Ferrari have made a lot of headlines in recent months and few of them have been good.
Team boss Maurizio Arrivabene might have though the first-lap crash which eliminated both his cars in Singapore was as bad as things could get. Then came a trio of power unit failures which have mortally wounded the championship hopes of star driver Sebastian Vettel.
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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Jason
14th October 2017, 11:50
I don’t know why Sergio is giving me the eye test, I didn’t fit that damn spark-plug.
Gridlock (@gridlock)
14th October 2017, 11:51
Even Ferrari’s facepalms were only 30% effective.
Gridlock (@gridlock)
14th October 2017, 11:51
Dammit that was a draft :)
Even Ferrari’s facepalms had reliability issues.
Chris (@tophercheese21)
14th October 2017, 11:58
I like the original tbh.
Very funny!
Hugh (@hugh11)
14th October 2017, 11:53
+1. Very similar to what I was gonna do, but you got there first
hzh (@hzh00)
14th October 2017, 20:07
Hahahaha that’s hilarious very funny
Phylyp (@phylyp)
15th October 2017, 7:19
Both versions get my vote, @gridlock :-)
Scalextric (@scalextric)
14th October 2017, 11:52
Why did we ever use Russian anti – virus?
budchekov (@budchekov)
14th October 2017, 14:40
Hah! :)
budchekov (@budchekov)
14th October 2017, 14:44
Why Vlad why?
I knew we should have used Symantec.
Ram
14th October 2017, 18:53
That is Great!
Chris (@tophercheese21)
14th October 2017, 11:55
“Perhaps if I try covering my face, Sergio won’t see me, or give me the sack.”
altitude2k
14th October 2017, 11:55
“I could really use a cigarette, right now”
Mort Canard (@motoduc250)
15th October 2017, 23:45
I wonder if I can still get my old job at Marlboro back?
tonyyeb (@tonyyeb)
14th October 2017, 11:57
“If you could read the top line Maurizio”
“F-I-R-E….”
TribalTalker (@tribaltalker)
14th October 2017, 13:43
@tonyyeb – Brilliant.
Urvaksh (@thedoctor03)
14th October 2017, 16:28
Hahahhahaha
Chris (@tophercheese21)
15th October 2017, 3:08
Winner!
Nikhil Patel (@tiya)
14th October 2017, 12:05
Looks like I picked a bad day to give up smoking.
TribalTalker (@tribaltalker)
14th October 2017, 13:42
+1
Goriot
14th October 2017, 12:09
Only one Ferrari left on track…
James Brickles (@brickles)
14th October 2017, 12:12
Sebastian’s strange run of results became clear when he took his helmet off.
Sumedh
14th October 2017, 12:20
Arrivabene can’t bear to watch as fate plays yet another game of ‘Heads, it’s Vettel; Tails, it’s Raikkonen’
Sumedh
14th October 2017, 12:22
*yet another round
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
14th October 2017, 12:35
Sebastian…noooo, not again!
Tango (@tango)
14th October 2017, 12:36
Arrivabene imitating Vettel driving to the first corner in Singapore
Jon Thereyougo (@jon-thereyougo)
14th October 2017, 22:55
Ferrari team principal Arrivabene tries to get a feel for his number one driver’s peripheral vision.
Shimks (@shimks)
16th October 2017, 11:27
@jon-thereyougo Thumbs up!!
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
14th October 2017, 12:40
Maybe we should have Alka-Seltzer as a sponsor. I need some right now.
Anirudh S
14th October 2017, 13:02
Does the board read Spark Plug or Crash
runningupthathill (@runningupthathill)
14th October 2017, 13:10
If you cover off this eye, you can see it was Verstappens fault in Singapore
Eden (@eden)
14th October 2017, 13:20
That sweet smell of oil burn
JamieFranklinF1 (@jamiefranklinf1)
14th October 2017, 13:22
Okay, with this eye you can see the Driver’s Championship. Now if you cover the other eye, you can see the Constructor’s Championship. Better or worse?
