Jean-Eric Vergne enters his third season with Toro Rosso this year – here he is at the last race of 2013.
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MatthewRacing (@)
11th January 2014, 11:43
Verge gets carried away with driver number selection
Chris (@tophercheese21)
11th January 2014, 11:44
Haha love it!
Lucas Wilson (@full-throttle-f1)
11th January 2014, 11:59
Winner!
Piotr Koteryl (@stigrennfahrer)
11th January 2014, 12:41
+1 You got there before I did!
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
11th January 2014, 13:20
Instant win hahaha! :)
Fsoud (@udm7)
11th January 2014, 17:28
Winner.
scss (@scss)
11th January 2014, 18:12
Excellent.
Jan (@yancheelaa)
11th January 2014, 18:25
Winner :))))
stefano (@alfa145)
11th January 2014, 20:46
++++++lol
Retired (@jeff1s)
11th January 2014, 11:43
Just crashed the 100,000th front wing of the team!
Aditya (@adityafakhri)
11th January 2014, 11:45
The Frenchman seems to be happy with his salary
KeeleyObsessed (@keeleyobsessed)
11th January 2014, 11:47
Toro Rosso had found an ingenious solution to Lotus’ salary issues. Here we see JEV receiving his 100,000 as promised
foleyger (@foleyger)
11th January 2014, 11:53
How good am I out of a hundred?
Nick (@npf1)
11th January 2014, 11:54
Jean-Eric Vergne pretty pleased with the amount of money Toro Rosso spent on his corrective surgery after straining both his risorius and thumb; proceeds to smile and thumbs up anyway.
f1
11th January 2014, 12:05
As Jean-Eric Vergne becomes a maths teacher he doesn’t seem to get the concept of addition(you need 2 numbers!)
Calum
11th January 2014, 11:56
Not sad for a number 100,000 driver!
Hamilfan (@hamilfan)
11th January 2014, 13:15
LOL
Peter
11th January 2014, 11:57
The Vettel finger waggle counter reached a milestone recently.
Mashiat (@)
11th January 2014, 12:03
JEV: “Yay, I’m getting paid! For the first time ever JEV > Kimi”
Mashiat (@)
11th January 2014, 12:05
“Okay JEV. +100,000 seconds through the second sector. Good Job.”
hunocsi (@hunocsi)
11th January 2014, 12:07
Jean-Eric Vergne is pretty excited after winning his career’s 100.000th thumb war match.
Lucas Wilson (@full-throttle-f1)
11th January 2014, 12:14
JEV celebrates his b’day.
andae23 (@andae23)
11th January 2014, 12:16
As a product of the Red Bull Junior Team, Jean-Éric Vergne prefers his pit board messages in binary code.
Hamilfan (@hamilfan)
11th January 2014, 13:17
+1
David-A (@david-a)
11th January 2014, 13:44
+99,999
Sam (@)
11th January 2014, 14:17
= 100,000
Nick (@npf1)
11th January 2014, 14:01
Webber asked for this, but Red Bull told him the following wouldn’t fit on a pit board:
0110110101100001011010010110111001110100011000010110100101101110001000000111000001101111011100110110100101110100011010010110111101101110
andae23 (@andae23)
11th January 2014, 14:37
@npf1 Multi 010101, Seb, Multi 010101
Enigma (@enigma)
11th January 2014, 17:35
@andae23 It’s actually the number of F1 world champions, in binary :)
andae23 (@andae23)
11th January 2014, 18:44
@enigma Indeed it is! Well spotted :)
BasCB (@bascb)
13th January 2014, 6:36
Well spotted, I wonder whether that was intentional!
Ian (@f1ian)
11th January 2014, 12:16
JEV is extremely confident with his answer & working out for the number round on Formula 1 does Countdown.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
11th January 2014, 12:17
As Vergne shows off his 6-figure salary, Kimi Räikkönen gets jealous
D (@f190)
11th January 2014, 12:17
So, which lucky lady wants to be 100,001 ? ;)
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
11th January 2014, 12:19
Vergne’s personal tally of how many times he sees his former teammate smiling reaches a milestone
Ian McDonald
11th January 2014, 12:25
I didn’t realise my lap time difference was that bad compared to Sebastian
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
11th January 2014, 12:25
“Jean-Eric Vergne, come on down! You’re the next contestant on ‘The Price Is Right’!”
