The realisation that Honda had made a backwards step ahead of the 2017 Formula 1 season made Fernando Alonso feel humiliated, according to McLaren F1 Team’s Racing Director Eric Boullier. Pre-season testing indicated that McLaren were in for a tough season last year, which was a big disappointment for everyone involved in the Woking-based squad, including Alonso, who was hoping the third year of the team’s partnership with Honda would bring them closer to the front of the field. However this was not the case, and Alonso could only muster five top-ten finishes in 2017, with the team falling to ninth place in the constructors’ championship standings, but the early comprehension that...
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