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Honda might hold back Austin update

 XPB Images Honda could hold back its updated power unit until after the United States Grand Prix if it is not 100% happy with reliability. Fernando Alonso tested a new specification of Honda power unit during Friday practice for the Russian Grand Prix before reverting to the previous version for qualifying and the race. With Alonso scheduled to run the updated engine in Austin before Jenson Button also gets one in Mexico, Honda motorsport boss Yasuhisa Arai told F1i the new specification will not race prematurely. “It was the first time that we’ve ever used that, so it came from the dyno straight to the track,” Arai said, speaking via a translator. “From that we only...
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