," said Kovalainen, whose British teammate Lewis Hamilton is the defending champion.

"Certainly, it's going to be an advantage at the start, it potentially gives a big benefit from the start to the first corner. And then obviously in the race if you're fighting and you need to overtake people.

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