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
11th January 2014, 12:29
Vergne celebrates his latest speeding fine.
Dan_the_McLaren_fan (@dan_the_mclaren_fan)
11th January 2014, 15:25
LOL
Strontium (@strontium)
11th January 2014, 12:38
“Ha haa, I’m getting paid!”
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
11th January 2014, 12:51
Vergne predicts how many points the winner of the Abu Dhabi GP will get.
Hamilfan (@hamilfan)
11th January 2014, 13:23
winner XD !
Diceman (@diceman)
11th January 2014, 20:01
+1 :D
Ivan (@wpinrui)
11th January 2014, 13:03
Jean-Eric Vergne was the 100,000th visitor of a web site yesterday. Well, all drivers need to celebrate something from time to time or they might lose motivation…
Nick (@npf1)
11th January 2014, 14:02
He’s celebrating his free
Nintendo GamecubePlaystation 3iPad?Gaston (@gastonmazzacane)
11th January 2014, 13:07
Only 100.000 more races to go, till the first win ;)
davros
11th January 2014, 13:07
Vergne wins the 2015 Abu Dhabi gp and thus the championship by scoring 100000 points in the final race by virtue of Bernie’s new x4000 points bonus.
electrolite (@electrolite)
11th January 2014, 13:13
JEV celebrates as he is awarded the honour of 100, 000th retirement caused by Pastor Maldonado
Goriot
11th January 2014, 13:17
“Vettel was “1st” about 100’000 times this year, but I was “100’000th” once! Beat that, Sebastian!”
Goriot
11th January 2014, 13:19
“Hey, nice, that’s $100’000 more than Kimi!”
Toro Stevo (@toro-stevo)
11th January 2014, 13:23
Vergne shows Bernie the number he wants to see.
Hamilfan (@hamilfan)
11th January 2014, 13:24
Vergne shares his humble opinion on the budget cap issue .
Karthikeyan (@ridiculous)
11th January 2014, 13:39
Hundred Thousand Problems, a RedBull seat ain’t one
svarun (@svarun)
11th January 2014, 13:56
“My Waitlist number for the Red Bull seat no.2!!”
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
11th January 2014, 14:03
Distracted by posing for the camera, Vergne fails to notice the “front wing-asaur” approaching from behind…
HK (@me4me)
11th January 2014, 14:28
@vettel1, “front wing-asaur” … LOL,
Julien (@jlracing)
11th January 2014, 14:15
I just drunk my 100.000th can of Red Bull! :)
Noah (@lotus22)
11th January 2014, 22:19
maybe after another 100,000 theyll put me on the real team
HK (@me4me)
11th January 2014, 14:31
There are 100 000 types of drivers. 31 who can’t read binary, and me!
(Think about it…)
David not Coulthard (@)
11th January 2014, 16:15
Ah, fantastic!
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
11th January 2014, 19:02
not bad for this caption :)
Noah (@lotus22)
11th January 2014, 14:37
And this is how much money Toro Rosso spent repairing my car this year!
JackySteeg (@jackysteeg)
11th January 2014, 15:03
The Toro Rosso team sends a belated happy birthday message to Bernie Ecclestone.
mike-e (@mike-e)
11th January 2014, 15:05
After drinking 100, 000 cans of redbull vergne is showing good health, although his thumb is locked raised and he has a permanent grin like the joker.
verstappen (@verstappen)
11th January 2014, 17:56
And his 50th set of teeth.
Dan_the_McLaren_fan (@dan_the_mclaren_fan)
11th January 2014, 15:23
Jean-Eric trying to attract a competitive race seat with the budget he has gathered. He looks quite confident with it.
Jason Norwood
11th January 2014, 15:37
JEV confirms his seat with toro rosso after his euro millions numbers came up.
Sumedh
11th January 2014, 15:53
JEV tells us the number of days he will spend as a toro rosso driver before getting the upgrade to red bull.
David not Coulthard (@)
11th January 2014, 16:14
A rather low €100,000 wage is still higher that that of at least 1 world champion, so I guess JEV can live with it.
David not Coulthard (@)
11th January 2014, 16:22
JEV will use cgs this year instead of SI. He starts by showing us the amount of fuel one can carry in a race this year.
