The Bloke and A Bird Show Episode 232

This week’s show may have been posted a bit later after we record it than usual - but it’s here.Were you excited that F1 will be going to go back to Turkey again this year - curb your enthusiasm, there’s a possibility it won’t happen…Stefano Domenicali says that he’s encouraging teams to look for American drivers.Maybe Williams wasn’t trying to build a car with “peaky” downforce.Red Bull is poaching engineers from Mercedes to support their new engine development program.Valtteri Bottas and Mercedes both say that he won’t be getting replaced mid-season.The team bosses are discussing track limits enforcement.Sergio Perez says that his qualifying was hampered by shoulder problems.Yuki Tsunoda has likely learned that as a rookie publicly accusing his team of providing him a car that’s lesser than his teammate is likely not a career enhancing maneuver.Nikita Mazepin’s vast experience of 4 races doesn’t give him a lot of expertise to question how F1 operates - no matter what he says.Antonio Giovinazzi’s horrible pitstop last weekend was due to a broken tire valve. Cyril Abiteboul has a new job.And Mercedes’ newest driver is - Romain Grosjean!