As Mark Webber says goodbye to Formula One here’s the first in a trio of Caption Competitions featuring Red Bull’s race-winner.
The first shows Webber on PR duty for Renault, driving their unusual Twizy electric car around Dubai with Caterham’s Charles Pic.
Can you think up a funny caption for this picture?
Submit your funniest suggestion in the comments and a selection of the best will be appear in a future round-up.
And stay tuned for two more Caption Competitions featuring Webber later today.
Caption Competition
- Caption Competition 227: Deserted
- Caption Competition 226: AlphaTaur-eye
- Caption Competition 225: Luckless Leclerc
- Caption Competition 224: Verstappen’s words of wisdom for Perez
- Caption Competition 223: Tech talk with Hamilton and Ocon
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Image © Renault/DPPI
Liam McShane (@)
30th November 2013, 11:41
“The KERS in this one seems to be working”
Eddie (@wackyracer)
30th November 2013, 12:02
winner
Force Maikel (@force-maikel)
30th November 2013, 13:01
Instant winner hahaa
Deej92 (@deej92)
30th November 2013, 13:04
Brilliant!
Dzi (@dzaci214sid)
30th November 2013, 14:42
WIN!
Hamilfan (@hamilfan)
30th November 2013, 17:19
Beat me to it Arrrgh .. Winner
synapseza (@synapseza)
30th November 2013, 19:08
Excellent. Contest over.
stefano (@alfa145)
30th November 2013, 20:09
good one
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
30th November 2013, 21:00
Fantastic!!!
a_flying_muffin (@a_flying_muffin)
1st December 2013, 23:53
Brilliant!
Shane Pearn
30th November 2013, 11:42
Who said red was faster????
Lucas Wilson (@full-throttle-f1)
30th November 2013, 11:46
“Mark leaves after he realises he can’t park his boat in Dubai”
JackySteeg (@jackysteeg)
30th November 2013, 11:47
“No, Charles, we don’t NEED to stop for directions!”
Abuelo Paul (@abuello-paul)
30th November 2013, 11:49
Who needs DRS,
MahavirShah (@mahavirshah)
30th November 2013, 11:53
Mark : “So Charles, is this really how the Caterham feels like to drive?”
Dane (@n0b0dy100)
30th November 2013, 11:59
Multi 21 Pic! Multi 21!
Steven Smith (@ragwort)
30th November 2013, 12:01
We must have been typing that at the same time!
Steven Smith (@ragwort)
30th November 2013, 12:00
Multi 21. Multi 21.
Dion (@infinitygc)
30th November 2013, 12:05
Don’t you mean:
“Multi Twizy-1, Charles, Multi Twizy-1!”
TommyB (@tommyb89)
30th November 2013, 12:05
“Charles are you sure this is the way to retirement home, we’ve been circling this roundabout for hours.”
electrolite (@electrolite)
30th November 2013, 12:11
‘…
Probably still faster than MP4-28’
bharat (@bharat141)
30th November 2013, 12:11
come on Charles, how much slower should go for you to overtake me!
bharat (@bharat141)
30th November 2013, 12:13
come on Charles, how much slower should I go for you to overtake me!
I missed I in my prev comment
Magnificent Geoffrey (@magnificent-geoffrey)
30th November 2013, 12:14
After testing Caterham’s prototype 2014 chassis, Mark knew he’d made the right decision to retire from Formula 1.
Lucas Wilson (@full-throttle-f1)
30th November 2013, 12:26
+1
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
30th November 2013, 12:16
Blue flags and he didn’t move out of the way ? Had to do the outside …
Dan_the_McLaren_fan (@dan_the_mclaren_fan)
30th November 2013, 12:19
– Mark, short shift on all gears!
– ???
Somethingwittyer (@somethingwittyer)
30th November 2013, 18:39
Favorite one by far.
Nick (@nick-uk)
30th November 2013, 12:25
Meanwhile… in a more interesting racing series…
Jon Gibbins
30th November 2013, 12:26
No parking for boats? No worries there, Charles. These will just pass as rubber dinghies.
Rick Lopez (@viscountviktor)
30th November 2013, 12:28
Mark, Seb got the updated car so you are left with this. Sorry mate.
Breno (@austus)
30th November 2013, 12:31
Aren’t we going the wrong way?
SeaHorse (@seahorse)
30th November 2013, 12:34
Blimey, how did I get that great start?
Lucas Wilson (@full-throttle-f1)
30th November 2013, 12:34
Lolz
Walton174 (@walton174)
30th November 2013, 12:34
“Pic and Webber turn into hoons in their Twizy’s, as they go the wrong way round a corner”
the_sigman (@sigman1998)
30th November 2013, 12:39
I am first, not bad for a number two driver
Anirudh S (@anirudh1992)
30th November 2013, 12:39
Mark:”Not bad for a number 2 electric Car”
Marko:Multi 21 Charles
Mark:*Facepalm*
OmarR-Pepper (@)
30th November 2013, 12:54
Oh no! Pirellis again. So I can’t go full throttle… again.
Mitch (@mwyndo7)
30th November 2013, 12:54
Mark Webber reliving the days when he was in front of a teammate
Mitch (@mwyndo7)
30th November 2013, 12:56
Mark Webber reliving the days when he was in front of
a teammatesomebody else in the same carBrawnGP (@brawngp)
30th November 2013, 12:56
After another load of New regulation changes, Mark Webber drives a prototype 2015 F1 car
Master firelee (@master-firelee)
30th November 2013, 12:59
Mark Webber and Charles Pic forced to move cars and left frustrated after having a hard time explaining to Dubai Authorities that their Renault twizy’s were indeed cars and not boats.
