It’s been a trying week for Red Bull’s new driver line-up of Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo, who covered just 21 laps between them in the first test at Jerez.
What are the pair talking about in this photograph? Post your funniest caption suggestion for this picture below.
A selection of the best will be chosen for a future edition of the F1 Fanatic Round-up.
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IsaacTham (@isaactham)
1st February 2014, 12:02
“This is how far I could drive the car before it failed”
Shomir (@shomir)
1st February 2014, 15:57
+1 WINNER
Michael Johnston (@mikejohnno)
1st February 2014, 12:03
“Anyway so then the car made it about this far before stopping…”
PhilEReid (@philereid)
1st February 2014, 12:06
DR: “And this is how big mine is compared to the Force India’s”
tmax (@tmax)
1st February 2014, 16:21
This reminds me of the movie GodFather where during the Wedding scene Sunny Corleone’s wife is sitting with her friends & sizing up Sunny
Slr (@slr)
1st February 2014, 20:28
@tmax I think you mean Sonny. ;)
tmax (@tmax)
1st February 2014, 21:04
@slr yep Sonny :)
Atticus (@atticus-2)
1st February 2014, 12:06
Vettel: “Christ, you are scary when you are not smiling.”
mike
1st February 2014, 12:06
Riccardo gives a lesson in submissive eye contact
Chris (@tophercheese21)
1st February 2014, 12:11
Ricciardo:
“So I told Horner we should have double points for this many races, since our car development is so far behind.
Osvaldas31 (@osvaldas31)
1st February 2014, 12:11
Vettel: “This year multi 21 has new meaning!”
RRRacer007 (@rrracer007)
1st February 2014, 12:15
Ricciardo: “My predecessor disliked you ‘This Much’!”
oliver
1st February 2014, 12:15
D.R: you know, you must carry your baby like this :))
Fixy (@)
1st February 2014, 12:16
Vettel: “So, the engine died just before it was my turn to drive the car? Any ideas as to why?”
Ricciardo: “Aliens!“
PhilEReid (@philereid)
1st February 2014, 12:44
@fixy I like this one because I knew what it meant before clicking the link :’)
caci99 (@)
1st February 2014, 12:17
DR: and you can catch up fishes this big, the weather is better too
SV: Sounds interesting, time to leave Jerez anyway
MatthewRacing (@)
1st February 2014, 12:18
‘Now, a set of these would really make the Force India nose complete’
@HoHum (@hohum)
1st February 2014, 14:08
Or the Toro Rosso, caterham etc. Yep, big spheres are what he is talking about.
Wesley (@)
1st February 2014, 22:47
This is the winning caption!I’m not even gonna try and top it.
raddie (@raddie)
1st February 2014, 12:18
“Oh, stop explaining and shut up Daniel. Welcome to the jungle, greenhorn!”
Sam (@)
1st February 2014, 12:19
What if we put like this big of a can of Red Bull in our car? Maybe it can do 5 consecutive laps then…?
karter22 (@karter22)
1st February 2014, 12:23
“Did you see the size on the Toro Rosso? I think they have got a few inches on us, i feel jealous! “
Lucas Wilson (@full-throttle-f1)
1st February 2014, 12:28
“…and this is the size of the pole trophy I’LL win”
Rocky
1st February 2014, 12:29
I’m Aussie not Brazilian and this ain’t Ferrari sorry mate!
MReis
1st February 2014, 17:45
Seb: “(LOL) Dude, do you realize that I alone am more victorious in F1 than the whole Australia?”
mike-e (@mike-e)
1st February 2014, 12:31
So I gave her the “bowlers grip”. Honestly seb, she’d have done a better job than that water tanker.
Still camileon (@stillcamileon)
1st February 2014, 12:33
So what they did was take all this wiring and force it under the bodywork!
Neel Jani (@neelv27)
1st February 2014, 12:41
Gosh! This is heavy! The weight of expectations from me!
Ryan Jordan
1st February 2014, 12:44
Jeez Seb! Sorry I broke your car mate! All I did was change to 2nd gear!
