McLaren reserve driver Gary Paffett explains the finer points of handling a DTM Mercedes C-Class to Jenson Button.
The pair are pictured at Brands Hatch, where Paffett scored his second win from the first three races, giving him a 25-point lead in the championship from BMW’s Bruno Spengler.
Like Paffett, Button won the first round of his championship this year. But he has slipped back to seventh in the F1 points table.
It’s over to you to see who can supply the best caption for this picture.
A selection of the best will be featured in the daily round-up.
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Martin Rasmussen (@floptickle)
2nd June 2012, 11:02
Seriously man, she was this big!
aniweta okosi
2nd June 2012, 11:11
Whose the taller Lewis or Bernie?
Lopek
2nd June 2012, 11:04
Paffett: “So I stood on the pit wall at Monaco and just dropped the pit board numbers as Lewis passed”
f1geordie (@f1geordie)
2nd June 2012, 11:48
yes!
Julian (@julian)
2nd June 2012, 16:44
That’s the first one of these that actually made me laugh out loud.
Well done.
Dave Tett (@tettf1)
2nd June 2012, 18:12
hahahahaha quality!
UnitedKingdomRacing (@unitedkingdomracing)
2nd June 2012, 21:09
Great one, but sadly it doesn’t make sense because the Brands Hatch DTM weekend was before the Monaco GP.
Lopek
2nd June 2012, 22:36
I know the timeline was a little out, but that’s what I saw!
Platanna (@xaviex)
2nd June 2012, 11:11
Recalling the Spitfire to stop those pesky Germans.
Jay_au (@jay)
2nd June 2012, 11:11
This is where your mirrors are, you might want to check them in Canada this year.
Saiesh (@saiesh)
2nd June 2012, 11:21
Brilliant. Winner right here
KiwiUK (@kiwiuk)
2nd June 2012, 11:28
Love it!
irishlad (@irishlad)
2nd June 2012, 12:22
+1
Snafu (@snafu)
2nd June 2012, 13:57
+1
mixwell (@mixwell)
2nd June 2012, 16:32
winner :D
Dave Tett (@tettf1)
2nd June 2012, 18:13
brilliant! made me laugh out loud!
ram (@)
2nd June 2012, 19:33
outstanding!
Cyclops_PL (@cyclops_pl)
2nd June 2012, 19:42
Hilarious!
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
2nd June 2012, 21:26
@jay Nice!
Kylevin
3rd June 2012, 12:19
the best
zicasso (@zicasso)
3rd June 2012, 17:04
+1
Younger Hamii (@younger-hamii)
2nd June 2012, 11:16
Whoa, Jenson this is not a big cake.
Thecollaroyboys (@thecollaroyboys)
2nd June 2012, 11:17
Red Bull gives me wings, but I’d prefer it if they gave me a drive.
Rocky (@rocky)
2nd June 2012, 17:39
Got my line, good one!
Mallesh Magdum (@malleshmagdum)
2nd June 2012, 11:19
Paffett- Looks like u need wiings this season!
Mallesh Magdum (@malleshmagdum)
2nd June 2012, 11:20
Paffett- see, i told you! My C-class is better than ur MP427!
Platanna (@xaviex)
2nd June 2012, 11:21
Monsters pitiful attempt to demonstrate a “Red Bull”.
robk23 (@robk23)
2nd June 2012, 11:25
Jenson: That’s a very nice magic trick but you couldn’t pull an F1 drive out of a hat.
Eddy Worthy
2nd June 2012, 11:27
Gary shows Jenson his best “Bernie the puppet master” impression
Andy (@turbof1)
2nd June 2012, 11:27
…and once I got it out of the water, I realised it was a carper THIS big!
Bigbadderboom (@bigbadderboom)
2nd June 2012, 11:28
Paffet: Me? Drinking? Never, just watch me walk this straight line….hic!
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
2nd June 2012, 11:28
Now THIS is what you call a winning pose!
Matthew Woodhouse
2nd June 2012, 11:29
Spotted: Jenson Button seen enjoying a day out at Madame Tussauds…
Thecollaroyboys (@thecollaroyboys)
2nd June 2012, 11:32
Parfett at a team owners meeting. “you are getting sleepy … You will offer me a drive. You will give me a bigger trailer than Jenson.”
David-A (@david-a)
2nd June 2012, 11:34
“So then I told Lewis, “Don’t push me, ‘cos I’m close to the edge!”
Saiesh (@saiesh)
2nd June 2012, 11:35
And after thrace Webber just jumped in the pool like this.
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
2nd June 2012, 11:40
Gary Paffet shows Jenson Button how McLaren can improve their pit stops through the power of interpretive dance.
Chris (@tophercheese21)
3rd June 2012, 4:32
Haha yes! Finally someone played the “Interpretive dance” card. Was waiting for that hehe.
