Formula One is finally heading back to Mexico, which hasn’t held a round of the world championship since 1992.
F1 teams have visited there since then, however, such as when Renault took Nelson Piquet Jnr and Giancarlo Fisichella there in 2007, resulting in this caption-worthy picture.
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Image © Renault/LAT
Alberto Alcobé
2nd August 2014, 13:48
I think this is not my helmet…
Djangles LeVaughn (@royal-spark)
2nd August 2014, 13:50
“We’re totally not cringING.”
Abuelo Paul (@abuello-paul)
2nd August 2014, 13:55
Grrrrrrr ING go… who’s bright idea was this?
Corrado (@)
2nd August 2014, 13:58
+1 ! Ahahahaaaaaaa
Traverse
2nd August 2014, 14:06
Alonso launches his new pasta sauce range entitled: ‘Crashy crashy in wall help me win race reggae-reggae sombrero sauce’.
Traverse
2nd August 2014, 14:15
Lol, just realised that is not Alonso. I need glasses!!
Sam Fraser (@samf94)
2nd August 2014, 14:08
Alonso wins as Piquet parks on track, causing safety car
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
2nd August 2014, 14:09
Nelson: “In six years time, they won’t need me to be crashING – as they’ll have F1’s very own bulldozer” Fernando: “Grosjean or Maldonado?” Nelson: “BOTH” Fernando: “Impossible”
graham228221 (@graham228221)
2nd August 2014, 14:11
I told you we should have brought the chihuahua, Giancarlo, now we’ll never blend in.
Adam Blocker (@blockwall2)
2nd August 2014, 14:11
Piquet Jr to team: I need a few bean burritos
Team to Piquet Jr: Only if you crash first
Little_M_Lo (@pezlo2013)
2nd August 2014, 14:12
Fisi: Hurry up guys! I wanna go to India!
Robbie (@robbie)
2nd August 2014, 14:14
This picture foreshadows Crashgate. NPJr is near a spoiler, and willing to wear different hats for the team.
Anders (@theders90)
2nd August 2014, 20:10
well-played!
Chris (@tophercheese21)
2nd August 2014, 14:15
Fisichella: “Don’t worry Nelson. Singapore was Nacho fault.”
Nick (@npf1)
2nd August 2014, 14:20
Nelson: “I don’t want to taco bout it.”
Prof Kirk (@prof-kirk)
2nd August 2014, 23:50
FIA: “I see this upsets you Nelson, Lettuce discuss this further”
Cole Pfeiffer
3rd August 2014, 1:10
Nelson: My wife… cheese still not over it.
MattyPF1 (@mattypf1)
3rd August 2014, 4:54
Fisichella: I’m sure she’ll get over it by tomato
Magnificent Geoffrey (@magnificent-geoffrey)
2nd August 2014, 14:17
Having seen news reports about the dangers of Mexico’s notorious drug cartels, Nelson made sure that his helmet was placed in a strategic position…
Little_M_Lo (@pezlo2013)
2nd August 2014, 14:24
Winner
Traverse
2nd August 2014, 14:18
Fisichella launches his new range of Mexican soft drink entitled: Fisi-Cola
ShoponF (@shoponf)
2nd August 2014, 14:22
‘This vehicle is protected by two camouflaged amigos’.
Robbie (@robbie)
2nd August 2014, 14:24
Ah, the Mexicans…can’t pave worth a darn, but boy will they have the best trophy on the circuit.
Kevin Nguyen (@knwho)
3rd August 2014, 7:28
Nelson: Let’s see Hamilton complain about this trophy.
Sincerely,
A TeamLH supporter.
ShoponF (@shoponf)
2nd August 2014, 14:27
Or,
‘WARNING: This vehicle is protected by two camouflaged amigos’.
Osvaldas31 (@osvaldas31)
2nd August 2014, 14:29
Nelson Piquet Jr.: “Hope Mexico track has some tough walls.”
InSilico_ (@insilico)
2nd August 2014, 14:40
Nelson Piquet Jr: I thought the whole point in this trip was for me to practice my crashing?
Leonardo A. de Souza (@leonardo-antunes)
2nd August 2014, 14:53
Piquet Jr: “No way i’m going to do something as stupid as this again in the future.”
Fisichella: “Are you sure?”
Piquet Jr: “Positive, i rather crash and burn”
Craig Woollard (@craig-o)
2nd August 2014, 14:54
Nelson: I hope we won’t have to wear these on the podium…
Giancarlo: I very highly doubt you’ll be gettING there…
mantresx (@mantresx)
2nd August 2014, 16:31
Ha, imagine if Pirelli did actually give sombreros on the podium like the cowboy hats in Texas, that would be cool.
