Here’s Fernando Alonso having fun with science in the run-up to the German Grand Prix.
Can you think up a witty caption for this picture?
Submit your funniest suggestion in the comments and a selection of the best will be chosen for next week’s round-up.
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Chris (@tophercheese21)
3rd August 2013, 10:39
Alonso: “Voila! I have successfully created a new element! I call it: ‘Understeerionium’.”
Txizzle (@txizzle)
3rd August 2013, 13:29
Automatic winner if you ask me. :P
hansguenther (@hansguenther)
4th August 2013, 3:08
Understeerionium is brilliant! ha
Paul Barrass (@damleda)
4th August 2013, 23:53
Definite contender.
erix
5th August 2013, 16:04
Come on you guys, why you all seem to enjoy mocking Teflonso despite his great acheatment?
the_sigman (@sigman1998)
3rd August 2013, 10:39
Luca di Montezemolo has punished Alonso for his latest comments about the F138.
MNM101 (@mnm101)
3rd August 2013, 10:43
Alonso should hydrate much more, those samples don’t look good
Troy Longstaff (@troylongstaff)
3rd August 2013, 10:44
Alonso: “So …. if I keep doing this, Red Bull will offer me a contract?”
RRRacer007 (@rrracer007)
3rd August 2013, 10:50
“I’ve discovered a new formula: P1=RBR.”
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
3rd August 2013, 11:42
Subject to uncertainties ;)
nackavich (@nackavich)
3rd August 2013, 10:51
Undercover Boss.
runforitscooby (@runforitscooby)
3rd August 2013, 10:51
After the Lance Armstrong saga, F1 gets tough asking for samples from all F1 drivers.
timtoo (@timtoo)
6th August 2013, 13:39
lol!
Alehud42 (@alehud42)
3rd August 2013, 10:52
Fernando’s attempt at making an all-purpose facial hair serum wasn’t going as well as expected.
Renier
3rd August 2013, 10:56
Alonso: “I’m pretty sure Michael never had to do this crap!”
LSL1337 (@lsl1337)
3rd August 2013, 10:58
The real reason behind the Ferrari speed deficit
Wessel (@wessel-v1)
3rd August 2013, 10:58
When Mercedes released a sound video of their new V6 engine, Ferrari couldn’t stay behind. ‘It sounds like a blow!’, Fernando said about it.
just.daz (@nemo87)
3rd August 2013, 11:02
..just tell them it’s apple juice
BrawnGP (@brawngp)
3rd August 2013, 11:02
An exhausted Alonso was relieved to fill these samples with urine after filling another table with another bodily fluid moments before…
zicasso (@zicasso)
3rd August 2013, 11:05
I am quite happy with that now. ;)
Try it on the usual car.
DuncF1 (@duncf1)
3rd August 2013, 11:09
“…and we use the blue bottle for Felipe’s car.”
OmarR-Pepper (@)
3rd August 2013, 15:03
WINNER @duncf1
MNM101 (@mnm101)
3rd August 2013, 15:15
hahahha WINNER !!!!!!
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
3rd August 2013, 15:35
Winner no doubt!!!
karter22 (@karter22)
3rd August 2013, 19:27
Pure genius!!! Winner for sure!!!
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
4th August 2013, 1:56
Nice one :)))
DuncF1 (@duncf1)
7th August 2013, 13:13
Haha. Thanks! Glad you all liked it :)
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
3rd August 2013, 11:11
Ferrari expands it’s production of methamphetamine.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
3rd August 2013, 11:12
That should really be *shell but that’s technicalities ;)
Alex Brown (@splittimes)
3rd August 2013, 11:15
Bored of collecting other drivers’ helmets, Fernando’s new hobby goes a little deeper.
Traverse (@)
3rd August 2013, 14:02
Winner!
sdtaylor91 (@sdtaylor91)
3rd August 2013, 14:32
I like this one
Edward F (@fedward)
3rd August 2013, 15:54
Brilliant :’D
alexx_88 (@alexx_88)
4th August 2013, 10:36
Excellent!
Traverse (@)
3rd August 2013, 11:15
Alonso launches his new range of olive oil named ‘Teflonsoil’ (patent pending).
Mads (@mads)
3rd August 2013, 12:09
@hellotraverse
Haha great one.
zoom (@zoomracing)
3rd August 2013, 11:28
Alonso preparing Montezemolo’s last drink (hint: poison).
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
3rd August 2013, 11:31
It’s plain to see why Massa wasn’t best pleased when he later discovered the beaker containing the gearbox fluid he was using for the race.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
3rd August 2013, 15:29
Here’s the beaker in question incase anybody hasn’t quite caught on.
