The Bloke and a Bird Show Episode 171

Wow- what a week we’ve had! So much happened just in the last 5 days that we’ve got a longer show than normal, and we didn’t even deeply cover many of the past week’s big stories….Robert Wickens was back on a track this weekend…Jean Eric Vergne won his second Formula E championship…Oh, and Formula E teams found a sneaky way to implement traction control, even though traction control isn’t allowed in the series.Matrix management doesn’t work for McLarenMcLaren’s confirmed their driver lineup for 2020 - and Fernando Alonso isn’t part of it.Jean Todt thinks that maybe refueling should come back.Rich Energy - Haas, lots of crazy and lots for us to unpack thereWilliams on the other hand has a title sponsor that’s not crazy at all, and committed to the team through 2023.Williams is standing by Robert Kubica, and is also hopeful that they’ll continue as a Mercedes customer team.Sport Pesa - Racing Point’s title sponsor has kicked off a neat fundraising campaign in support of efforts to find a cure for cancer.Silverstone will continue to host the British Grand Prix.