TR
14th October 2017, 13:26
“I am NOT looking forward to this meeting. I’ll just wear Vettel’s helmet, since he doesn’t need it!”
Philip (@philipgb)
14th October 2017, 13:38
After blaming Verstappen and then Stroll for the recent collisions with Vettel, a routine eye examination for Maurizio Arrivabene brings the Ferrari medical staff no closer to solving the mystery.
Tony
14th October 2017, 21:26
Yes, i like that
TribalTalker (@tribaltalker)
14th October 2017, 13:41
Weeks of practice in the Ferrari Holodeck leaves Arrivabene with the urge to press the reset button.
Stephen H
14th October 2017, 13:46
Sebastian Vettel’s latest helmet redesign was clearly too garish for some …
David Not Coulthard (@davidnotcoulthard)
14th October 2017, 13:51
wait, what did Luca always say about next season again?
Nimba (@nimba)
14th October 2017, 20:51
I Like this one
Alfredo von
14th October 2017, 13:57
Honestly! Honestly!
Vettel?
James k
14th October 2017, 14:00
You see Sebastian, you have two eyes and two mirrors. I simply can’t understand how you do it!
Alfredo von
14th October 2017, 14:06
Honda also uses NGK?
Robbie (@robbie)
14th October 2017, 14:35
Mama mia…Seb is so hard headed he doesn’t need his helmet any more!
aj_sixtiesix (@)
14th October 2017, 14:35
Desperately seeking solutions and imitating Dr.Helmut Marko.
Johnny H.
14th October 2017, 14:38
Ferrari announcing new sponsor, Bayer aspirine.
Nitzo (@webtel)
14th October 2017, 14:39
” I see a lot of problems with our cars. I am going to halve them !! “
Apexor
14th October 2017, 14:43
I am going to win everything with one eye open for the rest of the season.
Apexor
14th October 2017, 14:48
MA doesn’t want every body to know that he only has one eye since he lost one due to unprecedented incident.
David Not Coulthard (@davidnotcoulthard)
14th October 2017, 14:49
But surely Helmut Marko could be of some help?
John S
14th October 2017, 15:01
Maybe I need glasses, the season looks better now.
John S
14th October 2017, 15:03
There that’s better, now I only see the good parts.
Aldoid
14th October 2017, 15:08
Maurizio knows he should’ve used both hands, but now it’s too late… can’t unsee the evil…
Corey (@dragon86)
14th October 2017, 15:10
The look on your face when a $10 dollar parts stops a million dollar car.
Biggsy
14th October 2017, 15:10
Maurizio, you’ll have to cover the other eye too, if you are simulating Vettel’s spacial awareness.
Biggsy
14th October 2017, 15:13
Maurizio trying to figure out just how visually impaired you have to be, in order to crash into people on slow-down lap AND behind the safety car.
Patrick
14th October 2017, 15:15
I’m captain Maurizio. We shall attack that silver boat with all we got!!! Aarrrrgh! … anyone has seen my perrot?
Alfredo von
14th October 2017, 15:34
NGK supplies Honda!
Alfredo von
14th October 2017, 15:36
That 2nd best curse hits gain!
Himanshu (@anshu2017)
14th October 2017, 16:17
May be it time for me to leave F1 and be a one eye Pirate..aaye!!
Thomas Sherrill
14th October 2017, 16:25
Arrivebe reading eye chart: “M, Y, D, A, Y, S, A, R, E, N, U, M, B, E, R, E, D…”
Urvaksh (@thedoctor03)
14th October 2017, 16:26
Doctor: No Maurizio. I said, keep your eye on the ball. Not the wall.
