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Honda: Mercedes improvement 'unfortunate'

Admitting that his 2017 engine is still behind Mercedes' 2016 version, Honda boss laments German manufacturer's further progress. Speaking at today's launch of the McLaren MCL32, Yusuke Hasegawa, Honda's Head of F1 Project & Executive Chief Engineer, said that while he believes his power unit is almost on a par with where Mercedes was last season, he fears the German manufacturer has made further improvements over the winter. Like Renault, with the throwing out of the disliked token system, Honda has taken the opportunity to produce a new engine, McLaren Technical Director, Tim Goss, letting the cat out of the bag earlier in the year. 'For 2017, the Honda engine architecture and layout...
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