Bernie Ecclestone has some directions for ex-F1 driver turned race steward Derek Warwick during the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend.
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PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
9th April 2016, 12:04
When asked Bernie again pointed out somebody different to blame for the poor state F1 is in.
malc1110 (@malc1110)
9th April 2016, 14:49
I like this one.
myxtiom (@myxtiom)
9th April 2016, 21:07
+1
Ian Stephens (@ians)
9th April 2016, 21:35
Actually you may be right. I gather he is now blaming Max Mosely for the current rules.
JackySteeg (@jackysteeg)
9th April 2016, 12:05
“You’re not allowed to talk. Get back in the pen with the other drivers.”
Red Lebanese (@redlebanese)
12th April 2016, 2:34
Perfect
Lopek (@lopek)
9th April 2016, 12:12
“It was them, they’re the people who bullied me into accepting 2015 qualifying again”
Christos (@christosts)
9th April 2016, 13:10
Good one
Black n Blue
9th April 2016, 14:07
Oh, the irony!
Marti rault
9th April 2016, 12:12
Look an empty race track !
Mashiat (@mashiat)
9th April 2016, 12:13
Go and tell the media how amazing elimination qualifying is.
HK (@me4me)
9th April 2016, 12:15
“So lets rehearse this: If anything significant is about to happen while you’re in Race-Control, point to any random point on the sealing away from the monitors and shout LOOK!”
Mashiat (@mashiat)
9th April 2016, 12:15
There is Valterri Bottas over there. Now go tell him to divebomb Lewis into the first corner and spin him around to make the championship more interesting!
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
9th April 2016, 12:20
I’ve made up my mind. F1 is definitely going in that direction.
malc1110 (@malc1110)
9th April 2016, 14:50
…..said Bernie, pointing down the drain.
Steven
9th April 2016, 12:28
Derek, go over there and see if you can find something that isn’t broken so we can fix it.
F1Sidewinda (@f1sidewinda)
9th April 2016, 12:28
“And if you look, all the way over there. See? All the way over there? That’s where all the fans are going. It’s quite far actually!”
Phil-F1-21
9th April 2016, 19:21
Like this :-)
Carlos S.
9th April 2016, 12:28
Look Derek there’s Max, you can still penalize him the final 4 points before May!
Biggsy
9th April 2016, 12:30
– We the drivers would like to make our voices heard.
– That’s great. Go check if I’m not there.
Rahman (@arahman93)
9th April 2016, 12:36
One minute the qualifying format went this way, and then next it went that way
Neel Jani (@neelv27)
9th April 2016, 12:40
Berni, “I hate democracy! Heil Hitler!”
Jon legg
9th April 2016, 13:25
Godwin’s law!
Thecollaroyboys (@thecollaroyboys)
10th April 2016, 0:09
Lol. I was debating whether to add “you’re using the wrong arm bernie” but I thought better of it. Oh crud!
Bri
9th April 2016, 12:42
Right Warwick off to the naughty step
Selbbin (@selbbin)
9th April 2016, 12:42
Look, someone bought a ticket.
andae23 (@andae23)
9th April 2016, 12:49
“We need to change the regulations again, there are still people in the grandstands.”
Robbie (@robbie)
9th April 2016, 12:58
Lol
malc1110 (@malc1110)
9th April 2016, 14:53
This is so spot on it almost hurts.
AMR (@aiera-music)
9th April 2016, 23:21
Best one so far!
DaveD (@daved)
10th April 2016, 2:02
@andae23
Yeah, I’m not sure if I want to laugh or cry about that one. It’s too close to the truth. :(
schooner (@schooner)
9th April 2016, 12:52
“We’ll be putting the windmill right over there … just past the clown’s mouth”.
DaveD (@daved)
9th April 2016, 15:48
Wonderful!
Billy Scott
9th April 2016, 12:58
“If we have half the field drive this way, and the other half drive that way…it will really ‘spice up’ the show!”
MOG
9th April 2016, 13:02
And that hill there, that’s where Mercedes and Ferrari SHOULD be starting from….
Black n Blue
9th April 2016, 14:14
+1
chad
9th April 2016, 13:06
Ooh! There’s something we can $%@* with!
malc1110 (@malc1110)
9th April 2016, 14:55
Very good. This caption is producing some of the wittiest comments.
reh1v2.0 (@reh1v2-0)
10th April 2016, 19:55
Great!
