The Bloke and A Bird Show Episode 272

Our first show of the New Year and we’ve got a bit of catching up to do.

While we were going there was a surprisingly coordinated Team Principal shift. Frederick Vasseur goes from Alfa Romeo to Ferrari, Andreas Seidl goes from McLaren to Alfa Romeo, Andrea Stella is promoted at McLaren to replace Andreas, and Jost Capito leaves Williams.

Mick Schumacher is the new Reserve Driver at Mercedes

Alpine thinks they know the biggest cause of their reliability issues.

McLaren says that the new tires were a bigger challenge for them than they expected.

We understand a bit more about Mercedes struggles last year.

Aston Martin, Ferrari, and Alpha Tauri are the first teams to announce car reveals.

The FIA is banning drivers from making unapproved political statements.

Could Ford be partnering with Red Bull for an F1 return?

Could the Chinese GP return to the calendar this year?

Posted on January 2, 2023 .