Another Sprint Race Weekend in the books - and while this Sprint was a bit better than previous ones, it was still a Sprint Race that we think was totally unnecessary and un-needed. Alpine has new investors - and we wonder what the play is here… Teams are sending warnings about the work in progress rules for 2026 Once again we saw penalties handed …

We’re back as F1 comes back for a fairly eventful race weekend in Montreal. There was a helmet controversy (that probably shouldn’t have been a controversy), CCTV issues that rearranged Friday running, strategy concerns, questionable penalties, wiggly wings, lifting and coasting and a bird strike. What happened to Imola’s trophies - sold at auction…

F1 returned to Monaco this past weekend, and while it brought us one of the best Qualifying sessions we’ve seen in years, it ultimately played out like an F1 race in Monaco. Helmet Marco has decided - Alpha Tauri will not be sold, and isn’t moving out of Faenza. Honda will be returning to F1 in 2026 - with Aston-Martin stepping in as their new “Wor…

We were looking forward to watching a race in Imola this past weekend, and while we’re disappointed that the race was cancelled we agree with the decision to do so. We’ve identified a new F1 job that at least one of us wants. Martin Brundle was afraid he almost got Sir Jackie Stewart thrown out of the Miami GP. The cancellation of this past weekend…

Due to some unplanned circumstances we’ve been gone for the past few weeks. We’re back this week but there won’t be a show next week. It’s Miami Race Weekend - and we’ve pulled some Will Smith out of the archives to commemorate the weekend. In F1 news: Drivers have pushed for changes to Red Flag start procedures Stefano Domenicali doesn’t want Spri…

This week’s race was exhausting, but we think that the Stewards handled a challenging weekend well. Despite what his defenders said, what Nelson Piquet said about Lewis Hamilton last year was wrong - and now he has a court judgement affirming that his comments were wrong. Red Bull says that Daniel Ricciardo has picked up some bad habits in the year…

Penalties. We’ve seen races where there were more penalties handed out than we had this weekend, but we had a lot to talk about this week when it came to penalties and the impacts they had on the weekend. Haas categorically denies allegations made by PBS Newshour that they have violated US trade sanctions against Russia. The FIA has revised how the…

Race 1 is in the books and so is the first week of the Fantasy GP League. You can still sign up by going to www.fantasygp.com and entering the league code of 14831491. Race 1 was the first time that we’ve really gotten an idea of how the field is looking for the 2023 season- and what we can tell Red Bull is still on top Aston Martin is looking very…

Before we start, a reminder that the Bloke a Bird Show Fantasy GP League is setup and ready for the 2023 season. Head over to www.fantasygp.com and use the league code 14831491 The F1 paddock appears to be pushing for any potential new team to pay a $600m dilution fee. Could Alpha Tauri be going up for sale? Lance Stroll has suffered a bicycle acci…

The 2023 F1 season starts really soon - and we’ve activated the Bloke and A Bird Show Fantasy GP League for 2023. To sign up just head over to www.fantasygp.com and when you join the league you’ll need the league code 14831491. The FIA has released a clarifying statement on their Guidance on the Principle of Neutrality (Article 12.2.1.n of the ISC)…

We’re back and we have less than 1 month before the start of the 2023 Formula 1 season! We will be launching the Bloke & The Bird Show Fantasy GP League again - and if you act now by going over to FantasyGP.com they’re currently offering 30% off their Pro memberships. Car reveals that we’ve had so far this year: Wiliams Alfa Romeo Red Bull Haas Alp…

We’re back and there was some big news in F1 - but if you follow F1 you might not realize it… Andretti Autosport has partnered with Cadillac on an entry for F1 - and the F1 world mostly shrugged at the announcement - and we have to ask why? Mohammed Ben Sulayem is defending the FIA’s rule change on political statements - and we still question the d…

Our first show of the New Year and we’ve got a bit of catching up to do. While we were going there was a surprisingly coordinated Team Principal shift. Frederick Vasseur goes from Alfa Romeo to Ferrari, Andreas Seidl goes from McLaren to Alfa Romeo, Andrea Stella is promoted at McLaren to replace Andreas, and Jost Capito leaves Williams. Mick Schum…

We’re back to wrap up the 2022 season, we’ll have a show this week, but it’s up in the air if we’ll have a show next week before our end of year break. Congratulations to Patricia for her victory in the 2022 Bloke and Bird Show Fantasy GP League! There was some news while we were gone: Mattia Binotto has resigned as Team Principle at Ferrari effect…

[tap] [tap] [tap] - Is this thing on? So we still do this podcasting thing… We know it’s been a while, but races in the America’s can be challenging for us from a timing perspective… This week - Sprint Races… There’ll be 6 of them next year and we’re pretty sure we know where they’ll be held. Changes in engine penalties could be coming in an effort…

Thanks to a wet weekend in Suzuka we’re able to continue our planned rant from last weekend - after we get past the latest news on the cost cap. Three teams (not two like everybody is reporting) had cost cap violations, but only 1 appears to have actually spent more than allowed under the cost cap. Now, the FIA has a problem - how do they take appr…