David not Coulthard (@)
11th January 2014, 16:26
In order to be able to know his fuel load this year from the pitboards without rivals being able to understand it, JEV will use cgs this year instead of SI.
just.daz (@nemo87)
11th January 2014, 16:49
Mechanics: Quick pour some laxatives in his brew..
Colossal Squid (@colossal-squid)
11th January 2014, 16:50
Vergne shows off how little he had to pay the team for a 2014 drive.
Jack (@jackisthestig)
11th January 2014, 17:05
The odds of Jean-Eric getting a Red Bull drive anytime soon…
Mathers (@mathers)
11th January 2014, 17:08
JEV reveals his career number, and is duly dropped by Toro Rosso as the required new spec nose was wider than allowed in the regulations.
David not Coulthard (@)
11th January 2014, 17:59
@mathers 1×10^5 shouldn’t be too bad…
DavidS (@davids)
11th January 2014, 17:22
Hey JEV, remember your teammate from 2013? That’s approximately how far ahead of you he is.
gdewilde (@gdewilde)
11th January 2014, 17:30
“Vergne’s ‘100.000-reasons why I deserve that RedBull seat’-initiative was as foolproof as his 2013 car-reliability”
Fab F1 (@fabf1)
11th January 2014, 17:48
+100000 miles to go for a real bull …
verstappen (@verstappen)
11th January 2014, 17:59
Number of times I went under Marko’s desk, and what’s it got me? A white smile.
For Sure (@forsure)
11th January 2014, 19:21
“I would drive fifty thousand miles, and I would drive fifty thousand more/ Just to be that man who drives a hundred thousand miles to Mateschitz’s door”
kenny
11th January 2014, 20:19
Despite a poor early showing against thousands of bored middle-aged men, JEV is nonetheless excited his simulator is finally hooked up to the online leaderboards.
Jim
11th January 2014, 20:21
Starting the bidding early for a 2015 seat.
David Stewart
11th January 2014, 20:57
This is how much money I would lose per lap if I had to pay for my drive!
George O'Donnell (@georgeod)
11th January 2014, 21:13
Red Bull on their 2014 driver decision: “So in summary we’ve got 100000 reasons not in favour of Jean-Eric and 0 reasons in favour of Jean-Eric for next season.”
cjpdk (@cjpdk)
11th January 2014, 21:16
JEV prefers not to talk about car reliability, but instead displays signs with significant numbers
Noah (@lotus22)
12th January 2014, 1:38
And this is how many times you’ll get screwed over by Red Bull as their number 2 driver next yeat Daniel!
Have Fun!
David Bretz (@cynical)
12th January 2014, 1:45
At least I’m still here.
Broke84 (@broke84)
12th January 2014, 11:10
JEV celebrating his milestone of number of times lapped this season.
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
12th January 2014, 12:03
Breaking records in the sister team as well, this is for speeding in the pitlane
Robbie
12th January 2014, 15:14
JEV has proudly whittled down to 100,000 the number of negatives to being at Toro Rosso now that Ricciardo has the other RBR seat.
Robbie
12th January 2014, 15:20
JEV conducts a silent auction for soon to be obsolete 2013 TR body parts.
Tomsk (@tomsk)
12th January 2014, 15:41
JEV reaches a milestone, as he poses for his 100,000th thumbs-up picture.
Pink Peril (@pink-peril)
12th January 2014, 23:18
JEV confirms the amount of ‘likes’ he has on his facebook page
Bleuchoi (@bleuchoi)
13th January 2014, 12:32
The number of cans that need to be drunk before Red Bull gives you two new front wings.
Abel
13th January 2014, 13:47
Offering 100000 for hit on Ricciardo
Apexor
16th January 2014, 21:12
JEV: This is how many time I will let Seb V. pass through me during races.
Arthur Baker
8th February 2014, 17:39
And i counted this high all by may self!
ForzaAlanRabbit (@jojobudgie)
15th February 2014, 22:22
Ricciardo – I’m not in this photo man, I’m in Red Bull photos now!
JEV – Dan, hey, this is how certain the lads back at HQ were that I’d get the RB seat!
Ricciardo – How certain is that?
JEV – 000/100
Ricciardo – Bad luck, man!