Dayton
1st February 2014, 12:48
My balls are this big. Don’t even think about disobeying team orders and overtaking me.
Tiananmen
1st February 2014, 12:49
Dr: hey seb, wanna head down to the beach, sv i can’t the car will get sunburnt again
Tiananmen
1st February 2014, 12:52
DR: hey seb wanna head down to the beach
SV: i cant, the rb10 will get sunburnt again
WilliamB (@william-brierty)
1st February 2014, 12:53
“…do you think we fooled them?”
Todfod (@todfod)
1st February 2014, 12:55
Daniel – “I really hope to see two big ones below the Caterham nose”
DavidS (@davids)
1st February 2014, 13:01
Sebastian wasn’t pleased with Daniel’s attempts at being friends with teammates.
Arijit (@arijitmaniac)
1st February 2014, 13:02
DR: “And I decided to come back to the pits you know… the water tanker was pulling a gap… Like this big gap… every second!”
Frogster
1st February 2014, 13:03
…and this is how many fingers you’ll need to raise to show where you finish this year.
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
1st February 2014, 13:09
Nice. Hope it’s true as well, give the others a chance.
Fsoud (@udm7)
1st February 2014, 15:03
Did it for me.
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
1st February 2014, 15:35
hahaha very good!
Klaas (@klaas)
1st February 2014, 13:05
DR: I once smiled
wide…
Klaas (@klaas)
1st February 2014, 13:06
DR: I once smiled that wide…
Neel Jani (@neelv27)
1st February 2014, 13:07
Haha! Nice one!
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
1st February 2014, 15:36
aaah good one too!! hahahah :)
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
1st February 2014, 15:37
Winner!
Neel Jani (@neelv27)
1st February 2014, 13:06
Dan, “Just hold your baby like this Seb and don’t toss it up in the air like you do with your trophies!”
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
1st February 2014, 13:07
“…and that new steering wheel’s way too big.”
Tony Dunn
1st February 2014, 13:08
“This is how much space webber said to leave you into the first corner”
Yoshisune (@yobo01)
1st February 2014, 13:21
DR: So, basically we had to make a hole this wide in the chassis to cool down the engine.
Liam
1st February 2014, 13:28
Funny thing, Mark have me this much cash before he left to make sure the car didn’t work for you this year
Chris (@mayhem74)
1st February 2014, 13:33
Finding themselves with quite a bit of time on their hands, Daniel decides to show Seb his “juggling mime” act. Seb is less than impressed.
Rigi (@rigi)
1st February 2014, 13:47
DR: “I’m serious, that shark was this close to me while I was surfing back at home. Just don’t tell that to our boss, will you?”
Servisinho (@serv)
1st February 2014, 13:48
Seb (thinking): Oh my God, how does he look like Mark all of a sudden?
OmarR-Pepper (@)
1st February 2014, 13:53
“This is the new phantom engine Renault said would bring us straight to the 5th WCC.”
uan (@uan)
1st February 2014, 14:09
You know in Australia, babies come out this big.
omsammy (@omsammy)
1st February 2014, 14:10
I think our car problems bigger than this
Yappy
1st February 2014, 14:18
A baby is this big.
hunocsi (@hunocsi)
1st February 2014, 14:21
…so I took these two coconuts and hit Helmut Marko on the head with them until he gave me this seat. But hey, I’m just a light-hearted Aussie kid.
Glenn (@glennb)
1st February 2014, 14:50
No, no, it’s true Seb. I’ve seen Mark’s nuts.
JackySteeg (@jackysteeg)
1st February 2014, 14:51
“Well, ONE of us is going to have to change…”
Rene
1st February 2014, 14:57
“I could have completed more laps this week, but because my balls of steel were this huge and heavy, it made the car break down.”
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
1st February 2014, 15:01
Ricciardo preparing to carry Red Bull’s problems this season.
obviously
1st February 2014, 15:57
Definitely my fav by far. :)
icemangrins (@icemangrins)
1st February 2014, 15:07
Look, how do I put this …. “keep your hands off my nose cone”
AdrianS
1st February 2014, 15:14
DR: “My ass was about this big before Adrian (Newey) told me to lose weight.”
