The Hungarian Grand Prix media day began in soaring 38 degree heat, but ended with a huge thunderstorm. It was somewhat apt given the sombre mood in the paddock.
Jules Bianchi's death on Friday night has rocked Formula One to its very core.
While this most tragic of stories may have been predictable in its conclusion, given the number of bleak updates surrounding Bianchi's condition, it still came as a shock - a "massive shock", according to McLaren's Jenson Button.
Formula One is now dealing with its first death in a generation. Where fatalities were once common in this most dangerous of entertainment industries, the current crop is now mourning losing one of their own for the very first time.
Bianchi's passing comes 21 years, two months and 16 days after arguably the most famous driver of them all, Ayrton Senna, was killed at the San Marino Grand Prix.
And it is a tribute of sorts to Senna, and indeed Roland Ratzenberger, the Austrian driver who died on the same weekend as the triple world champion, that it has taken this long.
Safety has come on leaps and bounds since that darkest of weekends in Imola more than two decades ago.
So much so that casual observers can perhaps be forgiven for forgetting how inherently dangerous Formula One is.
And predictably safety, and how it can be improved, led the line of questioning here in Hungary on Thursday.
The topic of closed cockpits - in a formula which has always raced with open cockpits since its inception in 1950 - was once again on the agenda.
Lewis Hamilton, the world champion, and Felipe Massa, who cheated death here six years ago when he was knocked unconscious by a spring off Rubens Barrichello's car, were among those to say they were not against such a concept.
But Hamilton, who heads into Sunday's race at the Hungaroring holding a 17-point lead over Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, warned against making a raft of safety changes.
"I am never against any change as along as it does not take away the fun factor, the enjoyment factor," Hamilton said.
"If it becomes couch driving, you know sitting on your sofa driving, then it isn't fun."
And the 30-year-old, who remains on course to become the first British driver to defend his title, has a point.
Formula One is synonymous with danger. If we were to take it away, it would be like asking Wayne Rooney to play for Manchester United without a football or Roger Federer tossing up to serve minus his racquet.
While the FIA must do all it can to ensure the sport is as safe as it can possibly be, danger will only ever be eliminated from Formula One if we ceased racing.
And no one, not least Bianchi, would want that.
Source: PA
