The Bloke and A Bird Show Episode 185

We open with a guessing game - that probably wasn’t a great idea…IndyCar is trying to figure out how to hold a race in Australia.Rinus VeeKay has a full season IndyCar ride with Ed Carpenter Racing - and no Nico Hulkenburg is not going ECR.Ferrari insists that its loss of pace since Austin is because they made changes to the aero.The FIA continues to look for ways to ensure that teams aren’t breaking the rules around fuel.Esteban Ocon will join Renault for post season testing this week.Zaandvort is going to add banking to make their race more interesting, and we don’t know how that’s going to impact the tires.Honda will supply engines to Red Bull on Alpha Tauri (formerly Toro Rosso) through 2021.Nicholas Latifi is replacing Robert Kubica at Williams for 2020.Haas tried out a new simulator this weekend - and Robert Kubica might be driving it in 2020, or he might not.Valtteri Bottas has split with his wife of three years.BAT increases it’s partnership with McLaren.The teams are upset over the delays in the 2020 tire construction.Ferrari will keep their veto power in the next Concord Agreement.Sebastian Vettel had his first son.Ferrari got fined for issues with fuel reports in Charles Leclerc’s car.Could Sean Bratches be leaving Formula 1 Management?Valtteri Bottas is going to participate in a rally event next weekendand Jenson Button’s Baja 1000 debut left him stranded in the desert for 17 hours.