Fernando Alonso is off to conquer the Indianapolis 500. And he’s seeking the advice of another Formula One champion who’s already won it: Jacques Villeneuve.
What did these two have to say to each other? That’s for you to decide in this weekend’s Caption Competition.
Can you come up with the best caption for this picture? Post your funniest suggestion 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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hahostolze (@hahostolze)
6th May 2017, 11:43
No, it’s a left turn.
Bernie
6th May 2017, 11:49
It’s just a jump to the left.
And a step to the right…
Nevohkrek
8th May 2017, 10:47
Alonso in (S) troll mode: “I think Stroll is one of the best drivers and reminds me of you back in the days”
just.daz (@nemo87)
6th May 2017, 11:55
Alonso: “are you still here!?”
Scalextric (@scalextric)
6th May 2017, 11:56
No, Jaques, I don’t have to buy a paddock pass.
Ben
6th May 2017, 16:13
Brilliant
nmgn (@nmgn)
7th May 2017, 19:21
Haha
Eric (@fletch)
6th May 2017, 11:56
“So uh, how many corners are in an oval again?
gardenfella (@gardenfella72)
6th May 2017, 12:17
BAR Honda?
Um, yeah.
Rooney (@rojov123)
6th May 2017, 12:19
Jacques Villeneuve:
hzh (@hzh00)
6th May 2017, 12:20
“So do you consider yourself an Alonso or a Rosberg, Jacques!”
SM
6th May 2017, 12:26
well played!
OmarRoncal - Go Seb!!! (@)
6th May 2017, 12:40
“Fernando, I lost most of my hair when I switched to Honda engines”.
the limit
6th May 2017, 12:43
Alonso: So how does it feel, to be the last driver to win a title driving a Williams?
Jacques: Christ, I’m getting old!
Alex
8th May 2017, 2:53
Chicken dinner
MDancer
6th May 2017, 12:49
JV: So i left Honda midway through the season, and joined Renault a year later.
FA: hmmm?
Niall Geoghegan (@ncwg)
6th May 2017, 12:51
Jacques: “If only Indy still allowed F1 cars, you could have won Monaco and Indy in the same car”
Alonso: “It would be like killing two birds with one car”
Alex
8th May 2017, 2:54
Has to take the cake
icemangrins (@icemangrins)
6th May 2017, 12:59
Listen to me nando – learn to play guitar. Worked for me when my career wasn’t going anywhere
Ruben
6th May 2017, 13:04
JV: “Repeat after me Fernando. When I get overtaken in a straight line it’s slipstream, not the engine.”
CateredHam
6th May 2017, 13:19
Hey Jack, i hear you call yourself an Uber driver these days…
Bart
6th May 2017, 13:27
JV: You know, Fernando, I think you do have a chance to win the Indy 500!
FA: Aaaand it’s gone…
Andy (@andybantam)
6th May 2017, 13:27
“Thanks, JV. Don’t sing my praises, though. I remember that CD you released. Ah, sorry to remind you about that. It was pretty embarrassing”…
Andy (@andybantam)
6th May 2017, 13:31
True story.
Younger reader should investigate this link…
https://youtu.be/5BVn5EvRveM
cm (@cm-cm)
7th May 2017, 19:17
Not that cringe worthy… could be confused for your typical Canadian soft rock.
Why do judgemental about what other people do in their time away from work?
Bart
6th May 2017, 13:36
FA: And Honda promised they’d raise the bar on reliability!
JV: What? They raised the BAR?
Peppermint-Lemon (@)
6th May 2017, 13:38
Alonso to Villeneuve: “So how do you convert kilometres per hour to miles per hour?”
Shoe Maker
6th May 2017, 13:42
VIL: I heard you are singing now?
ALO: Just doing a little bit of Indy.
Nooma341 (@nooma341)
6th May 2017, 14:10
Jacques to Fernando (in a French accent) :
“Ton auto est poo poo! “
PT (@pt)
6th May 2017, 14:19
Hey Jacques, does the milk really taste better than champagne?
Carlos Furtado das Neves (@furtadodasneves)
6th May 2017, 14:27
JV: Easy Fernando, just 800 left corners and it’s done!
FA: Right…!?
JV: No! Left!