Urvaksh (@thedoctor03)
14th October 2017, 16:29
I’ll tweak my first entry a bit –
Marchionne – “Maurizio, I asked you to keep your eye on the ball, not on the wall”
John Toad (@)
14th October 2017, 16:28
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
F Truth (@)
14th October 2017, 20:36
This gets my vote!
Seann
14th October 2017, 16:41
Il stupido Seb. Wassa matta for you?
Mark Jackson
14th October 2017, 16:49
Arrivabene keeps one eye on Sebastian’s race strategy and no eye on Kimi’s.
Drg
14th October 2017, 17:13
Following the pit to car parade lap clampdown, Arrivibiene realises much too late he has given Seb entirely the wrong signal as he steams left towards Verstappen….
Drg
15th October 2017, 9:28
Sorry…
Following the Start line radio clampdown.
Arrivibiene realises he has given Seb entirely the wrong hand signal as he mistakenly chooses to veer left towards Max..
Chad
14th October 2017, 17:20
That Samurai looks so damn pleased with itself…
Phylyp (@phylyp)
14th October 2017, 17:24
A bit meta, but here goes…
Arrivabene realizes he’s the subject of one of Keith’s caption competitions.
MahavirShah (@mahavirshah)
14th October 2017, 17:31
Maurizo tries to make it clear to reporters that Ferrari still have one eye on the Driver’s championship
Effwon (@effwon)
14th October 2017, 17:40
Even Maurizio’s post-race game of hide and seek with Seb failed to spark much enthusiasm.
“He’s right behind me isn’t he?”
sinewave (@sinewave)
14th October 2017, 17:44
DOH!
roberto
14th October 2017, 17:50
Silly bets can come back to bit you, despite his protests, Maurizio knows his right eyebrow is a goner with with this latest failure.
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
14th October 2017, 17:56
“I can see the F”
Placid (@placid)
14th October 2017, 18:13
Where in the blaze is my Visene eye drops? I need to get this red out.
FERCSA
14th October 2017, 18:21
-I still see you Kimi, you playing shell game with those sparks again! You can’t foul a hawk, icy.
The One
14th October 2017, 18:22
I’ve got my eye on you…
RACERNORRISKI (@racernorriski)
14th October 2017, 18:48
One eye, two eyes, no eyes it still does not look good!!!! RacerNorriski
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
14th October 2017, 18:54
“I spy with my little eye something beginning with … ummm … ‘D. N. F.’! “
Ram
14th October 2017, 18:55
We blew up again??!!
Matt
14th October 2017, 19:23
Its only a matter of time before i start waking up with a horses head next to me in bed
Robbie (@robbie)
14th October 2017, 19:29
SV: “Honestly Maurizio, there’s nothing wrong with my hand/eye coordination.”
MA: “Pfff…same here.”
schooner (@schooner)
14th October 2017, 20:42
Argh…we could have had a V8!
Mariano (@mariano)
14th October 2017, 20:48
Maurizio: I shouldn’t have made jokes about the Honda engine… karma!
Nick (@theawesomefish)
14th October 2017, 20:57
“If I cannot see Sebastian, perhaps he cannot see me…”
F1junky
14th October 2017, 21:16
Too much German wine.
Knight
14th October 2017, 21:18
There was an ant in my hand and i wanted to kill it with my head.
Atomic Wolf (@atomicwolf)
14th October 2017, 22:04
“Oh, mi fa male la mia testa. Questa è l’ultima volta che riceviamo le nostre candele da Halfords!
– ( Oh, my head hurts. That’s the last time we get our spark plugs from Halfords! ).
Apexor
14th October 2017, 22:20
Love this one. Funnier in Italian.
RP (@slotopen)
14th October 2017, 22:07
Sebastian, I need you to cover your right eye like this and read the second row from that chart.
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
14th October 2017, 22:13
Sparkplugs in place, starting the engine….
Chris (@cgturbo)
14th October 2017, 22:22
The Ferrari Opticians had an unconventional eye test for Arrivabene. They put up a picture of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen and asked him: “Which one do you prefer, driver number one, or driver number two?”
