Lotus Pushes First IndyCar Track Test Back To January

SPEED.com reports that the first scheduled track test for the new John Judd-built 2.2-liter, twin-turbo V6 Lotus engine, originally set for December 13-15 at Sebring International Raceway in Florida, has now been moved to an undetermined date in January.

With the Chevrolet and Honda factories commencing their track testing programs in October with their respective partner teams in attendance, the disparity in learning curves between those factories and Lotus was always going to be hard to overcome.

But with Lotus facing an even smaller window of testing time–possibly as little as eight weeks between the first track test and the first race in late March—its teams could be at an even greater disadvantage. Speed.com