Three years on, Motorsport Week takes a look back at the partnership between Sauber and Honda that never was, as two entities that confirmed their unity didn’t even get as far as marriage. The start of the 2017 Formula 1 season was not promising for either Sauber or Honda. After BMW’s exit at the end of 2009 Sauber struggled financially through the mid-2010s and, having scraped enough together for its very survival in 2016, entered 2017 with year-old Ferrari power units and a sub-standard chassis. Honda, meanwhile, was beginning year three of its partnership with McLaren but a revised power unit concept set the project back amid performance and reliability issues. The McLaren-Honda...
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