+1
Kylevin
3rd June 2012, 12:20
+1
JamieFranklinF1 (@jamiefranklinf1)
2nd June 2012, 11:43
“I am now a corporate Vodafone McLaren Mercedes drone, I will do as I am told, and will say only what the team want me to say,”
Wesley (@)
2nd June 2012, 20:53
Perfect!!!!!
sunnymir (@sunnymir)
2nd June 2012, 11:46
Paffet:”Jenson this is the gap between u and lewis in the standings”
Lothario
2nd June 2012, 11:46
GP: “Hey Presto, Hocus Pocus, Abra Kadabra!”
JB: “What are you doing?”
GP: “…There you go, your own DTM, Jense!”
PhilEReid (@philereid)
2nd June 2012, 11:49
GP: “And so this is the part where the stick the needles in right?”
JB: “Yeah.”
GP: “And then someone else will feel it right?”
JB: “Yeah… Right, that’s what it does.”
MahavirShah (@mahavirshah)
2nd June 2012, 11:49
Jenson : Gary, What are you doing???
Gary : It’s called the Ketchup Song ! Neat right ?
U2F1 (@u2f1)
2nd June 2012, 11:55
its a very fine line Jenson !! keep your balance and tread cautiously
matt90 (@matt90)
2nd June 2012, 11:57
Paffett: I’ve been practising for the trapeze ever since you stole any hopes I had of a McLaren drive. Time for a career change to the circus!
U2F1 (@u2f1)
2nd June 2012, 12:03
so you see Jenson, those are my top 4 and you’re not there yet :)
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
2nd June 2012, 12:20
I’m the master of puppets, you should try with your mechs …
SirCoolbeans (@sircoolbeans)
2nd June 2012, 12:42
If you put your arms out like this it will improve your car balance, Jenson.
schooner (@schooner)
2nd June 2012, 12:51
“That’s pretty good Paffett, now lift up your other foot.”
NinjaBadger (@ninjabadger)
2nd June 2012, 12:53
Button begins to look worried as Paffett starts to describe last nights antics…
BenH (@benh)
2nd June 2012, 12:54
You really are the mclaren puppet aren’t you Gary?
That’s why I got a drive in 2010 and you didn’t. Now get back in the simulator!
Fred Weimer
2nd June 2012, 13:16
Show me the money!!!!!
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
2nd June 2012, 13:17
Fernando Alonso: “I have it in writing from Jenson that if I am still leading the championship after Monaco, he and Gary will act out any scene from the movie of my choice. So, Jenson, Gary – let’s see the scene between Jack and Rose on the bow of the Titanic. Whenever you’re ready.”
Robbie (@robbie)
2nd June 2012, 13:23
JB to GP: “See…if you had pockets your arms wouldn’t do that.”
Martin Sonntag
3rd June 2012, 6:38
hahahah i like it
FlyingLobster27
2nd June 2012, 13:34
Unseen interviewer: “So Jenson, which Mercedes team will be the first to win two races?”
Gary butts in, raising arms triumphantly: “Easy, HWA!”
Bumfez (@bumfez)
2nd June 2012, 14:42
Haha this is my winner :D
James Brickles (@brickles)
2nd June 2012, 13:43
Lewis Hamilton (Offshot): “I just want to tell you both, good luck we’re all counting on you”
georges10099 (@georges10099)
2nd June 2012, 13:47
Button looks on in shock as Paffett adds actions to his favorite song: “I believe I can fly”
James Brickles (@brickles)
2nd June 2012, 13:51
Gary Paffett was seen doing a Mark Webber in Valencia impression during the Brands Hatch DTM race. Jenson Button was surprisingly impressed
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
2nd June 2012, 14:04
Girls, mate… girls everywhere!
CJ Salzms (@cjsalzms)
2nd June 2012, 14:05
“and this is how you balance the car, jenson”
Metal Mr. L (@metalluigi)
2nd June 2012, 14:18
Jenson Button on the new McLaren freeze ray: First Lewis in his pitstops, then Gary, then the world!!
chevyevey (@chevyevey)
2nd June 2012, 15:13
Hell of a night man. The boys and I dropped some acid and I swear I flew down to the shops to get some ciggies……..but when I got back, I’d forgotten the ciggies….:.
Nitasha Shankar (@nitashashankar)
2nd June 2012, 15:15
Look Jenson.. I can walk on water!
kwacky1 (@kwacky1)
2nd June 2012, 15:24
Paffet: One day all this will be mine.
Button: Yeah right, pull the other one!
Ninjenius (@ninjenius)
2nd June 2012, 15:47
“Behold Jenson, my incredible invisible falconry skills!”
Victor. (@victor)
2nd June 2012, 16:52
‘Chillax Jenson, I’ll get the car up to speed again.’
Mads (@mads)
2nd June 2012, 16:52
Gary: “See JB. In the Simulator there is a screen on either side, very cool, but there is no sound so i make them my self like this, BVVVVVVVVRRRB”
verstappen (@verstappen)
2nd June 2012, 17:21
Jenson: hmmmm… Really Gary?