MattyPF1 (@mattypf1)
2nd August 2014, 15:09
NPJr: Didn’t Mr Briatore tell us there was going to be a big crowd today??
GF: Nah, Flavio told us the Mexicans only like Formula 1 cars that aren’t damaged
MattyPF1 (@mattypf1)
2nd August 2014, 15:09
Are* not aren’t. Autocorrect
hzh (@hzh00)
2nd August 2014, 15:57
Force Mexico
(the car looks like a Force India)
D Winn
2nd August 2014, 16:07
NP: That kerb behind us looks too high
GF: Yes and was it Bernies idea to to put rumble strips on the circuit ?
Alfie (@alfie)
2nd August 2014, 16:53
The Renault drivers show off their new helmets.
Neil (@neilosjames)
2nd August 2014, 17:41
Nelson’s audition for The Full Monty 2 didn’t go down well.
Daniel Brennan (@dannyisf1)
2nd August 2014, 17:47
Fisi: “You see the pavement? Made out of concrete. It can end your career if you crash into it on the track.”
Maxx Silver
2nd August 2014, 17:47
Nelson – “These new helmets are not going to help the aerodynamics… I could crash!”
Ben #TEAMLH44 (@flyersf1)
2nd August 2014, 17:55
¡Hola amigos! Do you Juan to play rrrrough!!
Ben #TEAMLH44 (@flyersf1)
2nd August 2014, 17:56
Maybe if we wear these hats we will blend in and all the homeless in Mexico City and TCO’s won’t rob us and hold us for ransom
drrapg (@drrapg)
4th August 2014, 16:35
your comment is full of ignorance and racism. but above all, it is not funny
StephenH
2nd August 2014, 18:02
Piquet: “How many days to we have to spend doing this ??” Fisi: “Just the Juan ….”
Iestyn Davies (@fastiesty)
2nd August 2014, 18:30
Bernie: “So, we could run the track through here.. a cobbled section.. and the drivers could wear sombreros…”
or
Bernie says ‘wear a sombrero’ :P
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
2nd August 2014, 18:32
Renault’s visit to Mexico to try out a new racing helmet design turned out to be a waste of time.
JackySteeg (@jackysteeg)
2nd August 2014, 18:33
“Just grin and bear it, Nelson. You’ll be lucky if this is the worst thing Flavio tells you to do.”
schooner (@schooner)
3rd August 2014, 0:00
Nice!
Uzair Syed (@ultimateuzair)
2nd August 2014, 18:38
Bernie says ”Think before you wear sombreros”
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
2nd August 2014, 20:22
Not bad hahaha!
Paul (@frankjaeger)
2nd August 2014, 19:08
“Can’t believe they made us wear these hats, how humiliating. They didn’t even let me use my own”
Chris Lawson
2nd August 2014, 19:17
“Giancarlo, Nelson – Arriba! Arriba! Andale! Andale!”
John H (@john-h)
2nd August 2014, 19:19
Mexican hat function
(geek joke)
McKenzie (@mckenzie)
2nd August 2014, 19:22
Nobody had the nerve to tell Vijay that pizzas are Italian, not Mexican.
Bleu (@bleu)
2nd August 2014, 20:08
Nelson: If we had a street race here, Alonso wouldn’t win even if I crashed!
David Not Coulthard (@davidnotcoulthard)
2nd August 2014, 20:09
Cheers to Mexico’s, cough, cough,Flavio’s return to F1!
Anders (@theders90)
2nd August 2014, 20:13
wearing those sombreros was only the second worst team order in Renault history
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
2nd August 2014, 20:28
:)
Chris Lawson (@chrislawson)
2nd August 2014, 20:45
Arriba! Arriba! Andale! Andale!”
suffolk (@suffolk)
2nd August 2014, 21:17
Use of statue vital in Renaults attempt at record for longest running Mexican wave.
Biskit Boy (@sean-p-newmanlive-co-uk)
2nd August 2014, 22:03
We’ve covered the car in aero devices… now the drivers heads!
Biskit Boy (@sean-p-newmanlive-co-uk)
2nd August 2014, 22:09
We wanted to display the car by Nelson’s Column originally. Be he said his wasn’t as impressive as this one.
AMR (@aiera-music)
2nd August 2014, 23:34
“These hats feel like a really dull afterthought…”
“You mean like the ING livery?”
Paul (@frankjaeger)
2nd August 2014, 23:37
This is so humiliating, they made us wear THESE sombreros! We look like fools…Who do they think we are? Speedy Gonzales?!
My sombrero would have been much better.
Keith Campbell (@keithedin)
3rd August 2014, 12:23
Nelson Piquet Jnr: “Call me Speedy Gonzales!”
