It's fitting - if that's the right word - that Honda's name should continue to be mentioned in a less than positive manner here at Monza. Anyone with a long enough memory at the Japanese motor company will recall the discomfort felt on this weekend thirty years ago when Honda staged a very awkward press conference.
Honda was announcing a switch from Williams to McLaren for 1988; good news, you would think, particularly as Ayrton Senna was moving from Lotus to join Alain Prost at McLaren. And yet the announcement was received in stony silence.
This had much to do with Williams having another year to run on a contract that, on paper, appeared to be working to the benefit of both parties.