The Bloke and A Bird Show Episode 226

This week our excitement over the start of the F1 season was tempered by the news that F1 broadcasting legend Murray Walker passed away at the age of 97, so we did our best to pay tribute to Murray throughout this week’s episode…Alpine’s 2021 contender is getting a bit of “body shaming.”Mercedes underperformed in testing this week, and so did Aston Martin.Alpha Tauri announces that their whole team will take the Bahrain Government’s offer of Covid vaccines, as will Carlos Sainz Jr and Sergio Perez. Meanwhile Alfa Romeo’s boss Frederick Vasseur missed winter testing due to testing positive for Covid-19.If they need reserve drivers this year McLaren will be sharing them with Mercedes.Fernando Alonso isn’t done with his post-accident recovery, once the season ends he will have yet another surgery as a result of his bicycle accident.It’s more likely that a few sprint races will happen this year.F1 is realizing that ticket prices are having on impact on fan support.Could HDR broadcasts be coming to F1? And is Amazon buying the rights to streaming F1?