Apexor
14th October 2017, 22:23
I need to start using the third eye.
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
14th October 2017, 22:34
I’m sure the accountant said “Why do you buy those expensive spark plugs with a Mean Time Between Failures of 10,000 hours when the race runs for 2 hours? Can’t you buy something a bit cheaper?”
ivz (@ivz)
14th October 2017, 22:35
If I cover one eye things might seem a little better……nope, still the same…..mamma mia!
DaveW (@dmw)
14th October 2017, 22:41
I could have had a v-8
Patrickl (@patrickl)
14th October 2017, 22:42
Ugh, I should have hired the other Red Bull driver.
BlackJack (@danieljaksa)
14th October 2017, 22:44
Now where the hell did I put my spark plug shaped lighter?
Benjamin Brown (@benjib)
14th October 2017, 22:52
Ferrari’s reliability sage continues as Arrivabene needs a replacement for his right eye.
Clemens Wenners
14th October 2017, 23:21
“That helmet was REALLY way to small..”
David BR (@david-br)
14th October 2017, 23:28
Maurizio (to self): “Damn, I think I left the Fontina cheese in the glove compartment again.”
Sergio: “Maurizio… Maurizio… Hey, Maurizio, did you get the team to check the spark plugs we got from Walmart last week? Maurizio? Hello, Maurizio! Have we got your attention?”
Maurizio: “Huh? Oh yeah, mmm, just let me look into that…”
Martin
15th October 2017, 0:03
After a difficult few races for Ferrari things got worse for Arrivabene when he remembered the bet he’d made in winter testing with Toto Wolff on which companies engines would be most reliable.
Sidney
15th October 2017, 0:05
Porca miseria, signore Marchionne. Please stop throwing the spark plugs at me. It hurts.
Roth Man (@rdotquestionmark)
15th October 2017, 0:08
I spy with my little eye…… A lot of sacked people!!!!
kartguy07 (@kartguy07)
15th October 2017, 0:17
Maurizio realised now was not the time to tell Sergio how much he’d saved on those Ferrari-compatible spark plugs from China.
kartguy07 (@kartguy07)
15th October 2017, 0:25
Lost in translation: Vettel stormed out when Arrivabene promised to light a spark under his WDC challenge.
Mehtab Ahmed (@t4bb3)
15th October 2017, 0:54
“Another Season goes Arrivamale!”
Scottie (@scottie)
15th October 2017, 0:56
Damn, Fernando will be out the back with the ‘I told you so’ sign again!
mog
15th October 2017, 1:00
Talk to the hand, cause the face is not listening!
Warner (@warner16)
15th October 2017, 1:49
The moment you realise that you can’t change engine supplier for next season…
Mark Jackson
15th October 2017, 3:23
Arrivabene reenacts Sebastian’s Singapore start.
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
15th October 2017, 5:25
Boy, that was a great party last night. My head hurts. Ha ha, that was such a good game of “hunt the thimble”. You wouldn’t think it was possible to hide it so well in the garage, but Kimi hid it before he went home. We all searched high and low, but we couldn’t find it. He was supposed to have revealed where it was before the race started … Is that Seb on the RT? Yes… what… he’s found the thimble?”.
Yoseph
15th October 2017, 5:31
Oh no, I still haven’t recovered from the last Marchionne shake-up…
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
15th October 2017, 5:33
“Aerodynamics is for people that can’t build engines”. “Aerodynamics is for people that can’t build engines.” “Aerodynamics is for people with a 5 cylinder engine.”
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
15th October 2017, 5:51
“Daddy … how does an engine work?” “Well, Maurizio, the inside of an engine is just like a bicycle pump. There’s a thing inside it that sucks air in and blows air out. To make an engine we just add two magic ingredients: A tiny bit of petrol and a spark, and … Brrrrmmmm.”
