Force India driver Sergio Perez tried his hand at one of India’s favourite sport’s – cricket – during the Australian Grand Prix weekend.
Can you think of a funny caption for this picture? Make your suggestions in the comments and a selection of the best will appear in a future edition of the F1 Fanatic Round-up.
Caption Competition
- Caption Competition 216: Red Bull recoil
- Caption Competition 215: Pinch me, Carlos
- Caption Competition 214: You Musk be joking
- Caption Competition 213: Paddling Pierre
- Caption Competition 212: Marko my words
Browse all Caption Competitions
AMR (@aiera-music)
4th April 2015, 11:55
“It feels all plastic and tacky – just like the new Autodromo!”
Mach1 (@mach1)
4th April 2015, 11:57
Perez tests Bernies new concept of determining grid positions in an effort to attract the Indian GP back to F1
Osvaldas31 (@osvaldas31)
4th April 2015, 12:00
“I’ll beat you, Pastor!”
verstappen (@verstappen)
4th April 2015, 12:01
Perez: “This must work, I’m good at hitting things”
Vishal Trivedi (@nomadindian)
4th April 2015, 15:26
+1…
Mach1 (@mach1)
4th April 2015, 12:02
“Cricket alrady has DRS??!? Where is the button to activate it?!?!”
Philip (@philipgb)
4th April 2015, 12:02
Ron Dennis’s face, Ron Dennis’s face, Ron Dennis’s face, Ron Dennis’s face, RON DENNIS’S FAAAACE!
hzh (@hzh00)
4th April 2015, 12:07
Referee: stop!!! It’s a penalty.
Lotus49 (@lotus49)
4th April 2015, 12:11
Of course I know what it is. It’s called creeket. I’ve seen it on Sky.
Warner (@warner16)
4th April 2015, 12:11
“I could become the first Mexican to make a century for England!” – Perez.
dam00r (@dam00r)
4th April 2015, 12:13
“This years car is not as straight forward as cricket is”
Neel Jani (@neelv27)
4th April 2015, 12:13
Sergio Perez auditioning for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the hope that Vijay Mallya doesn’t run out of money like his Formula 1 team!
par
5th April 2015, 18:13
Are you a real neel jani?
evered7 (@evered7)
4th April 2015, 12:13
He ‘drove’ it straight into the hands of the bowler and is ‘out’ of the game (race).
dam00r (@dam00r)
4th April 2015, 12:15
“How do I increase the downforce?”
RV (@zenren)
4th April 2015, 12:20
Boss has promised that he’ll move me to his Indian Premier League team once Force India goes bust if I learn to play.
naz3012 (@naz3012)
4th April 2015, 12:21
“This lad said he could drive…”
synapseza (@synapseza)
4th April 2015, 12:34
Win!
Vishal Trivedi (@nomadindian)
4th April 2015, 15:25
+1…
Fixy (@)
4th April 2015, 12:23
“Come on Checo, hit the ball harder! Just pretend it’s a Manor.”
OmarR-Pepper - Vettel 40 victories!!! (@)
4th April 2015, 12:23
This isn’t as fun as ending somebody’s race.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
4th April 2015, 12:25
“Subing for Pietersen”
Little_M_Lo (@pezlo2013)
4th April 2015, 12:38
Perez: I’m a Good Driver on and off the track.
Wheel Nut (@wheel-nut)
4th April 2015, 12:44
Surely it’s not cricket without some Grid girls …..
David
4th April 2015, 12:47
Guy on left: “I’m not looking at the ball, I’m looking at would fit perfectly between my hands!”
Kishan Pujara (@pujarakishan)
4th April 2015, 12:55
Checo : I didn’t I was mediocre at Cricket too just like F1.
Ricky Johnson (@bamboo)
4th April 2015, 13:33
Both seem to rely on DRS……
Robbie (@robbie)
4th April 2015, 13:02
It took Sergio being in Australia to finally understand the cricket swing is down under.
Robbie (@robbie)
4th April 2015, 13:07
Proof that Sergio is on a path to a whole different career.
Robbie (@robbie)
4th April 2015, 13:12
Sergio: ‘Forget Horner. I’m way more hypocricketal than him.’
Illusive (@illusive)
4th April 2015, 13:15
A Mexican showing Englishmen how to play ‘CRICKET’.
sumedh
4th April 2015, 13:26
“The driveability is very poor”
Ricky Johnson (@bamboo)
4th April 2015, 13:32
What is it with these sports and DRS?!?
