This week we open with a reminder that it’s been a very long time since we’ve suffered a velociraptor attack at The Bloke and A Bird Show as well as a story that we’re not supposed to tell….
We know why DRS wasn’t available for the beginning of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Ferrari is questioning the fuel reporting issue in Abu Dhabi - and honestly there is some degree of merit to what they have to say.
Lewis Hamilton says that 2019 was the best season of his career.
We’re not sure that Lewis Hamilton is seriously considering moving to Ferrari in 2021, nor are we sure that Ferrari is seriously considering bringing Lewis Hamilton in for 2021 - but Toto Wolff says that Mercedes isn’t searching for Lewis’ replacement - yet.
Toto Wolff also says that he’s not currently planning on leaving Mercedes to run F1 - and that Mercedes won’t leave F1 if the team can cut back on the money that they get from Daimler. They will be paying the highest every entry fee to run in F1 in 2020, so that’s not going to help.
Red Bull says their first year with Honda exceeded their expectations.
The FIA Prize Giving was last weekend.
There’s new rules for 2020-
Teams can’t hide their car during testing.
Teams will get a third MGU-K for 2020
Miss the weigh bridge on a Friday and it’s not an automatic pit lane start
The electronic checkered flag is going away and we’re getting a real flag again to show us when the race is over.
Could Paul Ricard make changes to the racing at the circuit - possibly… Will the changes they make actually make the racing better - doubt it…
Formula E is now a World Championship.
And we review our predictions - even though we didn’t do a show at the start of the season, we still made predications for 2019….