Bernie Ecclestone confers with Hermann Tilke during the first race weekend at Tilke’s latest F1 track, the Baku City Circuit.
What were the pair talking about at the European Grand Prix? That’s up to you to decide.
Post your funniest suggestion for a caption in the comments below. A selection of the best will feature in a future edition of the F1 Fanatic Round-up.
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Jamie (@jdpkart18)
25th June 2016, 11:55
I want speed, speed, and more speed. And a longer straight down that way.
PMccarthy_is_a_legend (@pmccarthy_is_a_legend)
25th June 2016, 19:50
Terrible
Excuse me :D (@square-route)
27th June 2016, 6:21
I know what @keithcollantine wants to hear.
More of Bernie criticism and mockery; not that I mind xD
Mjrezr
25th June 2016, 11:58
Now we just need the Israely Grandprix and Egiptian Grandpric and let’s call them the San Marino Graprix…
hzh (@hzh00)
25th June 2016, 12:00
“I want a circuit with no turns nor chicanes.”
PMccarthy_is_a_legend (@pmccarthy_is_a_legend)
25th June 2016, 19:50
Awfyl
Julien (@zazoutitou)
25th June 2016, 12:04
And so my plan is to ask people to vote whether I should Leave or Remain in charge, nothing bad can come out of that, right ?!
PhilEReid (@philereid)
25th June 2016, 12:05
“You see the angle between my finger and thumb? We need more corners like that.”
Strontium (@strontium)
25th June 2016, 12:39
Ahahaha
WillOfTheSupremo
25th June 2016, 16:47
WINNER!!!
Paul (@frankjaeger)
25th June 2016, 17:57
Hahahaha beat me to it!
runforitscooby (@runforitscooby)
25th June 2016, 12:07
“I know things here are tight but I don’t appreciate turn 6 going through my office!”
hzh (@hzh00)
25th June 2016, 12:07
Ecclestone and Tilke discussing the next European GP location in Afghanistan.
Robbie (@robbie)
25th June 2016, 12:13
Look into my eyes, the eyes, the eyes, not around the eyes, don’t look around the eyes, look into my eyes…
Saurabh (@sksahukanker62)
25th June 2016, 12:20
have u seen the Oval circuit of Monza, go and learn something from there. I need more circuits like that…
Saurabh Sahu (@feeltheforce)
26th June 2016, 4:20
Hahaha… best caption…
Om Nom (@icemankimi7)
26th June 2016, 4:21
LOL !!!! Winner
Gaurav Sahu (@gauravsahu-whimsical)
26th June 2016, 4:22
We have a winner 👍👍
Daz
25th June 2016, 12:21
“You realize if this EU Grand Prix is no good people are going to head for the Brexit”
hzh (@hzh00)
25th June 2016, 12:24
“I will blame you next time I see that Mexican on the podium.”
ColdFly F1 (@)
25th June 2016, 12:44
Don’t listen to those guys at f1fanatic!
Nimba (@nimba)
25th June 2016, 17:09
Bull’s eye
OmarRoncal - Go Seb!!! (@)
25th June 2016, 18:48
@coldfly Who pays you, me or them?
andae23 (@andae23)
25th June 2016, 19:24
Haha :)
Drg
25th June 2016, 12:49
Tilke, following his latest track criticism, try’s very hard to see things from Bernies perspective..
Ron Mon (@henslayer)
25th June 2016, 12:51
I’ve made deals to run in Pyongyang, Phnom Penh and Mogadishu. Get your people to work designing tracks.
mfreire
25th June 2016, 20:11
hahaha
Richard Chatburn
25th June 2016, 13:00
Castles. Close to the track. We need more. Get on with it.
Jonathan (@jonny705)
25th June 2016, 13:08
“Here’s an idea. You can keep your right-angle corners if I get my sprinklers.”
Boywonder (@deltas4)
25th June 2016, 13:25
“Not a bad job Herman, but can you move that castle over a bit, my missus called from her hotel and it’s blocking her view of the beach”.
