In the next of our awards for the 2017 F1 season, we look at a frustrating case of overpromising and underdelivering.
Honda had legitimate excuses for being off the pace in 2015 and 2016. F1's restrictive engine development system -- defined by a certain amount of tokens -- meant much of its huge deficit was locked in at the start of each season. It had made a fundamental mistake with its concept and was unable to use its resources to properly rectify it.
This year was supposed to be the one Honda finally got right.