Traverse (@)
3rd August 2013, 17:01
The beaker appears to have vanished.
Cornflakes (@cornflakes)
3rd August 2013, 11:36
Recent times of austerity has meant everyone at Ferrari has had to pull their weight.
ledzep4pm (@ledzep4pm)
3rd August 2013, 11:47
“So we can put this in Felipe’s fuel?”
Cyclops_PL (@cyclops_pl)
3rd August 2013, 11:47
If you want something done right, do it yourself.
andae23 (@andae23)
3rd August 2013, 11:50
After his criticism on the team, Alonso has been demoted by di Montezemolo to the oil workshop.
andae23 (@andae23)
3rd August 2013, 11:52
Ferrari still puzzled why radical staff shuffle tactics hamper car development.
Dennis the menace (@)
7th August 2013, 5:39
haha, very clever
JackySteeg (@jackysteeg)
3rd August 2013, 12:02
“Okay, okay, I’ve already learned loads about science. Can I go play with the Bunsen burner now?”
andy2k12 (@andy2k12)
3rd August 2013, 12:04
Meanwhile in a secret cryogenic lab…
FA: “…this will be Fernando junior #12, this will be Fernando junior #13 …sooner or later one of my Clones will be champion in a Ferrari!”
Mads (@mads)
3rd August 2013, 12:07
Fernando hopes to get even with Mercedes by doing a bit of testing him self.
Rigi (@rigi)
3rd August 2013, 12:18
all this fussing about these doping tests
Tomsk (@tomsk)
3rd August 2013, 12:18
In a new green initiative, Shell reveal their new range of fuel additives.
“This sample’s from the 2005 Tour de France, Fernando. We’ve found it’s worth at least 30 bhp.”
DavidS (@davids)
3rd August 2013, 12:31
Careful with that fire Fernando, you might burn your eyebrows off.
D (@f190)
3rd August 2013, 12:34
Welcome to cooking with Fernando…
Breno (@austus)
3rd August 2013, 12:35
“I have no idea what I’m doing”
Umar Majid (@um1234)
3rd August 2013, 12:38
This is the private fuel test. Let me put some Red Bull in there.
Umar Majid (@um1234)
3rd August 2013, 12:40
Fernando ‘I need to see Walter White, its time to retire and make crystal meth’
electrolite (@electrolite)
3rd August 2013, 12:41
‘So I put this is Newey’s coffee…. and then what?’
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
3rd August 2013, 18:06
Good one:)
Coanda (@ming-mong)
3rd August 2013, 12:47
FA: Hmm, my hands were made to work on fiery red things… Wanna get a drink?
robk23 (@robk23)
3rd August 2013, 12:49
‘So Fernando, would you can light this for me while Jeff over there is busy filling up some more bottles under the desk’.
David not Coulthard (@)
3rd August 2013, 12:52
We’ve spent so much on our wind tunnel that we needed the Ferrari International Assistance to lend us some fuel. To make sure that the fuel they lent us is safe, we’re testing it…..
PhilEReid (@philereid)
3rd August 2013, 12:53
Ferrari and Shell release a rather odd new addition to their merchandise line up with their new ‘pee-in-a-cup’ bottles.
Alex Brown (@splittimes)
3rd August 2013, 13:06
Fernando was apathetic about Shell’s new bio-oil scheme until he remembered his contracted publicity days. “You’re taking the-” he almost said.
AlokIn (@)
3rd August 2013, 13:12
Getting trained for alternative job if Ferrari fires him ;)
Andy (@turbof1)
3rd August 2013, 13:44
Nintendo rumored to make the Doctor Mario series more realistic.
Traverse (@)
3rd August 2013, 14:00
Yes! Fantasic caption. You know your games.
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
3rd August 2013, 18:07
He does look like Mario with the stache
David-A (@david-a)
3rd August 2013, 13:52
“Ah, so this is how they make Red Bull”
Traverse (@)
3rd August 2013, 13:59
Alonso sneakily switches his urine sample with Tyson Gay’s.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
3rd August 2013, 14:11
Alonso discovers the reason why Ferrari are lagging behind in the development race: “OHHH, FIRE”
Todfod (@todfod)
3rd August 2013, 14:14
Alonso – “Ok.. lets add a little bit of this to Sebastian’s urine sample”
matt90 (@matt90)
3rd August 2013, 15:14
Maybe if we spent less time sampling olive oils we could improve the car.
sandy (@sandy)
3rd August 2013, 15:19
Alonso: So you are saying if I drink this, it will give me “wings”?
kowa
3rd August 2013, 15:26
comunity service for a very inconvenient birthday present wish, or just doing the job yourself, if you want it done right?
tristanh (@tristanh)
3rd August 2013, 15:33
You say these chemicals gave Lewis that stupid beard? Thank God that hasn’t happened to me…
Edward F (@fedward)
3rd August 2013, 15:56
Having given up vino at lunch, the Ferrari canteen now serves a rather more suspicious-looking beverage…
mantresx (@mantresx)
3rd August 2013, 16:03
After finding out Ferrari was talking to Kimi, Fernando started to do more PR events than usual.