Robbie (@robbie)
9th April 2016, 13:09
As usual with BE, it’s what he’s doing with the hand we can’t see, that is the concern.
FireFox65
9th April 2016, 13:11
Bernie spots a Stayin’ Alive flash mob in the distance and decides that he must join in. Derek is not impressed.
Andy (@andybantam)
9th April 2016, 13:12
Bernie breaks into his rendition of Travolta’s Saturday Night Fever as he gets news of another installment of dividends from TV revenue hitting his bank account.
malc1110 (@malc1110)
9th April 2016, 15:56
…and, using the main tune, he sings:-
Well now, when F1 gets low I cosy up to Sky,
And I make loads of dosh, I really try.
Got the wings of Sky upon my shoes
I’m a pay TV man and I just can’t lose.
You know I’m all right and I’m OK.
I’ll live to see another day.
I don’t care if you can’t understand
it only matters that I make a few more grand.
Whether you’re a driver or whether you’re viewer,
Bernies stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.
Though poor F1s breakin’ and everybodys shakin’,
Bernies making money and I’m stayin’ alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, makin’ money, stayin’ alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive.
Park
9th April 2016, 13:13
This idiot, Alex Wurz, you must penalize him for me!
Andy (@andybantam)
9th April 2016, 13:21
Bernie’s tries the ET method to heal F1’s problems.
NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
9th April 2016, 13:21
See that white smoke? They signed a letter now their cars failed in Bahrain GP. That is how I steward the drivers..
Jules Winfield (@jules-winfield)
9th April 2016, 13:22
When challenged, Bernie Ecclestone denied doing a Nazi salute, claiming he was only pointing out how tall Jean Todt is.
Andy (@andybantam)
9th April 2016, 13:27
“Hey Derek, pull my finger”
James Brickles (@brickles)
9th April 2016, 13:32
“So Panama is over there?”
malc1110 (@malc1110)
9th April 2016, 15:01
Clever!
myxtiom (@myxtiom)
9th April 2016, 21:05
+1
Andy (@andybantam)
9th April 2016, 13:34
Bernie’s latest attempt to divert attention from F1’s governance problems came in the form of a really rubbish mime of The Creation of Adam from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Drg
9th April 2016, 13:41
‘See! I told you the sodding drivers won’t pay for a meal’
Andy (@andybantam)
9th April 2016, 13:42
Ok, last one.
Bernie tries the “look over there” trick as dodges questions from Derek Warwick.
Mark Visser
9th April 2016, 13:49
“Can you move the drivers cage over to that corner before the race weekend? They’ve been getting a bit unruly lately.”
AlexanderF1
9th April 2016, 13:56
“To the Troll-mobile”
WheelToWheel (@lolzerbob)
9th April 2016, 13:58
“Derek, there’s a Manor in the points. Go give it a penalty!”
Biggsy
9th April 2016, 14:12
Hahahah
malc1110 (@malc1110)
9th April 2016, 14:57
Hahahah +1
andrew
10th April 2016, 13:58
Winner!
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
10th April 2016, 20:36
“Derek, Haryanto’s leading Driver of the Day. Disqualify him”
SaturnVF1 (@doublestuffpenguin)
9th April 2016, 14:04
“No no, Bernie. We’re not going that way anymore.”
Corey (@dragon86)
9th April 2016, 14:08
“Just in case, I have a getaway car stationed there.
Black n Blue
9th April 2016, 14:12
“Watch me Derek, in 90 seconds I’ll eliminate the lot of them!”
Phil-F1-21
9th April 2016, 19:24
+1
Illusive (@illusive)
9th April 2016, 14:13
Bernie: That’s where we’ll bury F1.
ColdFly F1 (@)
9th April 2016, 14:14
Bernie pointed at the culprit of the quali debacle; four fingers had it right!
Thecollaroyboys (@thecollaroyboys)
10th April 2016, 0:12
Gold!
us-brian (@us-brian)
9th April 2016, 14:27
Warwick: “What in the world is he up to now”
Steve Rogers (@yossarian)
9th April 2016, 14:34
Warwick: “Do you even know where Azerbaijan is?”
malc1110 (@malc1110)
9th April 2016, 14:35
There is just one thing to understand Warwick, if you don’t give decisions in favour of Ferrari, every single time, the way out is over there.
Eric (@fletch)
9th April 2016, 14:35
“Hey Derek, where did all the cars go?”
