Honda have not made a 'complete mistake' with their 2017 engine; that's according to F1 project chief Yusuke Hasegawa. Down on power and up on weight, Honda opted to revise their engine over the winter believing that the new unit would be a competitive beast. It's not. Not only is the new engine lagging behind all of Honda's rivals but it is also proving very unreliable with yet another engine changed needed in the wake of Friday's first practice for the Russian GP. Despite McLaren's trouble, Hasegawa insists Honda have not made a mistake with the new unit. 'I don't think we have made a complete mistake,' he said in Friday's press conference at Sochi. 'From last year's performance we knew...
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