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Faulty seal jeopardises first days at Barcelona for Honda
The team kicked off this week's Barcelona test with a series of short runs to evaluate some mechanical balance changes. After concluding the third run of the morning, and with the team getting into the programme, a broken seal on the MGU-K caused a problem that ended running for the day. 'We had to stop running this morning after discovering a faulty seal on the MGU-K', said Yasuhisa Arai, Honda R&D senior managing officer said. 'That faulty part then caused an issue that requires full replacement of the power-unit - and the time needed to make those changes effectively ended today's programme. 'We'll need to run a re-designed component to avoid a potential repeat of the problem....
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