Drg
9th April 2016, 14:51
Bernie
‘See I told you they never pay for a meal!’
‘I am going to screw around with qualy until someone steps up and pays. I don’t care if they drive the cars, I deserve some respect and I want that Button guy who signed that letter to start over there in Russia. How many penalties do we need?’
Brakius (@brakius)
9th April 2016, 15:08
Not only would we have banana peels and turtle shells, in that corner we’ll have the Monty Moles.
S.J.M (@sjm)
9th April 2016, 15:20
Derek, when the fans tell me “where I can put my great ideas for F1″…. do you think its over there?
Bleu (@bleu)
9th April 2016, 15:27
“Last row of the grid is there. Try to find a way to punish the Mercs so we get more exciting race.”
hzh (@hzh00)
9th April 2016, 15:40
“To infinity, and beyond!”
hzh (@hzh00)
9th April 2016, 15:42
“Look, potential money is over there.”
mfreire
9th April 2016, 15:42
“Derek, you never won any races when you were driving for me at Brabham. Go and get in one of those cars, and be a backmarker, so you can trip up the Mercs and Ferraris.”
mfreire
9th April 2016, 16:08
*go and get in a car that isn’t a Ferrari or Merc, and make sure you trip those Ferraris and Mercs up.”
OGW (@ogw86)
9th April 2016, 16:03
Look Derek, over there you can see Saudi Arabia. A country with a questionable government and lots of wealthy people who have absolutely no connection to motorsport whatsoever. I know what you’re thinking, why aren’t we racing there yet?
mfreire
9th April 2016, 16:07
+1
Andy (@andybantam)
9th April 2016, 16:11
“Come, boy, see for yourself. From here, you will witness the final destruction of the Alliance and the end of your insignificant rebellion.”
johnny stick
9th April 2016, 16:18
I want to be buried over there… then when I die, you can take me home.
DavidNC
9th April 2016, 16:22
BE – So did you get that Derek? From now on, hang the piñatas over there and a qualy lap will only be valid if they hit one on the way past.
DW – Hit one with what?
BE – A big stick of course! I’ll let them borrow mine.
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
9th April 2016, 16:45
“Over there in Baghdad I want Tilke to design the Saddam Circuit”
claire Brettle
9th April 2016, 16:56
“LOOK!” All the fans are coming back now we’ve changed back to the 2015 qualifying”
reggie747
9th April 2016, 16:57
Look over there Derek, there’s some people smiling. Go and try and copy them.
David H
9th April 2016, 17:10
If you penalise Lewis……..
Thedonz
9th April 2016, 17:21
Bernie: those glasses are perfect for a blind man like you. look Hamilton is on pole again, drop him 5 places on the grid.
Derek: but he’s done nothing wrong!
Bernie: I don’t care, I want the grid order mixed up. But fine if you won’t help me, I’ll just go mess with his clutch again.
ColinChapman (@colinchapman)
9th April 2016, 17:29
Go stand over there with the others who aren’t allowed to talk.
Little_M_Lo (@pezlo2013)
9th April 2016, 17:30
Ecclestone: Look! One person likes my idea!
Warwick: That’s a mirror Bernie.
myxtiom (@myxtiom)
9th April 2016, 20:50
+1
Seppo (@helava)
9th April 2016, 17:30
Derek, they’re racing over there. Put a stop to it.
ForzaAlanRabbit (@jojobudgie)
9th April 2016, 17:49
Ugh.
Tyrotoxic (@tyrotoxic)
9th April 2016, 17:56
Those are the sprinklers I want!
David (@DavidNCant)
9th April 2016, 18:05
BE – So did you get that Derek? From now on, hang the piñatas over there and a qualy lap will only be valid if they hit one on the way past.
DW – Hit one with what?
BE – A big stick of course! I’ll let them borrow mine.
Daniel (@mechanicalgrip22)
9th April 2016, 18:19
STOP! Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see!
Robert
10th April 2016, 21:14
:0
Ant
9th April 2016, 18:22
“Look, Squirrel!”
Andy (@andybantam)
9th April 2016, 19:22
“Who are you, who can summon fire without flint or tinder?”
“There are some who call me… Bernie”
Phil-F1-21
9th April 2016, 19:28
“Look Derek. All those people in the stands. They’re only here for me you know. Not the b****y drivers!”