BlackJack (@danieljaksa)
4th April 2015, 13:54
Wow! Thith cwicket ith harder than it lookth! No wonder Thatchin Tendulkar ith held in higher regard than me around the World!
Castwand2 (@castwand2)
4th April 2015, 13:55
Lets hope your batting skills are better than your drving skills
Catered Ham
4th April 2015, 13:56
Why does Checo drive for Force India? Because Tendulkar taught him to ‘drive’…
cjpdk (@cjpdk)
4th April 2015, 13:58
“Perez considers life after F1”
Colossal Squid (@colossal-squid)
4th April 2015, 14:13
Perez brings a new meaning to the term ‘flappy paddle’
Tom L. (@tom-l)
4th April 2015, 14:15
“I’ve got a better chance of scoring 6 with this than in my car…”
ColdFly F1 (@)
5th April 2015, 0:18
good one
Chris Oest
4th April 2015, 14:51
Perez demonstrates the FIA’s new test for front wing deflection.
MattyPF1 (@mattypf1)
4th April 2015, 15:07
I call that ball the Adrian Sutil, cause I just smashed it!
MattyPF1 (@mattypf1)
4th April 2015, 15:12
“I knew I can hit balls just as good as I can hit cars!”
Brian Frank (@brianfrank302)
4th April 2015, 15:24
Sergio Perez trying to ‘smash’ a boundary
Fsoud (@udm7)
4th April 2015, 15:27
“An amazing drive by Sergio..”
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
4th April 2015, 16:38
:-)
Jonathan (@jonny705)
4th April 2015, 15:29
“Get me in the India team and I might get to do a test!”
bpacman (@bpacman)
4th April 2015, 15:57
This was one Test Force India weren’t going to miss
bpacman (@bpacman)
4th April 2015, 16:00
Alternatively…
Perez: “When you told me we had another pre-season Test lined up, this wasn’t what I had in mind”
Colossal Squid (@colossal-squid)
4th April 2015, 17:05
Haha brilliant!
ColdFly F1 (@)
5th April 2015, 0:19
great – forget about the first one.
Graham (@guitargraham)
4th April 2015, 16:13
thats a better drive than any i managed last season
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
4th April 2015, 16:35
:-)
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
4th April 2015, 16:35
Hit it hard, like you did with that Louts car!
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
4th April 2015, 16:35
Lotus
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
4th April 2015, 16:41
Alternatively,
“Hit it hard and it will spin just like that Lotus car”
ColdFly F1 (@)
5th April 2015, 0:27
@spoutnik, just stick to 1.
Otherwise we can get infinite monkeys with typewriters come up with something.
Arthur (@eriko)
4th April 2015, 17:06
Perez later took to the media to explain that he didn’t hit the ball; it just came into his driving line.
Brandon (@brandonrc)
4th April 2015, 17:13
Checo, be careful, we need this run! (Malaysia 2012)
Bob (@bobthefrog)
4th April 2015, 17:26
Wonder if we can have their prize money too?
ColdFly F1 (@)
5th April 2015, 0:27
good one.
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
4th April 2015, 18:02
Look when I make enchilada of this ball
Craig
4th April 2015, 18:04
I think he might have swung too early
ColdFly F1 (@)
6th April 2015, 1:07
How can you tell from the photo which direction the ball is going.
Sonics (@sonicslv)
4th April 2015, 18:06
“At least I wont get random penalty in cricket”
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
4th April 2015, 18:29
For sure, it’s safe to say I’ve beaten McLaren today
Peppermint-Lemon (@)
4th April 2015, 19:05
This bat could be a good way of keeping McLaren and Manor racing behind us!!
ColdFly F1 (@)
6th April 2015, 1:11
If you look at the bat, it looks a bit like RBR’s nose cone of last year!
ColdFly F1 (@)
6th April 2015, 1:12
yellow and the anteater bit is the handle/grip!
Steve Rogers (@yossarian)
4th April 2015, 19:32
“So I’m supposed to drive it outside the white boundary lines? “
Lewisham Milton
4th April 2015, 20:49
“OK Checo, we’re gonna send the ball in a second. Ready?”
Michael
4th April 2015, 20:55
“First time doing this, already better than England. Win.”
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
4th April 2015, 20:57
Wicket keeper: “Well, he’s good enough to play for England.”
First slip: “Yeah. Think you can find an English granny for him?”