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
7th May 2017, 21:01
@furtadodasneves Of course for Villeneuve it was 808…
Radoye (@radoye)
6th May 2017, 15:05
JV: See, Fernando, here at Indy a well timed caution period can make or break your race…
FA: I wonder what’s Nelsinho doing these days?
OmarRoncal - Go Seb!!! (@)
7th May 2017, 15:07
@radoye hahahaha Best one so far!
Mikhail (@zukman)
7th May 2017, 17:32
He should ask Kvyat’s girlfriend.
PT (@pt)
8th May 2017, 10:29
Ha ha, Kvyat’s girlfriend has the “Piquet” surname, right? Wonder whether she’s part of that Brazilian racing family…
Neil (@neilosjames)
6th May 2017, 15:50
A sad, salty tear formed in Jacques’ eye as he recalled the days when he was allowed to walk around a cloudy F1 paddock in sunglasses and his own personalised hat…
Thedonz
6th May 2017, 16:19
JV: so you are gonna come play with the big boys?
FA: hi there, is this your first race? I love seeing fans from the older generation. Let me see if I can find a signed hat for you, you’re head looks cold….
JackySteeg (@jackysteeg)
6th May 2017, 16:34
“You’ve inspired me, Jacques. If you can win this race, anyone can.”
James Brickles (@brickles)
6th May 2017, 17:34
JV: I’m working on a new album and I’m doing guest appearances. Do you know flamenco?
hzh (@hzh00)
6th May 2017, 18:23
“Believe me Fernando, you need to balance the left turning with some right corners, just ask Peter.”
Robbie (@robbie)
6th May 2017, 18:36
JV: So the 500, eh?
FA: Yeah, didn’t have anything better to do that day anyway!
mog
7th May 2017, 12:42
Good one
Goriot
6th May 2017, 18:42
– And then, Le Mans, and then, the Tour de France.
– You’re a real champion!
Robbie (@robbie)
6th May 2017, 18:45
“Hey Jacques, any idea how many kilometres 500 miles is?”
“Yup, 500 miles worth!”
lompy
6th May 2017, 19:13
Villeneuve: ” I call it Grey Steel… “
Tim M (@tim-m)
6th May 2017, 19:16
FA: “Oh hi Jacques. For a moment there, I thought you were Mr. Robot.”
or:
FA: “As long as I always go left, I will be all right.”
ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana)
7th May 2017, 7:22
LOL. I’m thinking about Cristian Slater too
Robert
6th May 2017, 19:27
JV “like your career, you are doing this backwards”
F1Junky
6th May 2017, 19:31
Back in my day, if an engine lasted more than a session we would demand our money back.
Ferrari, Seb fan
6th May 2017, 19:36
JV: Would you rather stay Honda or leave F1?
FA: Hmmmmmm………… That’s a tough choice.
David Not Coulthard (@davidnotcoulthard)
6th May 2017, 19:41
Here’s how I managed to literally, HUGELY improve Honda’s F1 team 13 years ago, Fernando.
Leaving.
Sean Doyle (@spdoyle17)
6th May 2017, 20:00
FA: Wait, you won that driving two extra laps, and did what after Newey left?
JV: For years, I’d put a hair on the food of anyone who asked that at Newtown. I had to sell it when they wouldn’t stop asking!
Jack (@jackisthestig)
6th May 2017, 20:10
McLaren recruit an experienced former World Champion to teach Fernando how to be more tactful and diplomatic when talking about Honda.
Robbie (@robbie)
6th May 2017, 20:34
FA: Jacques, 4 and a half minutes from P1 at Lemans and you’d have had the Triple Crown and even more than Graham Hill with your CART Championship, which would have made you the one and only in the world with your achievements. Any advice for me?
JV: Yeah. You better start winning stuff soon!
Tango (@tango)
6th May 2017, 21:21
Sooo… Trying to win indy 500 ? Great to see you’re aiming to be my equal Fernando !
Chalky (@chalky)
6th May 2017, 22:14
No Fernando, it’s 202 laps to win the Indy 500.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
6th May 2017, 22:33
Jacques baffled. The only time somebody wants to listen to him.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
6th May 2017, 22:35
Finally when someone asks something to Jacques, he’s speechless.
Derek Edwards
6th May 2017, 22:47
So you think you can be fit for Canada if I tell Eric I’ll be doing the Texas race?
