The Bloke and A Bird Show Episode 129

Just a reminder - Amazon's tell all documentary about the start of McLaren's 2017 season "Grand Prix Driver" premiers on Feb 9.  Let us know what you think of it...Formula E has revealed their next generation car - which features the range to make it through an entire Formula E race without require a change of cars... oh and it has a halo too... IndyCar also showed us the first view of their aeroscreen, which will make it's debut in testing this week...Fernando Alonso's debut in endurance racing - saw him finish in 23rd, but he'll be joining the Toyota Gazoo Racing WEC team for the entire WEC season with the exception of Fuji, but that may change... Oh and he's still driving in F1....Grid girls are no longer a part of Formula 1, and both Bernie Ecclestone and Niki Lauda agree with the decision.Do you watch the UK's Channel 4 coverage? They'll be showing the races in Bahrain, Azerbaijan, Monaco, Austria, Britain,  Belgium, Singapore, Japan, the US, and Abu Dhabi live.  The remaining races will be live on Sky Sports F1 and highlight packages on Channel 4.  There's still no word on what the US coverage will look like.Race starts have officially been shifted back 10 minutes and now we know why.It looks like an F1 Live event will be coming to Miami this year!Haas is talking to an unknown driver for a development role.Rubens Barrichello is recovering from a stay in the hospital.David Coulthard has won the 2018 Race of Champions.