Red D
2nd June 2012, 17:26
“Jenson, you need to reduce the gap to Lewis by about this much in Canada”
kowalsky is back
2nd June 2012, 17:39
Paffett: silence please.
what are you saying? paffett for president? No thanks i just need a competitive f1 seat next year.
Di resta’s would be good enough.
Button: I think hamilton’s seat will be up for grabs as well.
Paffett: Yeah right.
JRB
2nd June 2012, 18:15
Hamilton’s head, this big do you think?
;D
cjpdk (@cjpdk)
2nd June 2012, 18:23
“#All we heeeere is – Radio Ga Ga”
HoolyF1 (@hoolyf1)
2nd June 2012, 18:34
Gary, I don’t care how bad it looks, just test it
Eddie (@wackyracer)
2nd June 2012, 18:55
Puffet: THIS is balance, i dont kno why is so hard for u to find it.
Colossal Squid (@colossal-squid)
2nd June 2012, 19:25
Due to a mysterious illness, no-one was there to fuel Hamilton’s car for qualifying. Someone needed to step up. Suddenly Gary Paffett shouts
“Stand back guys, I got this!”
xeroxpt (@)
2nd June 2012, 19:25
Jenson: Gary, what’s the difference between this and the Mclaren
Paffett: eh you know, it’s the BrrrRrrRRrrrrrR……
Alex D (@thayerplay01)
2nd June 2012, 19:25
Unlike in your car, Jenson, I have cup holders here and here.
AndrewT (@andrewt)
2nd June 2012, 19:28
“Have you ever ridden a Harley, Davidson? Oh, is that you…? I mean Button!”
Matt (@agentmulder)
2nd June 2012, 19:35
Gary Paffet has finally been given a leading role within McLaren. He will star as zombie in the team’s rendition of “Thriller.”
James Brickles (@brickles)
2nd June 2012, 19:41
Paffett: “A DTM cockpit has about this much more space than an F1 car.”
Button: “Perfect for someone like Montoya.”
Sam Duncombe (@leumas636)
2nd June 2012, 20:07
“Hey Jenson . . . . . catch me quick . . . i’m struggling for balance!”
Luis Conde (@luchingador)
2nd June 2012, 20:52
I believe i can fly, no
Wesley (@)
2nd June 2012, 20:59
…so he’s like this with angry townspeople chasing him away with pitchforks and torches….seriously dude,I can’t believe you’ve never watched “Frankenstein”
arporter (@arporter)
2nd June 2012, 21:05
Paffett shows Button how to find the perfect balance
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
2nd June 2012, 21:34
“Calm down folks! I believe it’s called a …’goatee?!’. He’s having a rough time since Melbourne, go easy on him, we all know a goatee helps a man in time of crisis.”
bt55
2nd June 2012, 21:59
G.P. “and then i was like look at me, NO HANDS down the back straight”
J.B. well mate that’s probably why they didn’t give u the full time gig”
xeroxpt (@)
2nd June 2012, 22:09
F1 cars are just sheer perfections. this cars just shake and wobble, you know like Brhrbrbrhrhrhbrbrrb.
TheD4N1EL (@thed4n1el)
2nd June 2012, 22:11
Jenson: Do you Tommy Cooper impresion
Paffett: Ahahaha
xeroxpt (@)
2nd June 2012, 22:11
I guess he is just trying to explain what its like to drive his Mercedes.
verstappen (@verstappen)
2nd June 2012, 22:38
‘And then Martin said to me: you’re this close to a raceposition at McLaren’
sato113 (@sato113)
2nd June 2012, 23:04
Paffett tops the invisible dj-ing championship
thatscienceguy
2nd June 2012, 23:27
And now for my next illusion, i will make this car appear to levitate. I will need the help of my trusty assistant Jensonina for this one…
Jake (@jleigh)
2nd June 2012, 23:48
This is how I normally find the right balance Jenson!
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
2nd June 2012, 23:53
“And this is how we used to drive with the F-duct!”
John Fairbairn
3rd June 2012, 0:42
No, I can really fly, watch me.
Alex Bkk (@alex-bkk)
3rd June 2012, 4:35
“I’m not just a DTM pilot, I also practice gynecology in my spare time.”
Martin Sonntag
3rd June 2012, 4:57
Paffett: “Buttonsan remember deal.. must wash all the car then wax. Wax on right hand wax off left hand”
DuncF1 (@duncf1)
3rd June 2012, 15:35
Paffet: “So, during the race, I have SkySportsF1 on this screen, and chat up Jessy via Twitter on this one…”
Russell Gould (@russellgould)
3rd June 2012, 23:33
“So this year’s trophy cabinet will be about this tall. What about yours, Jenson?”
rob01189 (@)
4th June 2012, 10:40
Chill out guys i’ve got this……..
Jon Finn (@jon-finn)
4th June 2012, 23:26
Christain Horner said “And how are we supposed to just redisign our floor over night?”
so I put my fez on and said to him “Just like that!”
#SMDriver
16th June 2012, 10:34
Paffet was much more enthusiastic at the F1 Karaoke night, putting in a great performance of R Kelly’s “I believe I can fly”