KnGS (@)
15th October 2017, 6:09
Taking Christian Horner’s advice after Singapore, Maurizio Arrivabene decided to get his eyes checked.
varun (@varun)
15th October 2017, 6:49
Abracadabra Abracadabra, (peeking with a one eye) has the championship point changed?
Lamalas (@lamalas)
15th October 2017, 6:53
Karma,
it all went downhill for Ferrari after they extended their marlboro- sponsership deal
Derek Edwards
15th October 2017, 7:27
Maurizio did some panicked quality control on the contact lenses he bought on Ebay from that chap who’d sold him the spark plugs.
Todfod (@todfod)
15th October 2017, 7:42
Arrivebene hides the black eye he got from Marchionne
WimB
15th October 2017, 7:52
No no, Sergio didn’t give me a black eye. I was just … euh … trying out next year’s car and when I got out, I bumped my head against the halo.
tgu (@thegrapeunwashed)
15th October 2017, 8:33
“Signore Marchionne, things don’t look half so bad when I do this!”
Tiomkin
15th October 2017, 9:09
‘See no evil, Speak no evil, Hear no evil’. The new team motto is approached half heartedly in true Ferrari spirit.
Bart
15th October 2017, 10:24
No spark in the eye either.
JackySteeg (@jackysteeg)
15th October 2017, 10:59
“Watch this! You can actually pinpoint the second when his heart rips in half.”
James (@jamesde16)
15th October 2017, 11:06
Maurizio’s laptop with the reliability data crashes again.
Mclaren
15th October 2017, 11:35
Why did i give Herrfinger an extension?
Baron (@baron)
15th October 2017, 11:52
“Hardships? What hardships? I see no hardships.”
Robert_EST (@robert_est)
15th October 2017, 12:18
“Maybe if i cover my eye things won’t look half as bad”
STG (@salmantg)
15th October 2017, 13:47
“Maybe with one eye I can see better”
Dom (@3dom)
15th October 2017, 14:38
Arrivabene regrets vowing to run through the Maranello hills naked if Ferrari won fewer than 9 races this season
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
15th October 2017, 17:34
There’s 6 little cylinders firing in a row, six little cylinders firing in a row, and if one little cylinder decides not to go, there’ll be 5 little cylinders firing in a row …
CateredHam
15th October 2017, 17:37
How did i confuse V-E-T with R-A-I when i swapped those parts…?
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
15th October 2017, 18:15
I wonder what it’s like to be a spark plug inspector … “ouch” … yep … “ouch” … yep … “ouch” … yep … oh, no shock … now what’s the instruction for no shock …oops it’s dropped onto the conveyor belt … oh well, …”ouch” ..yep … “ouch” … yep …
Alex McFarlane
15th October 2017, 18:23
“Hey guys, if you cover one eye and squint with the other the championships are still in sight!”
Stjs16
15th October 2017, 18:46
“What do you mean the plugs are from a unipart so we can get a free calendar”
sethje (@seth-space)
15th October 2017, 19:34
If you look at half the trouble it’s not that bad… is it?
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
15th October 2017, 21:45
Has Marchionne gone yet?
Coskibum
15th October 2017, 23:56
Dr: Read the top line…
Arrivabene: ARRIVEDERCI
fast
16th October 2017, 0:27
“i had to double-take, yet believe me when i tell you — Stroll turned green, ripped his shirt off and started flipping cars over!”
rushfan
16th October 2017, 12:14
I wish I was back at Marlborough encouraging young people to smoke
AfroNaut
16th October 2017, 16:13
“Hey! wait a minute, if I close one eye and look the drivers and constructors points standing, Vettel and Ferrari are on top of the tables instead!”
Merseysidefella
16th October 2017, 22:16
You forgot eee de pepperoni!
Kevin C (@kev-f1)
18th October 2017, 13:10
If I look at it with one eye it’s only half as bad!! :-)