Alex W
26th June 2016, 3:15
love it
TheBullWhipper (@thebullwhipper)
25th June 2016, 13:32
BE- why don’t you make all the bloody tracks this good?
HT- cos you give me a right bunch of cowboys to work with, look at Austin!
Traverse (@hellotraverse)
25th June 2016, 13:38
Bernie Eccleston tells Tilke to get Baku to the drawing board.
bullseyeLT (@bullseyelt)
25th June 2016, 13:42
“When there is a decision to run 25 races next year, you have to count planned additional USA circuits and present that to the one and only track designer”
Rocky
25th June 2016, 13:42
You’re other left around the old castle.
Jules Winfield (@jules-winfield)
25th June 2016, 13:44
“Now get in there and make me a coffee.”
OmarRoncal - Go Seb!!! (@)
25th June 2016, 14:07
Pull my finger.
hzh (@hzh00)
25th June 2016, 14:08
“We need a slingshot after the straight.”
“Why? Do you want to launch the cars into space?”
Jaime
25th June 2016, 14:27
See that corner, I want 3 of those for the new track in Tehran. Yes including the castle!
MikeeCZ
25th June 2016, 14:56
That corner is a bit too much fun, do you think you could ruin it somehow?
the_donz (@the_donz)
25th June 2016, 14:57
Tilke: I’m not sure a track will work in Vatican city.
Bernie: do not underestimate the power of the dark side of the force….
Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
25th June 2016, 15:34
“If you drink, never design tracks !”
MG421982 (@)
25th June 2016, 15:44
Ahahahahaaaaaa!
Dom Vito (@domvitof1)
25th June 2016, 15:41
Bernie: You promised me a safety car, how else are they supposed to beat the Mercedes?!?!
Tilke: But Bernie, you promised Pastor would still be here…
OmarRoncal - Go Seb!!! (@)
25th June 2016, 18:49
+1
Ronald
25th June 2016, 19:40
Lol
Tony
26th June 2016, 0:45
Haha
Arthur (@eriko)
25th June 2016, 16:00
With all the servility of a honey bee, Tilke sets out to carve 90 degree corners into Las Vegas, Svalbard, and anywhere else no one will watch.
WillOfTheSupremo
25th June 2016, 16:55
Increasingly worried about the possibility of f1 fans boycotting his newest track, Tilke asks Bernie which direction does his next track needs to go. Bernie, equally frustrated, points at the nearest bin.
Bernie with a human heart confirmed :D
Jack (@jackisthestig)
25th June 2016, 16:56
“I want Spa re-shaped to look like the Heineken logo, get to work!”
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
25th June 2016, 17:04
“Forget the track layout. You take that empty grandstand and reproduce it at every circuit on the calendar”
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
25th June 2016, 17:07
TIlkeston – “Berny, I know you are really short, but do you really need to stand on that box to rank to me?”
Berne – “I always prefer to talk down to people”
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
25th June 2016, 17:08
Seriously, auto correct!
Tilke – “Berny, I know you are really short, but do you really need to stand on that box to talk to me?”
Berne – “I always prefer to talk down to people”
Grammo (@grammo)
25th June 2016, 17:10
But Bernie fast corners are too dangerous
This isn’t sport you idiot… its business!
Now go home to the FIA and tell your father I’m bigger than him
Nigel
25th June 2016, 17:31
They should put Perez in that Ferrari if they want some excitement around here.
marcus (@wombat1m)
25th June 2016, 17:37
Bernie – Qualifying was far too interesting, go make this track more boring now
bullseyeLT (@bullseyelt)
25th June 2016, 17:46
“No no no, finish straight is too short, Lewis didn’t had enough free time for some experiments”
Frieda (@friedatwo)
27th June 2016, 9:13
LOL – wonderful!
bullseyeLT (@bullseyelt)
25th June 2016, 17:49
“Hmm, I’m wondering about ruining several corners, any suggestions?”
bullseyeLT (@bullseyelt)
25th June 2016, 17:50
“Do not touch RedBull Ring, you understand me?”
bullseyeLT (@bullseyelt)
25th June 2016, 17:54
“Where’s the toilet, Bernie?”