It’s been a few weeks, but WE’RE BACK!!! (try to contain your excitement). We were on vacation for a few weeks but after a few adventures we’re back. We had a full lineup to talk about, and we didn’t even managed to get through all of it, so if we remember we might talk about some of the stuff we were going to talk about this week - next week. What…

We know, scheduling our break to start just as F1 is coming out of their summer break but that’s just how the schedule’s aligned. It the week since our last show a lot happened - Audi announced that they will be F1’s newest engine constructor debuting in 2026. No word yet on who will be their customer team but Audi says that they’ll make a determin…

Between the time that we recorded last week’s show and the time we published last week’s show we were already out of date… But, Formula has gifted us with one of, if not the silliest silly season that we’ve seen in a very, very long time. Fernando Alonso will be taking Sebastian Vettel’s seat at Aston-Martin - to the surprise of Alpine, who is conc…

We’re back for a show to close out the first half of the F1 season with news that’s surprising and not surprising - Sebastian Vettel has announced his retirement at the end of the season… And we recorded this before news broke this morning about his replacement. Porsche looks to be on the verge of purchasing a 50% stake in Red Bull as part of it’s …

This week for the third week and a row we find ourselves opening with a story about horrible behavior in F1, and at least one of us is questioning if the intended lesson behind “We Race as One” was actually learned by the sport. Lawrence Stroll has attracted additional investment in Aston Martin. Franz Tost says that Yuki Tsunoda could keep his sea…

We’re not sure what’s more incredible - that we managed to two shows on back to back weeks or that Bernie Ecclestone issued an apology. Bernie Ecclestone has apologized for his remarks on Good Morning Britain two weeks ago. The roll hoop on Zhou Guanyu’s Alfa Romeo took an impact that is believed to be double the force of what the FIA tests for. Th…

Once again the Silverstone gave us an absolutely mega race. It’s not often that a race makes us sit up on the edge of our seats - but this year’s British Grand Prix did exactly that. But before we can get to the race, we have to catch up on the other off track drama - namely that there are still some people who need to be reminded that it’s 2022 an…

We’re back after spending a fairly eventful weekend at Road America for the Sonsio Grand Prix. Multiple Full Course Yellows and even a Red Flag or two but everybody involved walked away… And it wouldn’t be a race weekend for us if somebody almost didn’t get run over… Since we were at Road America we completely missed the Azerbaijian Grand Prix so t…

Did you miss us? We’re sneaking in a show before things get busy again… Marcus Ericsson has joined the exclusive list of former F1 drivers who have won the Indy 500 - a list that Fernando Alonso hasn’t been able to join. Stefano Domenicali isn’t sure he’ll support Michael Andretti’s bid to create and F1 team. F1’s jewelry exemption for drivers has …

This weekend was the inaugural Miami Grand Prix…. and we hated it. If you follow the show this probably didn’t come as a surprise - but we the reason we hated it was more than just because it ended up being an F1 race in a car park… But first - It’s confirmed both Porsche and Audi are joining F1 in 2026 - and Zak Brown insists that Audi is not buyi…

We admit it - since we were on vacation last week we didn’t see the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, but you don’t listen to us for the race reviews do you? While we were gone Nikita Mazepin spoke with CNN’s Quest Means Business - although we’re not sure why. Haas says that they’ve learned their lesson and will be doing more due diligence on their sponso…

We’re back - for a week… We’ll be out again next week. The rumor mill has ramped up again over Audi and Porsche and nothing has actually changed. Sebastain Vettel on a scooter is the latest meme to take F1 by storm. The FIA is cracking down on drivers not wearing appropriate underwear… And on drivers wearing jewelry… And on Max Verstappen’s strateg…

This week F1 was in Saudi Arabia. We weren’t particularly thrilled that F1 decided the race in Saudi Arabia to begin with, and this week we were even more bothered by F1 racing in Saudi Arabia. Mercedes continue to struggle with porpoising on their 2022 contender. Mick Schumacher has a massive crash during qualifying, and if the team was willing he…

It’s possible that we’ve now recorded more shows in the past week than we have in the past month - don’t get used to it… The FIA has released their report on the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, there’s not a lot of new information in it though. It did however conclude that Michael Masi acted in good faith, and that the standings of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Gr…

First, the FantasyGP League is back up. If you think you know better than us - and you quite possibly might, then head over to Fantasygp.com sign up and enter the League Code 14831491. It’s out of cycle - but here are our predictions for the 2022 season… Although as we recorded we hadn’t yet gotten The Boy’s predictions, but before these get sealed…

No, we haven’t watched Drive to Survive yet, we’re behind on Star Trek Discovery, behind on Star Trek Picard, and we haven’t even watched the last few episodes of The Great Pottery Throw Down… Plus because the last winter test was so close to the first race weekend - we haven’t even gotten our predictions done- but hopefully we’ll have that sorted …

Did somebody say Unicorn Chaser? We can’t ignore what’s happening in Ukraine, especially given F1’s connection to Russia. We applaud the strong statement from Sebastian Vettel - that he would not race in Russia if the Russian Grand Prix was held, and also the statement from Max Verstappen that essentially stated that F1 had no business racing in Ru…