Todfod (@todfod)
1st February 2014, 16:44
lol
Mathers (@mathers)
1st February 2014, 15:17
This is how big I told Toro Rosso to make it…
Simeon (@sarxos)
1st February 2014, 15:28
“Look i knew when coming to red bull that is was gonna have to push hard.
I just didn’t expect that i’d literally have to push the car.”
Kimberley
1st February 2014, 15:34
“So this is how much space Newey has packaged the entire powertrain into ?!?”
Still camileon (@stillcamileon)
1st February 2014, 15:35
I took a potato and shoved it up the exhaust and now it wont start.
Dane
1st February 2014, 15:35
“I’m hung like the Torro Rosso”
Old Lightnin (@lightnin-hopkins)
1st February 2014, 15:36
vettle thinking to himself “This guy talks too much”
OOliver
1st February 2014, 15:36
Ricciardo: Seb, I’m hearing we may have to push the car across the finish line in some races.
Welington Leal
1st February 2014, 15:37
I am not the reason of this bad luck.
Hemz Shaw
5th February 2014, 15:53
Lol
Still camileon (@stillcamileon)
1st February 2014, 15:40
My last job was much easier than this, all I had to do was drive a Audrey Hepburn lookalike around in a Galaxy chocolate bar commercial.
cjpdk (@cjpdk)
1st February 2014, 16:02
VET: “Did you sabotage my car?!”
RIC: “Weeeellllllllll…”
Jon
1st February 2014, 16:06
I don’t need the laps to be instantly quicker than you Seb
S.J.M (@sjm)
1st February 2014, 16:14
“I’m telling you Seb, the whole issue with the car is just hot-air”.
S.J.M (@sjm)
1st February 2014, 16:20
“I’m telling you Seb, the whole issue with the car is just a load of hot-air”.
*pressed post comment to early, doh.
David
1st February 2014, 16:23
Hay just saying give me your car this year an you drive my broken one
SeaHorse (@seahorse)
1st February 2014, 16:25
DR: “The way this has gone so far, I think I can run carrying couple of these new Pirellis and still can complete a lap of the circuit!”
mike-e (@mike-e)
1st February 2014, 16:48
So when people were telling me the noses of the cars were going to look like gentleman’s sausages I was expecting something at least this size! Thats average right seb?
meridabob
1st February 2014, 16:50
I’m finding everything’s packaged too tightly, did Adrian design the underwear too?
Hamilfan (@hamilfan)
1st February 2014, 16:54
:DR : Just stretch your lips slowly like thiiiis and flash that smile . Then most of the reporters stop asking the stupid questions .
Vettel : So , you think it’s the teeth uh ?
Goriot
1st February 2014, 17:00
“OK, Seb, I’ll push your car for a few laps… That’s written in my contract…”
Shaboopi
1st February 2014, 17:04
“Helmut felt he should win, but Dietrich got him by an inch. Of course Christian didn’t even bother to show up…”.
Shaboopi
1st February 2014, 17:10
So Kimi and I are standing there with our feet parted, and that’s when cold-hand Helmut goes “Daniel, you got the job. The Red Bull junior program wins again..”
JCost (@jcost)
1st February 2014, 17:13
RIC: “I’m Aussie too, but mine a bigger than Mark’s”
Johnny Higgs
1st February 2014, 17:18
Spare Time Mind Games ………” then i slowly close my eyes and imagine juggling all the trophies im going to win ” !
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
1st February 2014, 17:22
Dan: “This is how far we are behind Caterham”
Seb: “You realise what RB10 stands for? Red Bull baRBie 10”
Dan: “You mean Red Bull aRe Beaten by 10”
Seb: “But Lotus didn’t even show up”
Dan: “Exactly” (giggles, realising Vettel’s run of titles could genuinely end this year despite Bernie’s best attempts with the double points rules)
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
1st February 2014, 17:29
Seb: “Caption Competition 44, are you kidding me? Even F1 Fanatic is trying to help Lewis”
Dan: “No, F1 Fanatic’s British and Hannah’s made a kid which looks a bit like you”
Aditya (@adityafakhri)
1st February 2014, 17:38
SV: I thought our reliability will be better since bad luck Webber was retired. damn you Australians!
