Nigel Mansell won the Williams-Honda FW11's first race on this day at the 1986 Belgian GP. After early forays with Spirit, Honda had hit the big time in Formula 1 by teaming up with Williams for the 1984 season. It was the start of a relationship that would deliver the British team two constructors' titles in 1986 and '87 and give Nelson Piquet his third and final world championship.
But at the height of its success, the relationship between Frank's team and its Japanese engine supplier soured: for the 1988 season Honda switched to rival team McLaren. The split was so sudden and seemingly unexplainable that rumours and theories spread, while the politics were largely unknown.
So what really happened behind the scenes and how did the relationship during the winning years play out? We asked Sir Patrick Head, who was the team's technical director, that very question...
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