Fernando: “Next week I’ll be handing out loans in a Santander near you!”
S.J.M (@sjm)
3rd August 2013, 16:36
The Science Lab is the perfect place to roast Marshmallows, thought Alonso.
Christopher (@twiinzspeed)
3rd August 2013, 17:45
With the newly enforced budget caps, everyone must be cross trained!
verstappen (@verstappen)
3rd August 2013, 17:52
Eh.. How much sugar do we need?
Aimal (@aimalkhan)
3rd August 2013, 18:03
The new FIA drug test methods have really gone out of hand.
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
3rd August 2013, 18:09
While the photographer was taking this picture, Alonso kept thinking to himself “hmm, I wonder if this picture will generate a caption on F1Fanatic…”
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
3rd August 2013, 18:23
Fernando decides to take Ferrari’s performance deficit into his own hands using a special mix of Shell Unleaded Petrol and Vettelium (which is said to contain some helium) – he believes it would give him a better car than even the RB9 and the W04!
Master firelee (@master-firelee)
3rd August 2013, 18:38
Shell: So Fernando, you wanted to know where chickens come from, well all you need is a Shell ;) and something to keep it warm like these silver oven gloves.
Fernando: Chickens? ….. no I meant chicanes, not chickens!
Jack (@jackisthestig)
3rd August 2013, 18:45
Fernando works on a revenge attack on Hamilton for letting Roscoe pee against his motorhome.
Retired (@jeff1s)
3rd August 2013, 19:10
Here’s my doping sample Miss.
Vettel fanboy
3rd August 2013, 19:53
With this fuel we should go faster than the red bull .
JamieFranklinF1 (@jamiefranklinf1)
3rd August 2013, 20:16
With Ferrari’s hopes of the Championship dwindling, Alonso decides to try his hand at making his own brand of energy drink.
TheNikii (@thenikii)
3rd August 2013, 20:35
Alonso: “I wonder, will Kimi drink it?”
Snobeck
3rd August 2013, 21:32
I’m tired of red, can we switch over to more blue?
John Kendling (@jkendling)
3rd August 2013, 22:33
Are you sure this D.N.A belongs to Adrian Newey!
schooner (@schooner)
3rd August 2013, 23:09
Alonso let it go to his head after getting a cool scientist outfit for his birthday.
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
3rd August 2013, 23:13
Alonso attempts to discover the exact colour of Raikkonen’s and Vettel’s sunglasses.
cjpdk (@cjpdk)
3rd August 2013, 23:59
“After we’ve run the tests could you give us a blood sample as well?”
Thecollaroyboys (@thecollaroyboys)
4th August 2013, 0:26
Dr Alonso extracts fingernails from Julia Gillard so she can’t run them down a blackboard. A nation is relieved. Thanks Nando.
(One for the Aussies)
Dennis the menace (@)
7th August 2013, 5:45
I was wondering when someone would highlight the Gillard lookalike..:-)
@HoHum (@hohum)
4th August 2013, 1:21
“And you are sure it is undetectable”?
hzh (@hzh00)
4th August 2013, 1:49
Alonso is discovering the new chemical “formula 1”.
Terrance Hamblin
4th August 2013, 2:22
Forged from the fires of Mount Doom, the ring of power would grant the Dark Lord Alonso dominion over all drivers.
Paul Jason Go (@thef1mouse)
4th August 2013, 3:38
“So,this was the fuel that made the new v6 engine crap”
Jono (@me262)
4th August 2013, 9:30
” is a justa likea extractinga olive oil caramba “
crazy.mechanic (@akshay)
4th August 2013, 10:13
Alonso: “don’t call Massa, I can handle it myself.”
Alex Brown (@splittimes)
4th August 2013, 10:20
Kimi’s drinkng games get more elaborate.
Alex Brown (@splittimes)
4th August 2013, 10:22
“I know we need an energy drink tie-in, but should we really let Shell handle it?”
Eligio J Rosa (@idmjungle)
4th August 2013, 10:51
I grow facial hair to be a badass, not to do “science”. Damn marketing department.
airtone
4th August 2013, 12:41
Felipe will soon find out why I’m faster than him!