DR: Seb pls, nothing to do with nationality. Our cars just didn’t as ‘manly’ as the other, that’s why. Look at those Force Indias, it was this loong!
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
1st February 2014, 17:49
DR: no, no “down under” doesn’t mean we aussies need more downforce..
just.daz (@nemo87)
1st February 2014, 18:03
DR: I’ve found this chunk of ego, is it yours?
Pink Peril (@pink-peril)
2nd February 2014, 22:01
Hahah, good one!
How about this –
DR: So I’ve made model of your #1 finger which is this big, and which I am going to insert sideways if you pull any multi 21 tricks on me.
Hemz Shaw
5th February 2014, 15:57
lol.. real nice
Steven Smith
1st February 2014, 18:11
If you ignore Multi 21 with me as your partner. Then I’ll take your ……. and squeeze them so hard you’ll not want to wear a seat belt.
MahavirShah (@mahavirshah)
1st February 2014, 18:11
DR : “I don’t know how you’ll name your car this year Seb! All they seem to be lacking are a pair of these”
Klaas (@klaas)
1st February 2014, 18:33
DR: I was smiling this wide before I drove the RB10.
Micklaren
1st February 2014, 19:03
“Surely mate, if they can package millions of energy drinks every year – they must be able to package an Energy Recovery System as well?”
Richard
1st February 2014, 19:12
“I think we’ll need to steal this much Mercedes data”
Little_M_Lo (@pezlo2013)
1st February 2014, 19:23
21 Laps done, straight to Quali or FP2?
schooner (@schooner)
1st February 2014, 19:35
“Just wait till I get my hands on my manager!”
memo
1st February 2014, 19:39
sc: seriously, daniel. what is your opinion about our renault engines?
dr: they will go down like pffffff….
Nick (@npf1)
1st February 2014, 20:18
My Ute’s got this much more displacement than the RB10.
bull mello (@bullmello)
1st February 2014, 20:38
Daniel Ricciardo: “Well, mine is this big. Almost as big as the one on the Caterham!”
Mackeine Loveine (@cocaine-mackeine)
1st February 2014, 20:52
DR : Hmmm… still shorter than the Toro Rosso´s nose……
David Sydenham (@)
1st February 2014, 21:10
“You see, what we really need… is a couple of beers.”
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
1st February 2014, 21:11
“My package is too big for the car”
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
1st February 2014, 21:16
Now this is a winner!
BlackJack (@danieljaksa)
1st February 2014, 21:13
All I said to Adrian was that the car seemed a bit off, and then he grabbed his clipboard and pencil and he stormed off back to Milton Keys. I guess he’s going back to his drawing board.
McLaren4eva (@mclaren4eva)
1st February 2014, 21:59
thats the gap needed for cooling that engine !
chorleyjim
1st February 2014, 22:29
DR: so I said to Adrian ‘ you need to leave this much space for the power unit’, but would he listen??
mike
1st February 2014, 22:58
Seb: “how do you remain so positive when the car seems so bad?”
Dan: “look at my eyes man, I just smoked a bad of weed THIS big!”
mike
1st February 2014, 22:59
*bag
sato113 (@sato113)
1st February 2014, 23:12
“It’s been a testing week”
Dave
2nd February 2014, 0:07
Daniel…………And then i grabbed her boobs.
Seb …………..OMG you did’nt, did you thats naughty.
LAK (@lak)
2nd February 2014, 0:28
Ricciardo: I can’t wait to spray that champagne bottle in my first podium!
Vettel thinking to himself: I’ll make sure that never happens.
LAK (@lak)
2nd February 2014, 0:32
Ricciardo: I can’t wait to spray that champagne bottle in my first podium!
