SpaceX was quick to make the point that the ability to carry on despite an engine failure demonstrates a big advantage of multi-engined rockets like the Falcon (Space Shuttles and Saturn V moon rockets could both do something similar).
Lumbering and heavy, despite their engine power, they are no fun to handle.
Rosberg's best morning time was one minute 51.082 seconds, despite an engine problem limiting his track time, with a 1 49.385 in the afternoon.
Neither car feels nose-heavy, despite the engine's large capacity, because the block is made of aluminium instead of iron.
Bug production transferred to Reliant's Tamworth works at the end of 1970, but despite an engine upgrade to 750cc in 1973 and some clever PR with Rothmans Cigarettes (who used a fleet of white Bugs) production was reduced to 15 units a week.
And despite the engine's small size, it musters 150hp and 184lb-ft of torque, giving it very acceptable power for a fuel-saving family car.
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo took sixth despite his engine exploding as he headed for the finish line, ahead of the Lotus of Romain Grosjean and Force India's Sergio Perez.
Williams, one of the teams battling for honours behind the dominant Mercedes, managed to repair both cars for the second practice session, in which Lewis Hamilton beat Nico Rosberg despite suffering engine trouble.
Alonso completed more than 50 laps - by far the team's biggest single-day mileage of the winter - and set relatively competitive lap times, despite the engine being down on power and carrying a known problem.
Despite the engine's humble origins, a literal chip off a Chrysler block, the V6 is a different animal by the time Maserati and Ferrari are done fiddling with it in Modena, Italy: The engine comes alive above 4,500rpm, shooting the Ghibli S Q4 to 60mph in 4.7 seconds and on to a 175mph top speed.