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
9th April 2016, 20:00
BE: I’m not happy with that Ferrari sign board, it doesn’t look quite right. Can you check it out?
sbewers (@sbewers)
9th April 2016, 20:19
“The sprinklers are going on that corner, shortcuts on the other one.”
JungleMartin
9th April 2016, 20:23
Go and find something in the regulations about the teams being awkward. There’s a fax machine in my private jet.
sonic
9th April 2016, 20:27
Look I don’t care what you or anyone else thinks – back there is where I want Mercedes and Ferrari to start each Grand Prix…..
Craig Preekel
9th April 2016, 20:42
” There, right there at the back of the grid Derek, That’s where i want the fastest drivers!”
hzh (@hzh00)
9th April 2016, 20:47
“Here is your money. Act like nothing happened.”
“Hello sir. When does that bank open?”
Quant
9th April 2016, 20:55
“These are not the qualifying regulations you are looking for.”
hzh (@hzh00)
9th April 2016, 20:56
“I want you to give Alonso a penalty for criticizing my plans.”
myxtiom (@myxtiom)
9th April 2016, 21:02
Bernie: “Look there in the sky Derek, Red Bull are having their wings back.”
Derek: “Bernie, that joke is even worse than the one of changing the qualifying format.”
ched999uk
9th April 2016, 21:40
There is another one posting photos of F1 to the Internet thing. We can’t have any photos getting out that we don’t make money from! Stop him now.
Maddme
9th April 2016, 21:42
‘Them there… They are Formula one… The red ones with the White top’
‘Who Ferrari?’
‘Is that who they are?’
Alex
9th April 2016, 22:05
“Wibble”
Peter
9th April 2016, 22:23
“I want that big pile of cash over there”
Fast
9th April 2016, 22:53
Get thee to a nunnery!
michaeldobson13 (@michaeldobson13)
9th April 2016, 23:06
Bernie demonstrates his new qualifying idea: “Eenie meenie minie mo…”
Iestyn Davies (@fastiesty)
9th April 2016, 23:17
“I want a penalty and/or start crash at T1. Make it happen!”
n0b0dy100
9th April 2016, 23:31
Look Derek! Over there! There’s another regulation I can ruin!
McF1 (@mccosmic)
9th April 2016, 23:33
“You’re eliminated!”
Peppermint-Lemon (@)
9th April 2016, 23:42
Bernie: There are the signs pointing to failure, and we are right on course
Greg-c
10th April 2016, 0:00
I want to get paid for being a steward !
lomp
10th April 2016, 0:00
” … And the ‘ evil ‘ Little Bernie sits on my RIGHT shoulder and is about THIS big..”
manatcna (@manatcna)
10th April 2016, 0:12
Azerbaijan? It’s over there!
roodda (@roodda)
10th April 2016, 0:19
Simple rules? No unnecessary changes? IndyCar is that way
WiredKiwi
10th April 2016, 0:20
The drivers’ naughty corner is over there. There’s a space reserved for Seb so find a reason to stick the mouthy little troublemaker in it will you?
josh
10th April 2016, 0:37
Bernie- ” Just under the spruce tree, we ‘ll bury F1 there….
moblet (@moblet)
10th April 2016, 1:20
And that flock of geese – if they haven’t paid their sky subscription, I want them out!
DaveD (@daved)
10th April 2016, 1:58
BE: Yes, over there behind that hill and all those trees is where we’ll let the peasants sit.
Mike (@grippgoat)
10th April 2016, 2:03
“You used to be a driver? You shouldn’t even be allowed to talk! Now go sit in the corner!”
MtlRacer (@mtlracer)
10th April 2016, 2:42
Make Lewis and Nico start from over there.
Nimba (@nimba)
10th April 2016, 4:43
And there Derek, is the desert full of democracy loving people of Bahrain, buried by the Saudis. You may ask the drivers to check it out.
Justin (@vivagilles27)
10th April 2016, 5:26
See how there is no one sitting in the stands here in Bahrain? Good. Now let’s drop the race in Monza that’s always packed to the gills with crazed Ferrari fans.
