Is this just Honda jumping on the bandwagon for global warming, or is Google Earth there new sponsor?

Anyway either way it's ridiculous and vulgar and I hope Honda scores no points and they dissapear from F1 forever.

Via the website www.myearthdream.com, anyone who wishes, will have the opportunity to have their name on the car, make a pledge to make a lifestyle change to improve the environment and make a donation to an environmental charity. Under the concept of “our car is your car”, each name will form a tiny individual pixel which will help build the image of planet earth on the car. Each name will be visible on the website when you make the pledge or under a microscope on the car.

The Ferrari team fired another warning shot ahead of the start of the 2007 season, with Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen topping the times on the first day of this week's test at Bahrain.

Brazilian Massa was also the busiest man today, covering a total of 102 laps to finish over three tenths of a second ahead of teammate Raikkonen.

The Finn was testing a new aerodynamic package which will be tried by Massa tomorrow.

Massa was nearly six tenths quicker than world champion Fernando Alonso, third fastest in the McLaren. Alonso's teammate Lewis Hamilton was fifth quickest, the Briton causing one of the red flags of the day when he stopped on track with the MP4-22.

BMW-Sauber continued to show impressive pace, with Robert Kubica finishing as fourth quickest, albeit nearly a whole second behind Massa. Kubica's day, however, was not without trouble, the Pole stopping twice on track with apparent mechanical problems.

The day was marked by Heikki Kovalainen's big accident. The Renault driver, who was uninjured in the crash, managed only 19 laps before he lost control of his car and smashed heavily against the barriers, forcing him to stop testing as his team tried to repair the damage.

His teammate Giancarlo Fisichella enjoyed a much more productive day, covering 82 laps despite being hindered by gearbox problems.

Frenchman Franck Montagny took to the track to replace Toyota teammate Ralf Schumacher, who covered just 36 laps before he hurt his back when he spun his car over the kerbs. Schumacher is expected to return to work for tomorrow's session.

Honda's Christian Klien and James Rossiter were the men in charge of testing duties for the Japanese squad, the Austrian driver trying some new aerodynamic components fitted to the RA107.

Klien, running with Bridgestone's harder compound, finished as 11th fastest. Rossiter, still learning the track, was 14th.

David Coulthard and Mark Webber were still far from the top of times with Red Bull's RB3, the Scot also causing the final red flag of the day when he stopped with problems.

Super Aguri were the only team not running this year's car, with Takuma Sato still at the wheel of the interim machine. The Japanese finished ahead of American Scott Speed, slowest in the new Toro Rosso.

The Bahrain test is the final one before the start of the season in Australia.

Today's times:

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:31.260 102
2. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:31.590 95
3. Alonso McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:31.851 96
4. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:32.108 74
5. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:32.193 55
6. Fisichella Renault (B) 1:32.556 82
7. Kovalainen Renault (B) 1:32.880 19
8. Montagny Toyota (B) 1:32.999 37
9. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:33.150 64
10. Vettel BMW Sauber (B) 1:33.219 34
11. Klien Honda (B) 1:33.378 90
12. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:33.526 69
13. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:33.642 74
14. Rossiter Honda (B) 1:33.697 78
15. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:33.813 75
16. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:34.030 36
17. Speed Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:34.137 44