Yup, we did a show this week - we’re under a stay at home order here, so what else were we going to do?
The good news is that we actually have F1 things to talk about too -
Chase Carey sends an apology to fans - but not for what we think he should be apologizing for
A Pirelli team member tested positive for Covid-19, but with the exception of the one team member who tested positive at McLaren, everybody else from McLaren has been cleared.
Lewis Hamilton says that even though he came in close contact with idris Elba and Sophie Trudeau - he is healthy and is now outside of the risk period for infection.
In other news - Red Bull intended to protest Mercedes’ DAS system if it has been run in FP1
Despite leading the initial outcry - Mercedes is now stepping back from their objections to the private Ferrari/FIA engine settlement.
F1’s summer break has been moved up and extended so that races could be scheduled over the normal summer break period - but no word on how the shut down will impact efforts by the F1 teams to produce ventilators.
Monaco is the first (or maybe the second depending on what’s going on with Melbourne) race to officially be cancelled. All races though and including Baku are now officially postponed - with the first race looking to be France now.
The 2021 rules are also being postponed and should now be known as the 2022 rules - but McLaren will still shift to Mercedes power in 2021 as previously scheduled.
And F1 has rolled out their own “virtual series” and no, its not what we originally thought it would be.