Launch season hasn’t started yet but Sauber team mates Charles Leclerc and Marcus Ericsson got some early sheet-tugging practice in when they revealed Sauber’s collaboration with Alfa Romeo at the end of last year.
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Nick (@theawesomefish)
13th January 2018, 12:00
“Please be a Mercedes, please be a Mercedes, please be a Mercedes…”
Lums (@lums)
13th January 2018, 16:57
hahaha +1
Courtney Scherger (@courtthetassietigress)
13th January 2018, 12:05
“How do we take this blanket off?”
StephenH
13th January 2018, 12:08
“Abracadabra, abracadull, transform this Sauber into a Red Bull !!” …
F199Player
13th January 2018, 12:09
Sauber reveals its 3rd race driver for 2018
Ruben
13th January 2018, 12:16
And for our next trick, we‘re going to make Wehrlein’s career disappear.
DonSmee (@david-beau)
13th January 2018, 12:21
When you have to polish a really big turd, you need a really big chamois!
lubhz (@lubhz)
14th January 2018, 16:31
Hahaha!
Dom (@3dom)
14th January 2018, 22:37
Nice
mog
13th January 2018, 12:36
Sauber’s 2018 drivers symbolically cover a casket containing Pascal’s F1 career.
TFLB (@tflb)
13th January 2018, 12:38
Charles and Marcus were shocked to find just how many extra contracted drivers Sauber could fit under a single sheet.
Gerulf Dösinger (@)
13th January 2018, 12:52
Bahahaha. XD Winner, no point in competing with this!
Cristian (@panzik)
13th January 2018, 13:45
I think we have a winner
Egonovi
13th January 2018, 17:32
great caption.
But some credit to F199Player’s entry above as well.
Hugh (@hugh11)
13th January 2018, 20:25
Hahhahaha
Ben Rowe (@thegianthogweed)
13th January 2018, 12:38
“Is everything all white with this car or will it have as many problems as last year? Looks all white so far…”
mog
13th January 2018, 12:40
Sauber’s 2018 drivers mournfully cover the casket containing Pascal’s F1 career.
Jake (@jd2625)
13th January 2018, 12:47
Charles seems to have taken the term ‘winning with a clean sheet’ in the team mate battle a little too literally
Mark (@melmgreen)
13th January 2018, 12:52
Ericsson “I wonder what IKEA have bought me this year…”
Bryan (@ruz234014)
13th January 2018, 13:02
Back in Sweden, Marcus shows Charles the thinly disguised pile of cash that secured his 2018 race seat.
Steven Robertson (@emu55)
13th January 2018, 13:26
Ericsson gets the fright of his life when the ghost of the 2017 Sauber car appears and whispers ‘wehrlein was faster than you..’
Mach1 (@mach1)
13th January 2018, 13:48
Ericsson and Lerclerc have the sinking feeling that their Secret Santa is from the same person as last year.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
13th January 2018, 13:54
Here’s the baby.
It’s so beau…
charliex (@photogcw)
13th January 2018, 13:57
Uh-oh. Yes, it feels like the F1 car but it’s Formula-E!
Damon (@damon)
13th January 2018, 14:02
– Hey, don’t grab the halo!
– I know, it’s disgusting.
Damon (@damon)
13th January 2018, 14:07
– Hey, don’t grab the halo!
– I know, it’s disgusting, innit?
Robbie (@robbie)
13th January 2018, 14:05
Leclerc and Ericsson about to sheet themselves!
Bart
13th January 2018, 14:12
Ericsson: Shall we go find out what’s there for us under the sheets?
Leclerc: I don’t think my girlfriend approves…
Philip (@philipgb)
13th January 2018, 15:09
With the introduction of the halo for 2018, Sauber rewards loyal F1 fans by keeping it’s new car under covers.
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
13th January 2018, 15:13
Sauber unveiling came well before anyone else. No unveiling due in February since they will start the season with last year’s car.
Derek Edwards
13th January 2018, 16:14
You grab that Alfa, I’ll grab this Alfa.
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
13th January 2018, 16:24
Ericsson: “Oh boy, a Christmas present from Monisha, I wonder what this is?”
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
13th January 2018, 16:57
Sauber make a serious PR blunder when, at the climax to a one hour presentation on their new F1 car, Leclerc and Ericsson pull the sheet off a large mystery object to reveal 800 kg of alfalfa sprouts.
Placid (@placid)
13th January 2018, 16:57
Marcus: I wonder what Wayne Brady left us after giving up a huge Viking Cruises trip.
Charles: PLEASE: DO NOT LET BE A “ZONK”!!!
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
13th January 2018, 17:39
Going back to the 2009 car may be a smart move, Marcus said with bitterness in his voice.
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
13th January 2018, 17:53
The fight is on to determine Sauber alpha male!
Billys (@bilarxos)
13th January 2018, 18:10
Hey Charles; let’s do a Copperfield and disappear the car!
Joao (@johnmilk)
13th January 2018, 18:55
Hey Charles, look what I bought!
Bart
13th January 2018, 19:14
“What is there under the winding sheet?”
“It is an Alfa Romeo”
“Ah…”
Brian (@flyinglapct)
13th January 2018, 19:42
“And now for my next trick, I will make the car disappear…just like every other Saturday in 2018.”
Savage_Baboon (@savagebaboon)
13th January 2018, 20:24
Charles: Yo Marcus, hold my beer.
Deano
13th January 2018, 22:01
As they creeped around Escobars’ mansion, Charles and Marcus came across an uncovered stash of cocaine
A completely different type of “Racing Line”…
mog
14th January 2018, 3:10
Sauber’s 2018 drivers quietly cover the casket containing Pascal’s F1 career
Todfod (@todfod)
14th January 2018, 5:00
Marcus – “It would not be cool if we find out that Pascal is sitting in that seat”
Todfod (@todfod)
14th January 2018, 5:01
Trying another one just for fun (sorry if it’s a little lewd) –
“All that affectionate petting by Marcus and Charles resulted in a rise on the Sauber nose”
McF1 (@mccosmic)
14th January 2018, 8:03
Come on out Pascal, time’s up!
hzh (@hzh00)
14th January 2018, 17:54
“I hear Monisha’s voice!” Marcus whispered as Charles saw the fear in his team mate’s eyes while lifting the cover off the new car.
Dom (@3dom)
14th January 2018, 22:33
After seeing the car with the Halo fitted, Ericsson and Leclerc decided to keep it covered
Jack Jeffreys (@jack1501)
14th January 2018, 22:45
This isn’t easy to get off. If only there were three of us….
Saptarshi99
15th January 2018, 11:33
This cover is difficult to get off. Fred, our third driver please!
Saptarshi99
15th January 2018, 11:35
Ahhh, now Pascal’s money is well hidden
Dom (@3dom)
15th January 2018, 13:25
Hello Mr Haas, who are you hiding from under there?
Dom (@3dom)
15th January 2018, 13:29
Hello Mr Steiner, who are you hiding from under there?
FP
18th January 2018, 2:34
I’ve always wanted to see what an Alferrauber looks like…