Vettel thinking to himself: I’ll make sure that day never comes.
jimbob (@vuntoosree)
2nd February 2014, 4:01
DR: ‘yeah…what was with that ‘big balls’ comment you said on the Letterman show seb’? ?
Fernando
2nd February 2014, 5:03
So I was holding this watermelon…
Ricardo S (@ricosaurio)
2nd February 2014, 6:12
And so I was left with the two pineapples while the guy ran away with our helmets!
harry
2nd February 2014, 7:20
DR ” Adrian fitted everything in this much space ”
SV ” it worked for past four years “
Gazza
2nd February 2014, 8:40
I’ve got this VW 1600cc turbo engine that I use in my ” VW beach buggie” in my garage at home – it’s packaging is quite small. Should we talk to Adrain about it?
Tasimana
2nd February 2014, 10:42
“…with these hands, and with this heart, and with this mind, i can do anything!”
Tasimana
2nd February 2014, 10:45
DR: Mate these hands have been all over the real Kylie
SV: Can I smell them?
Noah (@lotus22)
2nd February 2014, 12:29
DR: So when I win the next 4 drivers championships, I want a donut this big!
Alex
2nd February 2014, 12:51
Nothing demonstrates more perfectly a conversation between an Italian and a german.
Greg-c
2nd February 2014, 13:21
So Mark gets to drive a really cool Porsche and I’m stuck here with a set of big blue balls !!!!!
senna007 (@senna007)
2nd February 2014, 13:49
DR “I think we should nickname this years car your mum, because its heavy, ugly and sparks keep flying between us”
the_sigman (@sigman1998)
2nd February 2014, 17:51
Ricciardo: Seb, you might need to learn some new things this season. For example, when you do the finger, it might show the amount of the laps you completed.
Igor Brezovic (@breza)
2nd February 2014, 18:45
“I saw Kimi under the shower, he had…”
MarkM
2nd February 2014, 23:33
DR: I thought you said red bull had wings!
MarkM
2nd February 2014, 23:36
DR: I pet the bull like you said, didn’t do s&@!
Johnno
3rd February 2014, 0:09
We may as well pick up that Renault power unit and throw it straight in the bin mate.
Chris Edmondson
3rd February 2014, 0:47
Look, Webber told you he’d send another Aussie! I’ll beat you by THIS much!
Peter Armstrong (@wheel-rut)
3rd February 2014, 2:17
Every time I go home Mama makes me a bowl of pasta this big. Now Adrian says I can’t eat or I won’t fit in the car.
rb
3rd February 2014, 7:11
So… Mercedes tell me the engine and the battery are meant to connect like so. Not the other way around! Who knew?!!
Zeke
3rd February 2014, 8:02
DR. Now pay attention Seb ,It takes this many fingers to count to Multi 21 OK.
jason Norwood
3rd February 2014, 8:32
DR: “Mark asked if I could just do this kung fu move on you, he would be very greatful!!”
Daniel Brennan (@dannyisf1)
3rd February 2014, 14:17
DR: This is what happened when i tried to do a donut in this year’s cars!
Dan Rooke (@geekzilla9000)
3rd February 2014, 14:40
I saw Fernando’s eyebrow climb down from his face and chase me. It was *this* big!
Bul Bulifant
4th February 2014, 4:40
DR: “Honestly Seb I didn’t notice the car had a #1 on it when I jumped in.”
SV: “Do not do zat again Ricciardo!”
David Nelson (@nosferatubites)
4th February 2014, 9:22
Cor!!! Too right mate!!! I love a tightly-packaged rear-end as well! Can’t wait to get me hands on it! What’s her name……….Randy Mandy or something???
moblet (@moblet)
5th February 2014, 7:32
“You like-a da pasta? I show you a how to cooka da pasta!”
Hemz Shaw
5th February 2014, 16:02
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing and Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing talking about adding huge headlights on the car to show them light at the end of the tunnel.
tommy
6th February 2014, 13:00
Webber said he is gonna kick you so hard, your nuts will be this big!
jon jordan
7th February 2014, 6:57
“Just like that……..
Arthur Baker
8th February 2014, 17:36
Im telling you the fish was this big!