The Bloke and A Bird Show Episode 232

This week’s show may have been posted a bit later after we record it than usual - but it’s here.

Were you excited that F1 will be going to go back to Turkey again this year - curb your enthusiasm, there’s a possibility it won’t happen…

Stefano Domenicali says that he’s encouraging teams to look for American drivers.

Maybe Williams wasn’t trying to build a car with “peaky” downforce.

Red Bull is poaching engineers from Mercedes to support their new engine development program.

Valtteri Bottas and Mercedes both say that he won’t be getting replaced mid-season.

The team bosses are discussing track limits enforcement.

Sergio Perez says that his qualifying was hampered by shoulder problems.

Yuki Tsunoda has likely learned that as a rookie publicly accusing his team of providing him a car that’s lesser than his teammate is likely not a career enhancing maneuver.

Nikita Mazepin’s vast experience of 4 races doesn’t give him a lot of expertise to question how F1 operates - no matter what he says.

Antonio Giovinazzi’s horrible pitstop last weekend was due to a broken tire valve.

Cyril Abiteboul has a new job.

And Mercedes’ newest driver is - Romain Grosjean!

Posted on May 12, 2021 .