Chapor (@chapor)
10th April 2016, 5:57
So let them eat cake…
U2F1 (@u2f1)
10th April 2016, 7:05
Let’s have them push their cars off that cliff.. We’ll decide the grid positions based on which car crashes to the ground first
David Potes
10th April 2016, 8:09
“I want you to know that everything I did, I did for F1”
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
10th April 2016, 8:21
Bernie attempts to justify the elimination Qualifying format, citing Maldonado’s absence and recent Mercedes domination as his main reasons
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
10th April 2016, 8:34
After the recent Panama leaks, Bernie wonders where he can make tax-free profits from the 2019 Sky TV deal
Steve Rogers (@yossarian)
10th April 2016, 10:18
Bernie: “I’ll teach those drivers to speak out against me. I want you to penalise that Vettel and Button so heavily they start dead last and I’ll give you $1m if you make sure that Wurz guy starts all the way back there”
Warwick: “Make it $2m and I can gaurantee he won’t make the start at all”
Hamish Curtis (@ayrtonsenna26)
10th April 2016, 10:31
“Why do the teams blame me for elimination qualifying, it’s FIA’s fault. They forced me into this.”
JungleMartin
10th April 2016, 10:57
Democracy? Try a thousand miles or so in that direction.
mog
10th April 2016, 11:35
BE: “Look, a pink flying elephant…”
Meanwhile, back at Evil Headquarters, new plans were being hatched for the making of dishonest gains…
Atomic Wolf (@atomicwolf)
10th April 2016, 11:49
Look there’s a fan in the grounds, go and tell him to go home and watch it on sky!
Tata
10th April 2016, 12:17
”Don’t turn your back yet Derek, Nico made the corner before Lewis! See?”
French Steve (@french-steve)
10th April 2016, 13:25
“All people who have stopped watching F1 went there. We must get them back!”
Scalextric (@scalextric)
10th April 2016, 13:31
Look up there at the name of this site. F1Fanatic? Sue them!
Spencer
10th April 2016, 14:01
I didn’t fart, it was then from the FIA.
Richard Lovell
10th April 2016, 14:08
GET OUT!!! You check bounced…………..
Richard Lovell
10th April 2016, 14:09
Your
Park
10th April 2016, 17:02
Go to penalize Lewis!
Sam Stuart (@bluebill77)
10th April 2016, 17:35
Spelling lessons with all the other drivers that way
TribalTalker (@tribaltalker)
10th April 2016, 17:45
While Bernie keeps Derek Warwick’s attention on his left hand, the other hand is busy rewriting the rules…
TribalTalker (@tribaltalker)
10th April 2016, 17:49
Derek Warwick: “Stroke my cheek one more time, Bernie, and I’ll… um, I don’t actually have any power here, do I?”
Todfod (@todfod)
10th April 2016, 20:13
Bernie – “You know what sounds better than F1’s current engines? Just pull my finger”
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
10th April 2016, 20:40
Bernie “I said sports fans with money, not actual fans”
Robert
10th April 2016, 21:06
Bernie distracts Derek while removing Derek’s pit pass with his pinky. Derek probably won’t be heard disparaging live knock out qualifying or any other Bernie-isms in the future.
Ashwin (@redbullf1)
11th April 2016, 5:08
Quick cover me, the fans are throwing rotten eggs at me !
Ashwin (@redbullf1)
11th April 2016, 5:08
Quick cover me, the fans are throwing rotten eggs !
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
11th April 2016, 11:28
Look over there, audience, at least four of them! I told you so, we’re a total success!
It’s marshals, Bernie. Volunteer marshals.
Shane walker
12th April 2016, 2:45
Hey Derek is that where you got your glasses from? yours are way more cool.
Shane walker
12th April 2016, 2:46
Yeah mate, that is where I made my first 2 billion
Shane walker
12th April 2016, 2:48
Do something about Lewis Hamilton will you, he is over there laughing, he just messed up my hair again.
Placid (@placid)
12th April 2016, 3:34
Bernie: YIKES!!!!! It’s American Pharoah!!!! He won’t leave me alone!!!!
Derek: A bet is a bet, Bernie. Don’t think that I do not know. I know you lost the bet that he would not win the Grand Slam of Horse racing.
Bernie: Then you get on his behind and pucker-up.
Dave Odom
12th April 2016, 7:54
Derek, if you took those silly shades off you’d know you just walked past the loo, back that way.
Bruce Hilliard
12th April 2016, 20:36
Bernie to Derek, “If you look in that building you can find free pastries. FREE!”
Ian Roke
14th April 2016, 12:22
Bernie – “Look Derek, idiots everywhere!”
Derek – “No Bernie, that is your reflection in the window!”