“Go alongside finish straight, turn left at Turn 16”
STEVEN (@sdbarry)
25th June 2016, 17:59
“Hold on a sec; So Hermann, the cheque from Iran just came through, I’ll need you to bang out another track.”
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
25th June 2016, 18:16
Ecclestone: This is not a 35mm camera, it is 110!
@HoHum (@hohum)
26th June 2016, 1:25
@drycrust, actually it’s not a camera at all, it’s Bernies remote engine mode controller.
@HoHum (@hohum)
26th June 2016, 1:27
seriously??????????????
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
26th June 2016, 23:21
@hohum I like that, very good!
Eric (@fletch)
25th June 2016, 18:18
Go sit in the stands. I’m trying to fill the 13000 seats but it’s not working!
Steve Rogers (@yossarian)
25th June 2016, 18:30
Bernie: Fans and drivers are saying you’ve designed a unique and interesting track… You’re fired!
Melvin (@)
25th June 2016, 18:56
The future of f1 is up there. next time, give me hills!
Rui (@colinmcrui)
25th June 2016, 19:13
I told you, that main straight is too long!
Ruben
25th June 2016, 19:26
Bernie: I want a night race at the North Pole during summer.
Hermann: Uh.
ChuckL8
25th June 2016, 19:27
Bernie: “The results from your track design popularity polling have been counted, … your taxi to the airport is right over there.”
dt
25th June 2016, 19:29
They were supposed to go t-h-a-t way.
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
25th June 2016, 19:58
BE: Next track I want you to build..in Bagdad..the Saddam Circuit. You have too make it IED safe!
mfreire
25th June 2016, 20:15
Bernie: Thank you for putting sprinklers on the track- it will spice things up a bit. Could you show me where they are again?
Tilke: Ja, mein herrn Darth Ecclestone. I vill show you. Emperor McKenzie vill be mozt pleased, I know zis.
Lee (@leejo)
25th June 2016, 21:10
Nonono don’t worry about it. We’ll just give any driver who crashes into the wall at the pits a 5 second penalty.
hzh (@hzh00)
25th June 2016, 21:35
“Trump needs your assistance to build some walls.”
Alex W
26th June 2016, 3:17
lol
Apexor
25th June 2016, 22:23
Bernie: Let’s go for lunch to that corner over there and we will discuss further in detail of the track you have designed
Scalextric (@scalextric)
25th June 2016, 22:26
No, only billionaires in the paddock club, you go over there with the rest of the staff.
verstappen (@verstappen)
25th June 2016, 22:39
No, no
Don’t be so insecure!
All fans like your tracks
Jason Rawlins
25th June 2016, 23:19
“Don’t forget I need my driveway doing next!”
Peppermint-Lemon (@)
25th June 2016, 23:21
Bernie tells Herman to go and apologise to Lewis for creating such a difficult track layout
Steven Lissemore (@bugman293371)
25th June 2016, 23:21
Look Tilke, will you go away and make a proper circuit!!
ivz (@ivz)
25th June 2016, 23:26
Looks like we should put more buildings in the way when you design a track Tilke.
James (@spirals)
25th June 2016, 23:57
Bernie: “Your racetracks are too straight and narrow. I need you to add some political chicanery round the back of the circuit and a u-turn just before the finish line.”
just.daz (@nemo87)
26th June 2016, 0:19
Excuse me, could you point me in the direct of the nearest Brexit..
SauberS1 (@saubers1)
26th June 2016, 0:27
You will make competent track or you will drive on it!
sm
26th June 2016, 1:19
Ecclestone shows Tilke whos boss
mallory
26th June 2016, 3:07
“They want me to go soon, Hermann. And I will admit I have made a few mistakes along the way that has basically turned F1 into a mere shell of its former sell. And you’ve been a good man though it all, but I am blaming all that is wrong with F1 on you before I go.”
jimmi cynic
26th June 2016, 4:01
Bernie: “Hermann..I like this remote track boundary controller you’ve developed.”
