The Bloke and a Bird Show Episode 230

It’s been a long two weeks - but F1 has returned from it’s two week quarantine to news and racing in Imola.

We got a lot of news from Stefano Domenicali this week - from the announcement that F1 will be headed to Miami for 10 years starting in 2022 to the confirmation that F1 will not be going to two day race weekends.

It turns out that despite his promotion James Allision is not looking to be the next Team Principal at Mercedes.

Daniel Ricciardo is hoping for a run at Bathurst and perhaps a chance at IndyCar.

McLaren’s iconic motorhome the Brand Center is getting downsized.

Aston Martin is pushing the FIA to reconsider this year’s aero rules - we don’t think there’s a chance that this will happen.

Imola has a famous paddock cat.

We know why there was no data for Free Practice 1 this week.

AlphaTauri had to fix the cockpit to make sure that Yuki Tsunoda could reach the pedals - although this didn’t seem to help in Q1 where he crashed and broke his gearbox in half.

Valtteri Bottas thinks George Russel was a fault for their crash - George Russel thinks Valtteri was a fault for their crash.

Kimi Raikkonen and Lance Stroll both earned post race penalties after this weekend’s race.

The Spanish Grand Prix will not be run with fans this year.

The Canadian Grand Prix is at risk of cancellation this year and F1 will be rolling out new graphics this year.

Posted on April 19, 2021 .