Kevin (@illustrious)
30th November 2013, 13:02
Mark: This is what it feels like to drive an F1 car nowadays.
hzh (@hzh00)
30th November 2013, 13:07
beep beep
hzh (@hzh00)
30th November 2013, 13:14
better not to park here with these boats.
Toro Stevo (@toro-stevo)
30th November 2013, 13:15
Mark, fall back and hold a 2 second gap.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
30th November 2013, 13:15
The real reason Mark Webber left Red Bull: he finds the prospect of PR duty with Porsche much more exciting.
David not Coulthard (@)
30th November 2013, 13:23
On more durable tyres Webber’s high-speed cornering superiority is of much more use.
Nick (@npf1)
30th November 2013, 13:25
Webber and Pic unimpressed with proposed French Touring Car Championship cars.
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
30th November 2013, 13:30
Murray Walker: “… And Webber is now taking the lead on the outside of the high speed corner!”
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
30th November 2013, 13:33
“Formula E they said? Mmmh don’t know if fans will like it …”
Waleran
30th November 2013, 13:47
“When they said ‘a Porsche’ this wasn’t what I had in mind!”
Mads (@mads)
30th November 2013, 13:56
Mark quickly got to work on his trucker tan, after he found out that his contract actually involved driving Porsche’s trucks to Le Mans.
Noah (@lotus22)
30th November 2013, 14:04
“Alright boys, now that your past the Mclarens, you can start protecting the tyres”
andae23 (@andae23)
30th November 2013, 14:10
The FIA proposes a radical new post-race penalty system: laps in a Renault Twizy.
Kenny Ryekonen
30th November 2013, 14:33
i see your ball- head over towards that sand trap…
Baldry00 (@baldry00)
30th November 2013, 14:34
Mark: “Well at least i wont get a penalty for speeding in pit lane”
verstappen (@verstappen)
30th November 2013, 14:41
Save fuel!
Oliww (@oliww)
30th November 2013, 14:43
Team Radio: “This is silly Mark, common!”
runforitscooby (@runforitscooby)
30th November 2013, 14:43
Cameraman snaps exact moment Mark Webber decides to get the hell out of F1.
LATG (@lotus-grosjean)
30th November 2013, 14:47
Webber overtook Pic on the outside without even following the slipstream.
Charles: So what did you say when you were on Top Gear?
Mark: Gotta stay away from Caterham!
Suvan Naidu (@serv)
30th November 2013, 15:25
Mark Webber always gets tense when there’s a Frenchman up the inside of him
GR (@rooney)
30th November 2013, 16:35
Mark was relieved when he had finally gotten himself into a car with working KERS.
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
30th November 2013, 16:53
Mark wasn’t impressed when he found out that Renault designed the front of the car to look like his face.
mike-e (@mike-e)
30th November 2013, 17:31
This WEC lark is a bit dull eh?
Jeff Snell
30th November 2013, 17:54
As cost control measures continue 2025 F1 chassis debuted.
Somethingwittyer (@somethingwittyer)
30th November 2013, 18:41
Mark: “Least I can actually push with this AND the battery is dead”
Henry Becquerel Ryuichi Nakano (@ryuichi)
30th November 2013, 19:15
“Still more beautiful than next year’s cars…”
James (@jimmyd13)
30th November 2013, 20:50
**** the KERS has failed again!
ElBasque (@elbasque)
30th November 2013, 20:52
Renault can finally argue their engines really are down on power
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
30th November 2013, 21:05
Horner over radio: I’m telling you, Mark, it’s identical to Vettel’s RB9!!!
Tom L. (@tom-l)
30th November 2013, 21:40
“If we drive the wrong way, we’ll have an excuse for lagging so far behind this year!”
PaulK (@paulk)
30th November 2013, 21:57
“After much searching, Webber finally finds a racing series where he doesn’t need to wear a crash helmet”
Robbie
30th November 2013, 22:51
MW: “They obviously still haven’t solved the problem of turbo lag so I’m out. And sorry Adrian, but with this kind of performance, you might as well have gone for aesthetics.”
Noah (@lotus22)
30th November 2013, 22:58
Stops at a gas station, Vettel’s in the way, (Brazil Jokes)
AMR (@aiera-music)
1st December 2013, 0:01
Charles and Mark begin early testing for the 2014 F1 chassis and Pirelli tyres.
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
1st December 2013, 0:04
“I tried to tell the parking inspector that these weren’t boats, but he wouldn’t believe that they were cars, either.”
David Bretz (@cynical)
1st December 2013, 2:18
Mark manage the tyres. You are not racing Pic. You are on different strategies.
IsaacTham (@isaactham)
1st December 2013, 2:49
Still a more interesting series than F1
runforitscooby (@runforitscooby)
1st December 2013, 4:59
Renault designs a car for taller drivers.
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
1st December 2013, 8:18
Might take the parts from this and put them in my RB9, they seem to do more than 50% of the recommended distance unlike my engines, gearboxes, KERS units and Pirellis!
Joe
1st December 2013, 9:55
Red Bull Racing continue to insist that both Mark and Seb drive identical cars…
Bobbi F (@bobbif)
1st December 2013, 23:10
Mark was relieved the blue ‘go faster’ stripes we’re actually doing their job
Keith Campbell (@keithedin)
2nd December 2013, 8:23
Mark is unimpressed as he finds endurance racing is not as advertised.
ForzaAlanRabbit (@jojobudgie)
15th February 2014, 22:07
Webber – See these 45cm between us? Yeah, well that represents how far ahead of you I was at turn 1 in Brazil!
Pic – …What?
Webber – You know me and my slow starts, don’t you?
Pic – …
Webber – I thought tail-enders understood me, oh well.
Pic – …I suppose I should leave now, Caterham want to fire me later so, erm, see you later
Webber – …I thought he was cool…