Honda will take a cautious approach to Wednesday's open IndyCar test at Texas after suffering numerous engine problems since the April 4 test at Sonoma Raceway.From the violent eruption in the back of Marco Andretti's car in the waning moments of the Sonoma test to the multiple engine failures that struck during Sunday's Long Beach Grand Prix, Honda is facing reliability concerns with the batch of engines it distributed for use during the opening rounds of the 2017 season.With the entire Verizon IndyCar Series paddock set to run in Texas less than three days after Long Beach, a compressed timeframe has given Honda Performance Development very little time to dig into the root causes of the...
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