MtlRacer (@mtlracer)
6th May 2017, 22:51
So Fernando, what was it like to drive a powerful and reliable Honda engine for a change at your test day?
or
JV: Fernando, think the Honda indy engine could compete against the Merc & Ferraris?
FA: Certainly couldn’t be much worse than one we have now.
Bleu (@bleu)
6th May 2017, 23:16
JV: Trying to do as well as I did in my last Indy visit?
FA: Trying to fool me? You were 14th!
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
6th May 2017, 23:26
Alonso: I stay at McLaren because my mom wants me to drive slowly.
Jack: What about indy then?
Alonso: I haven’t told her anything about it. I would be grounded.
mfreire
6th May 2017, 23:58
ALO- You’re not competing this year?
VIL- Nah, couldn’t be bothered. To busy complaing about F1’s current state.
Corey (@dragon86)
7th May 2017, 0:05
JV: It’s not that hard. Some NASCAR guy finished 6th here a few years ago with Andretti.
FA: Hmm
Sakis (@)
7th May 2017, 0:10
JV: “I can see myself through your sunglasses!”.
FA: “Literally or metaphorically?!”
JV: “Both…”
Damon (@damon)
7th May 2017, 11:16
Woah, that was deep!
F1Junky
7th May 2017, 1:39
Mark Webber is not coming.
BrianW
7th May 2017, 5:02
Fernando, I like to think of this place as my “Private Paradise”. You should pick up a copy from the gift shop while you are here.
BlueChris (@bluechris)
7th May 2017, 8:58
So if i put a coffee holder in the left side of the steering wheel the car will turn allone right?
This will left my hands free for tweets.
Damon (@damon)
7th May 2017, 11:18
[1 min stare in silence]
FA: You know…
JV: I know…
Evil Homer (@)
7th May 2017, 14:28
“They will give you a rear when you get there, if not, give me a call…………….. I’ll fly with you! :)
myxtiom (@myxtiom)
7th May 2017, 15:57
Waldorf: I’m bored. I have almost nothing to criticize. F1 running so smooth these days.
Statler: I agree, except my engine.
Both: Hahahahaha…
McF1 (@mccosmic)
7th May 2017, 18:21
Don’t worry Fernando, you’ll walk it.
Justin
7th May 2017, 18:34
“Remember renault?”
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
7th May 2017, 18:45
Vil: I’m not competing this year.
Alo: Me neither.
Alex Brown (@splittimes)
7th May 2017, 19:04
$100 gets you three soundbites on topics of you choice, and a rose-tinted harrumph. And I’ll throw in a CD.
StephenH
7th May 2017, 20:13
“Hey Jaques, is that a new invisible bicycle you’re riding there ??”.
PT (@pt)
8th May 2017, 10:43
Ha ha, didn’t think of the Jacques’ pose till I read ur comment – good one :D
Jorge Lardone (@jorge-lardone)
8th May 2017, 0:11
Alonso: Hey, Jacques, tell me which driver I can ask to crash against the wall. In Singapore I got the trick very well.
Todfod (@todfod)
8th May 2017, 7:10
Jacques – “There’s no faster engine to take your career downhill…”
PT (@pt)
8th May 2017, 10:31
Why don’t you wear a cap like me, Jacques? You can hide your rapidly advancing baldness.
Carlos Patrão
8th May 2017, 11:03
So Fernando, I won Indy500. You won MonacoGP.
Let’s race LeMans toghether, and maybe we’ll get half triple crown each other.
Shall we?
Denis Lefebvre
8th May 2017, 19:18
Placid (@placid)
9th May 2017, 4:02
JV: Fernando: What is with the low profile?
Fernando: Animal groups are hounding me like crazy!!!!!
JV: Form one moment, I thought you may be asking me to …
Fernando: I am. Would you?
JV: You should ask The Boss’ kid if he is interested. Marco is itching for your ride.
Fernando: Should have asked Alex. With all that publicity he had last year? He made Max very jealous.
JV: You mean Max Verstappen? Why?
Fernando: His Trophy does not have his face enshrined.
Justin (@vivagilles27)
9th May 2017, 17:49
JV: Would you like some career advice on which team to drive for? Because I nailed it back in my day…..