First off we have a correction and an apology to Herbie Blash - he’s apparently very much not dead, we were incorrect in saying he was. The FIA has completed their investigation into the actions at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and in the interest of openness and transparency the FIA has decided… …to not share their findings with the public… What the F…

There was a click bait article that cause F1 media and fans to collectively lose their minds… We talk about the article and why it doesn’t mean nearly what every one wants it to mean. It turns out that the Sporting Regulations for the 2022 season have yet to be approved - and that may have caused a problem with Ferrari’s private test in Fiorano las…

it looks like something may come out of the FIA’s Investigation of the end of the last Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. We may still end up with a wholly unsatisfying determination from the FIA (and to be clear we do not expect the Driver’s Championship to be overturned and we do not believe that overturning the Drivers Championship to be a satisfactory or de…

New Year, new episode - and we’ll admit to not being fully over the events of Abu Dhabi We have a lot to say about how things played out at that race, specifically in the last few laps of that race, and we’re hopefully that the FIA’s investigation into those events ends up with decisive action to prevent it from ever happening again. After 12 years…

The theme for this week’s show is “controversy” because there sure was a lot of it this week. Sebastian Vettel held a private karting event in Saudi Arabia - and invited only female Saudi racers to participate. Lewis Hamilton expressed his displeasure with F1’s decision to come to Saudi Arabia. Mercedes has a new sponsor - that might cause the UK g…

Hey, remember us? We’re back with a new show and expect to have another one or two shows before the end of the year… We remember Sir Frank Williams who passed away this weekend at 79. We’re talking penalties… Driving standards and how they’re enforced, when decision come down, and what “straight talking” really means. The rumors are picking up a me…

Since we didn’t have a show last week we didn’t get to talk about the provisional 2023 calendar that was released, but don’t worry we discuss it this week! Andretti’s purchase of Sauber appears to be on hold - Sauber’s investors appear to be holding out for more money… Oh, and Valtteri Bottas says that he didn’t know that talks were happening for A…

We’re back after what was admittedly a pretty dull race… As expected, F1 will be racing in Qatar this year - but there’s more to the story than just the headline. Otmar Szafnauer says that the hiring of Martin Whitmarsh won’t impact his role with Aston-Martin F1 Alan Van De Merwe & Dr Ian Roberts have tested positive for COVID-19 and did not take t…

Somebody make it back from their trip around the Convention Circuit for us to be able to have a show this week. Martin Whitmarsh is back in F1 - and we’re wondering what Aston Martin is up to. The Russian Neutral Athlete celebrated his home race as the Russian Neutral Grand Prix. And a what a race Sochi delivered for us this year!…

Another show! We did it! Two weeks in a row with a show! This week: The FIA is concerned that the seatbelts in Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari may have stretched too much. Red Bull says that the new pit stop rules were the cause of Max Verstappen’s 11 second pit stop. Michael Massi doesn’t see anything wrong with the sausage curb in Monza that resulting in …

This week we think we’ve got the technical issues that plagued us for the past two months sorted because we have a full episode for you this week. For the first time there might be an agreement to remove the MGU-H from the next engine formula. Driver line ups for next year are almost sorted - Mercedes - Lewis Hamilton and George Russell Red Bull - …

Are you looking for Episode 240? Look no more, it’s officially a “lost episode” and so we bring your Episode 241. We’re still trying to figure out why we’re having issues saving episodes after we record them so this abbreviated episode is a way for us to try and sort out the issue and make sure that we published something this week. In this short e…

Williams says that they don’t need Pay Drivers anymore - which is probably not great news for Nick Latifi, a Pay Driver. Was it really gamesmanship in qualifying in Hungary? If nothing else, it didn’t break any rules. So what would have happened if nobody lined up on the grid during the safety car restart? Michael Masi says there was a plan. Merced…

We start off with an update on the standings in The Bloke and A Bird Show Fantasy GP League - There’s a tight battle for 3 place going in to Hungary. Monza will be getting the next Sprint Race Weekend. Michael Massi encouraged Toto Wolff and Christian Horner to visit the stewards after the crash in Silverstone - and now he’s saying they shouldn’t d…

We’re back - and so is The Boy in case you were looking for him. Helmet Marko is talking trash this week… Daniel Ricciardo might like the first full size model of the 2022 F1 car. Maybe pit stops won’t be getting slower? Zak Brown tests positive for Covid-19 And once again we’re talking penalties, clashes and crashes after the British Grand Prix.…

Two in a row and coming fresh off the Penalty Grand Prix aka Austrian Grand Prix. The penalties came hot and heavy this past weekend with just 4 drivers managing to escape an investigation or a sanction this past weekend. We’re hopeful that this weekend doesn’t signify a new trend. George Russel missed out on points this week - but it was a great s…

It’s Mario Andretti’s fault that we didn’t have a show last weekend… That’s our story and we’re sticking to it… But we saw Romain Grosjean last weekend - a lot, and we really appreciate how good natured he was about it. In F1- Turkey will be replacing Singapore this year - probably…. Esteban Ocon has a new 3 year contract with Alpine Pirelli says t…