Giancarlo Fisichella: “Nope, just Gonzales.”
Zain Siddiqui (@powerslidepowerslide)
3rd August 2014, 0:01
In hopes of improving “the spectacle” of Formula One, the FIA has approved several sombreros as suitable substitutes for the infinitely more effective and safe carbon fiber helmets used currently.
dragoll (@dragoll)
3rd August 2014, 0:24
Flavio without a job, reunites the 2007 Renault team for a world wide tour. Their quest, to take the best travel photos wherever they go, with work as good as this, Flav convinces Bernie that the working group to spice up F1 is a bad idea.
Prof Kirk (@prof-kirk)
3rd August 2014, 0:49
Fisichella: “That trophy behind us is a little too big to fit into Alonso’s suitcase!”
Nelson: “Flavio told me a fun fact, that if A fully fuelled Formula one car hits it on lap 13, it will shatter into conveniently sized pieces to take home”
schooner (@schooner)
3rd August 2014, 0:54
Piquet and Fisichella were less than thrilled with having to man Renault’s remote display area at the Mexico City Auto Show.
Aditya (@adityafakhri)
3rd August 2014, 1:12
Two Mexican driver are welcoming F1 back. The sombrero says it all.
Suvan Naidu (@serv)
3rd August 2014, 2:21
Flavio’s driver selection for Crashgate started with a strange “Who faints first” contest
Little_M_Lo (@pezlo2013)
3rd August 2014, 2:24
Watch out Nelson! The golden angel isn’t in a good mood…
ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana)
3rd August 2014, 2:28
Los Pollos Hermanos confirm to be Mexican GP main sponsor.
Chapor (@chapor)
3rd August 2014, 6:32
Renault soon realized they had taken the search of more downforce a bit to far. FIA declares new helmet design as a movable aerodynamic device and therefore illegal.
Hairs (@hairs)
3rd August 2014, 9:41
“Why are we wearing these ridiculous, irrelevant hats which border on an insensitive, tasteless stereotype of the people we’re trying to attract to the race?”
“Some fat headed old billionaire thinks it’s a good idea.”
Andy (@turbof1)
3rd August 2014, 11:07
FisichellaWe probably aren’t goi to drive here, so no winning here
Piquet:No, but the car feels like we run on these cobble stones everywhere, so we aren’t going to win anywhere
blair daggett
3rd August 2014, 12:06
Fisichella: “Flav said there would be pizza!”
Nelson “He asked me to “fix it!”
richard
3rd August 2014, 13:12
Renault were really beginning to regret taking on Old El Paso as their main sponsor…
ShoponF (@shoponf)
3rd August 2014, 13:55
Piquet: Do you think, our fans are thinking we’re Mexican elfs.
Fisichella: Ha, ha…no they think we’re hiding our elfING ears.
Malcolm (@oldboy)
3rd August 2014, 16:36
“We look a right pair of helmets in these”
cjpdk (@cjpdk)
3rd August 2014, 17:31
Carlos Slim Helu: “The great thing about the Mexican GP is that all these silly stereotypes about Mexico will be put to rest.”
Rocon
3rd August 2014, 17:58
We have our own wings, Red Bull.
2face
3rd August 2014, 20:34
In other news: FIA has finally given up on the idea of using standing restarts in order to improve the show. Instead all drivers must wear sombreros.
greg-c (@greg-c)
3rd August 2014, 22:23
Cool trophy huh!
Pink Peril
3rd August 2014, 23:42
Fisi and Nelsinho attempt to smooth the waters after the furore over Richard Hammond’s Mexican comments.
BaBillBa
4th August 2014, 1:43
“La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha, I think I’ll drive into a wall…”
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
4th August 2014, 5:41
Bernie says: “Think before you bribe.”
Catered Ham
4th August 2014, 7:40
Hola. i am Juan Carlo Fisichella and this is mi amigo “Choque” Barrera Picante.
Giovanni (@grosanov)
4th August 2014, 20:08
Helmets??? We don’t need no stinking helmets…
scss (@scss)
4th August 2014, 21:42
Badges? We don’t need no stinkING badges!
Michael Harris
6th August 2014, 7:36
The launch was supposed to be at Nelson’s Column but Giancarlo thought that a sombrero would give better protection against the pigeons than a knotted handkerchief.
Michael Harris
6th August 2014, 7:48
Giancarlo and Nelson demonstrate their new aero efficient helmets before the FIA declare them an illegal means of gaining extra downforce.
IceBlue (@iceblue)
6th August 2014, 18:58
Renault unveils their radical dual fuel car that via a fitting in the driver’s seat allows for several seconds of boost depending on how much Mexican food the driver consumed before the race.