The Bloke and A Bird Show Episode 104

First off - an apology to Channel 4's Karun Chandhok. Please don't be made at us, we really love your reporting on Channel 4.... IndyCar's Mikhail Aleshin had some visa issues which impacted his return to the series from LeMans.   Ron Dennis is done at McLaren - completely and totally. Silly Season has started and Toto Wolff had dinner with Fernando Alonso's manager Flavio Briatore in Baku and while they spoke about Fernando, they absolutely didn't talk about Fernando coming to Mercedes in 2018.  Nope, not at all. Toto Wolff calls Eddie Jordan's comments about Petronas and UBS ending their sponsorship in 2018 and that Mercedes would sell the team "Fake News," but Eddie isn't backing down - about saying something.... Honda is "relieved" McLaren scored points in Baku - McLaren's not quite as thrilled. There was the bump heard round the world last weekend - more to come on that one. Force India has placed it's drivers on the naughty step back at the factory. And in MotoGP - if you don't cross the finish line on your motorcycle, you haven't actually finished the race...