Rare sight!

Lewis onboard full lap from today.

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Someone got hold of FOM channel testing and recorded this!

“Both drivers have talked a lot about these tyres,” Smedley explained, “they’re good to lean on them, but there’s a certain point where they become very tricky.”

“Felipe lost the car on his first day because he kind of just stepped away from them having the amount of grip that these new tyres offer and then going into some area of the tyre where they’re no longer very happy. It’s just something they’re adapting to, Felipe found it quite tricky on day one. I’ve heard reports from other teams that drivers are pretty much reporting the same thing.”

“The feedback on today is Lance was out on cold medium tyres on an out lap, a lot of fuel in the car, and the tyre stepped away from him and he was an innocent victim of that happening.

Don't forget, if anything, Honda won the world championship in 2009. Think Ross Brawn did a complete reset and started fresh when he turned up? Of course not. Think that Mercedes engine turned them from back-markers to dominant world champs? Of course not. Honda jumped off the sinking ship just before the ship fixed itself.

Running the earth car losing $30-50m proved they didn't know shit from shinola.

But it was for a good cause. They raised the awareness that we all live on this planet. And for the team itself it was a shocking discovery. That's why they pulled the plug.

09:31 No sign of Mercedes yet. Last night Lewis Hamilton said he wasn't particularly looking forward to taking the morning running in the W08: "I heard it’s wet tomorrow, something like that, not particularly looking forward to that. I drove some demonstration wet tyres at Silverstone and they didn’t feel great. And I’m out first unfortunately – I might fake a pulled muscle in the morning and let Valtteri do it!"

12:13 No action for Hamilton today: "Electrical fault kept us in the garage this morning, so I've decided with the team not to drive today as I wouldn't have learned much. Shame not to drive but it's been a great few days. The guys have done an awesome job. Can't wait to be back in the car next week."

12:47 The Mercedes has appeared for the first time today - with Bottas getting an early start after it was decided Hamilton wouldn't complete any running this morning.

Would a wet test not have made more sense at Paul Ricard where they have a dedicated sprinkler system for wetting the track.