The Bloke and a Bird Show Episode 188

We’re hopeful that the plague has finally run it’s course through our household - if nothing else we both sound better than we did last week.Could their be a Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - honestly we don’t care, but if there is the track would have been designed by Alex Wurz which we do think is pretty cool.Max Verstappen will likely be a Red Bull driver for another 3 years.Willams continues to invest in developing talent name Roy Nissany as a test driver and giving him outings in FP1 this year as well as expanding W Series Champion Jamie Chadwick’s simulator program.Charles Leclerc’s younger brother Arthur is now a member of Ferrari’s young driver development program.If Sergio Perez is challenging for wins in two years - he’s going to leave F1, he says…Sean Bratches is officially out at F1.Jean Todt shows that he’s completely out of touch.Pirelli believes that teams will continue to have problems with tires this year.Launch dates have been confirmed for McLaren, Ferrari, Renault, Mercedes and Alpha Tauri.Renault says that the 2021 rules will determine if they stay in the series.Pat Symonds admits that the 2019 aero rules were a mistake.And - Carlos Sainz won the Dakar rally for the third time - no, not McLaren’s Carlos Sainz Jr - but Carlos Sainz Sr.