Klaas (@klaas)
4th August 2013, 12:42
Fernando is desperately trying to transform Ferrari into ” just a drinks company”.
kanik
4th August 2013, 12:43
Let me experiment n make my Ferrari run faster; after my engineers have failed in 2013….
jasons top 5 (@jasons-top-5)
4th August 2013, 18:07
After Vettel confirms that he prefers kimi to be the no2 in the team next year, alonso prepares a new drink to rival red bull.
Feuerdrache (@xenomorph91)
4th August 2013, 19:36
Now let’s drink this serum extracted from Seb’s hair and I’ll become finally super fast in qualifying! This will make me invincible! *evil laughter*
Wonderduck (@wonderduck)
4th August 2013, 20:40
“…and this for Luca!”
Sir Humphrey
4th August 2013, 21:40
Aha! Now I can rule the world!
Sir Humphrey
4th August 2013, 21:47
You say Felipe produced all these urine samples during first friday practice?
Chris (@eddie4102000)
4th August 2013, 22:06
di Montezemolo’s Revenge: Fernando was now the official Ferrari urine sample collector.
Paul Barrass (@damleda)
4th August 2013, 22:41
Fernando: “Sun Tzu says: ‘Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.'”
Lady: “Well Montezemolo says ‘When drivers say stupid things, they have to test every little bottle of oil we have to see which one we put the wee in.'”
Dennis the menace (@)
7th August 2013, 5:49
haha, great reference. I can imagine Alonso sitting up at night studying the art of war
Bobbi F (@bobbif)
5th August 2013, 5:55
hiss not what I want, I’m driver no, what am I doing jere, these gloves are itchy, ay
JCost (@jcost)
5th August 2013, 7:09
“Are you sure Luca can tell this from whisky?”
JCost (@jcost)
5th August 2013, 7:09
FIX:
“Are you sure Luca can’t tell this from whisky?”
For Sure (@forsure)
5th August 2013, 8:19
Puma enters the exciting new market of lab safety clothing.
gameprotage (@kvothe)
5th August 2013, 13:01
I would like to officially open the Marenello cloning facility by injecting this beaker with DNA taken from Adrian Newey’s last hair follicle
Mads (@mads)
5th August 2013, 13:12
Alonso is testing his new race gloves. Protective, cool and more importantly less bulky. Enabling much faster in car tweets on Sunday.
Webbo (@webbo82)
5th August 2013, 15:21
Alonso: “What? Didn’t Vettel say he preferred RAI because the chemistry wasn’t right?”
NL
5th August 2013, 15:44
‘Does the carpet match the drapes?’
Dennis the menace (@)
7th August 2013, 5:50
classic…got the biggest laugh from me so far…
scss (@scss)
5th August 2013, 18:59
Wait until we add this to his energy drink.
modestee
5th August 2013, 22:04
“If they are making F1 cars then I will start making sport drinks..” mumble mumble..
Theoddkiwi (@theoddkiwi)
6th August 2013, 5:10
They told me i was going to take part in a secret test… Err not quite what i’d hoped
bruce (@eliy)
6th August 2013, 10:18
Look at what Adrian Newey have done, he should put his talents toward something useful, like rocket science. It’s just screwing up the sport.
claudio (@claudio)
6th August 2013, 10:28
So, at the end of this unpaid internship you’ll speak about me with Mateschitz … right, Shell?
claudio (@claudio)
6th August 2013, 10:32
… and how long do I have to wait before I put it into Seb’s car?
claudio (@claudio)
6th August 2013, 10:33
Are you 100% sure Mateschitz will be impressed that I can produce an (engine) energy drink?
Clem
6th August 2013, 13:51
Are you really sure Vettel drinks this?
mkw11 (@mkw11)
6th August 2013, 20:22
Fernando is creating the next optimal crazy glue for his front wing so it would never break or fall apart like when it happened in Spain 2013 GP
Dennis the menace (@)
7th August 2013, 5:57
“So if I inject myself with this the zombies can’t see me?”
SeaHorse (@seahorse)
7th August 2013, 7:45
Err.. even this formula doesn’t seem to be working for me. :(
Jon (@astroturf777)
14th August 2013, 9:35
‘well it worked in the wind tunnel…’
Jamie Davies
5th September 2013, 5:31
Where would you like the turkey baster?
fangio85 (@fangio85)
29th September 2013, 11:53
“Thanks ms gillard, my sample will be clean for sure now”
Johnny Higgs
30th September 2013, 1:53
……….and so you see , Kimi’s urine sample burns when exposed to a naked flame !!!