Michael (@mhonners)
4th April 2015, 22:21
Sergio thought he’d try a sport where you had less restriction on what helmets looked like
greg-c (@greg-c)
4th April 2015, 23:02
The ball is still coming and Checo has finished his stroke !
ColdFly F1 (@)
6th April 2015, 1:09
It looks a bit like that, but no idea why – it is a still in the end (and no trailing lines).
Maybe it is because the catcher still has his hands in ‘catching mode’.
Although it seems he is standing up again (after the strike).
ColdFly F1 (@)
6th April 2015, 1:14
Probably should call the catcher ‘Wicket keeper’
but then again ‘Cricket is like Baseball on valium’.
.
just.daz (@nemo87)
4th April 2015, 23:55
Feel the force.. India
ivz (@ivz)
4th April 2015, 23:56
Perez tries out for the English cricket team.
ColdFly F1 (@)
5th April 2015, 0:30
It was already spinning before I hit!
ColdFly F1 (@)
5th April 2015, 3:53
*It was already spinning before I hit it!
Mahesh (@m47e57)
5th April 2015, 9:54
Funny😊
David Bretz (@cynical)
5th April 2015, 0:43
It was a good drive but unfortunately I hit Jenson in the side.
Daniel (@mechanicalgrip22)
5th April 2015, 1:37
At least this will get me some points!
Simon (@s162000)
5th April 2015, 6:39
McLaren try to improve their chances by distracting some of the other drivers just before the race…
ganesh
5th April 2015, 7:28
Hit & run, I love Cricket…
Alex Brown (@splittimes)
5th April 2015, 10:19
“So, when does the adrenalin kick in?”
maxx silver
5th April 2015, 10:26
“I never seem to be given the best equipment”
John H (@john-h)
5th April 2015, 12:26
“So is that 3 points or 4?”
David Longman
5th April 2015, 12:36
The England cricket team suffered yet another defeat in the World Cup series, this time to Mexico. Sergio “Checo” Perez eventually scored a single, the only run of the game, enough to clinch the win for the Mexicans.
Joni (@theflyingfinns)
5th April 2015, 12:43
Sergio Perez wants to be more than a one-hit wonder
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
5th April 2015, 13:45
Winner!
McF1 (@mccosmic)
5th April 2015, 14:18
Man in blue says: “I thought you said we’d be playing against the full force of India?”
Man in green says: “Okay so Hulkenberg isn’t here. What’s the big deal?”
Bruno (@brunes)
5th April 2015, 14:52
Checo – “I’d like to play this cricket thing, but Telmex said I already have enough toys”
Bruno (@brunes)
5th April 2015, 14:54
That guy in blue though…
he’s got the FHRIP look
Apexor
5th April 2015, 16:30
SP: will this ball end up in the water?
Apexor
5th April 2015, 16:33
NH is trying to catch the ball behind the camera to save the ball. It is the only ball available in Force India due to tight budget and there won’t be cricket game any more for the team.
Apexor
5th April 2015, 16:34
If it goes into the water.
Kishan Pujara (@pujarakishan)
5th April 2015, 16:37
Checo gets a great idea of hitting cars around him with cricket balls so it wouldn’t damage his own car .
hzh (@hzh00)
5th April 2015, 17:24
Floating palm tree is not amused.
hzh (@hzh00)
5th April 2015, 17:28
Force India F1 car has very little grip that Perez ended up drifting so much out of the track until he reached the nearby cricket field.
MrGuy037 (@mrguy037)
5th April 2015, 18:22
Sergio responds to criticism about supposedly being able to hear crickets call over a current F1 race.
Tomas Andersson (@celebmir)
6th April 2015, 3:40
“So to be able to score both need to run? Even less chance for Manor”
Tomas Andersson (@celebmir)
6th April 2015, 3:48
He connects! To bad he hits his teammate and gets run out.
Tomas Andersson (@celebmir)
6th April 2015, 6:17
It should have been – He connects! To bad he collid with his teammate and gets run out.
mike-e (@mike-e)
6th April 2015, 13:55
Perez working on making contact, before he knocks Grojean for six in Malaysia
PFL
7th April 2015, 9:38
Sergio Perez demonstrates just how easy it is to get a higher top speed than his VJM08 can.
Placid (@placid)
7th April 2015, 22:20
WHACK!!!!
(BOP!!!)
Bernie in the background: OOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!
Sergio: AY DIOS MIO!!!!! I BETTER RUN!!!!