Hermann: “You’re welcome, Lord. I can only hope it will assist you in your noble field-leveling cause.”
Bernie: “So..when I see..say… Lewis coming up to turn 15 in Q3 and I want to give him him a little surprise, I press the FF button to shorten the braking zone by 10 meters and the side button to make turn 10 5cm narrower, is that correct?”
Hermann: Yes, Lord, that is correct.”
Bernie: “Good. And this controller – it will work on all the old tracks as well, right?”
Hermann: “No, Lord, only on my, uh..our special tracks, Lord.”
Bernie: “Unacceptable! Get out of my sight and bring me one that does or you’ll be lucky to get a job designing car parks in Jersey!”
Hermann: “Yes, Lord.”
RacingTexas
26th June 2016, 4:10
“If you pass this horizontal gaze nystagmus test you can have my job running F1. If you fail, you can only design oval tracks in the United States from now on”.
Ohm
26th June 2016, 4:50
Bernie Ecclestone explains to Hermann Tilke that the UK leaving the EU has nothing to do with its place on the F1 calendar.
Placid (@placid)
26th June 2016, 6:41
Tilke: I could go on the corner and get the milk you needed
Bernie: NO! NO! NO! NOT THAT BRAND!!!! I WANT INDIANAPOLIS MILK!!!! I HEARD THAT FOR A PURCHASE OF 12 BOTTLES, YOU WILL GET A BRICKYARD BRICK. AND WHILE YOU AT IT, I DEMAND THE REMOVAL OF ROSSI AND HAVE ESPN NOMINATE ME FOR AN ESPY.
CateredHam
26th June 2016, 7:48
Having 4 year olds design the track was a brilliant idea so we don’t have to come back next year
Dean Stewart
26th June 2016, 8:11
Here Herman, smell yer mum…
CateredHam
26th June 2016, 8:25
Congratulations Hermann! You managed to capture the excitement of a NASCAR track, which should help new teams like Haas.
Hairs (@hairs)
26th June 2016, 9:44
“There’s a fan down at turn three who’s happy. Go down there and see what you can do about it.”
erikje
26th June 2016, 12:50
Another boring circuit and your on the way out!
Bleu (@bleu)
26th June 2016, 13:11
“I’m getting Canadian, Brazilian and Italian GPs off the calendar, so there will be three new projects for you soon.”
Yoseph
26th June 2016, 13:22
Yes Hermann, our selfie will at-least be in one frame!
moblet (@moblet)
26th June 2016, 14:13
Hermann Tilke was unable to escape a bollocking from Bernie Ecclestone at the European Grand Prix due to the lack of run-off area.
Janet54321
26th June 2016, 14:43
You do realize that brexit means that there will be no European GP for at least ten years ? What’s Silverstone? A mine Ag. Spa for the water, nice.
Todfod (@todfod)
26th June 2016, 19:56
Bernie – “Take a flight to North Korea, you’ve got some work to do”
Alex McFarlane
26th June 2016, 21:26
“You see that picture over there, that’s how an exciting racetrack is supposed to be designed. Now get out of my sight!”
Derek Edwards
26th June 2016, 22:59
Not content just to stand on Baku’s 2016 payment, Bernie explains how much taller it needs to be for him to consider removing the second DRS zone for 2017.
Derek Edwards
26th June 2016, 23:05
I think I left my phone charger back in Canada…
Mark Visser
26th June 2016, 23:25
Bernie: “Next time please make sure the design of the track at least appears to be worth the $200 million they’re paying me to bring them a race.”
David Nelson
27th June 2016, 0:26
“I said it’s a
One for the money
Two for the show…….”
David Nelson
27th June 2016, 0:29
“I said it’s a
One for the money
Two for the show……..”
RIKDI
27th June 2016, 18:53
” Believe me Hermann , one restroom every 50 meters is NOT too many .In fact ,could you excuse me a second .”
Keb
1st July 2016, 13:18
“Go and start working on the African Grand Prix!”