The Bloke and A Bird Show Episode 163

To open this week we have a special message from Niki Lauda, it’s good to hear from Niki as he continues to recover from his lung transplant earlier this year.There’s chaos at Renault and Nissan as Carlos Ghosen is taken into custody by Japanese authorities and ultimately fired by both companies due to financial improprieties.Haas continues to fight against Racing Point Force India.Fernando Alonso is a little embarrassed by all the attention this weekend.Lewis Hamilton runs the #1 on his car - for a little while.Esteban Ocon will be Mercedes Reserve Driver for 2019.Sergey Sirotkin is out at Williams and Robert Kubica is in.James Key will be reporting to work at McLaren in 2019.Formula E will host an in season test in Saudi Arabia and a 1/3 of the drivers will be women.