Pierre Gasly is a driver of many emotions.
But what has Charles Leclerc told Gasly on the grid ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that has provoked such a shocked reaction from the AlphaTauri driver?
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 RaceFans Round-up.
Caption Competition
- Caption Competition 266: Verstappen’s team mates
- Caption Competition 265: Grin and bear it
- Caption Competition 264: Maxsplaining
- Caption Competition 263: Mercedes go underground
- Caption Competition 262: Ferrari family
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Omar R (@)
18th December 2021, 14:45
Tsunoda actually wears elevator shoes all the time.
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
18th December 2021, 14:51
This isn’t my caption but I am struggling to think of something that isn’t obscene or libellous!
RandomMallard
18th December 2021, 15:05
@nullapax Same here. The only thing I could think of at first had something to do with the specifications of the types of wheels that were used for the final time, compared to those being used next year, if you understand what I mean.
Rottka
19th December 2021, 18:10
Specially with all the fake moralism and overbearing censorship around here.
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
18th December 2021, 14:53
Leclerc: “So you offered to do that to Marko and he still wouldn’t let you back in the team?”
Bob C.
18th December 2021, 18:12
No way this will be allowed to win, but in a better world than this, it would. It so would. And it would be an even better world for it.
Alan Thomson
19th December 2021, 0:11
😂
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
18th December 2021, 14:53
“Pierre – I’m the one who’s been sending you those E-Mails!”
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
18th December 2021, 14:56
“Pierre Gasly is shocked to find himself passing Leclerc whilst Verstappen struggles to catch up”
Derek Edwards
18th December 2021, 15:51
Okay, now I’m being told that we can get out of Max’s way aftet all.
Derek Edwards
18th December 2021, 16:01
Wasn’t meant to be a reply! Surely it’s time for some kind of edit/delete capability…
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
18th December 2021, 14:59
Charles Leclerc unimpressed by new life-size inflatable Pierre Gasly doll.
jamt
19th December 2021, 0:26
So, so it is true that next year is the last at AT?
Red Andy (@red-andy)
18th December 2021, 15:02
Charles Leclerc’s new career as a dentist gets off to a bad start.
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
18th December 2021, 15:03
“Yes Pierre. He is behind you ….. and he is wearing his favourite mask”
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
18th December 2021, 15:05
Gasly: “What d’ya mean, I look like a d!ck wearing these sunglasses and my cap backwards!?”
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
18th December 2021, 22:31
Damn it.. I was going for a variant of this.
Nope, I’m still going to do it even though it’s impact is lost now.
“It’s true Pierre, it’s you wearing your cap backwards, not the rest of us”.
RandomMallard
18th December 2021, 15:06
Charles thinks his team have a competent strategy.
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
18th December 2021, 15:08
Leclerc: “Bad gas, huh? I’ll get you some Gaviscon.”
jff
18th December 2021, 15:12
As PCR testing would take too long Masi overruled protocol approved visual inspection by fellow competitors.
F1 is fixed
18th December 2021, 15:15
‘Have you seen todays script? ending looks a bit moody, you think anyone will notice?’
Ucat33 (@ucat33)
19th December 2021, 5:45
Winner!!!
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
18th December 2021, 15:18
“Your going to have to do better than that if want to join Ferrari”
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
18th December 2021, 15:21
“No Pierre, it is definitely moustaches not beards this year”
RomTrain (@romtrain)
18th December 2021, 15:23
I peed into your car after your victory in Monza last year.
James Brickles (@brickles)
18th December 2021, 15:24
Pierre Gasly receives an early Christmas present: A turkey sandwich from Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso.
Hotbottoms (@hotbottoms)
18th December 2021, 15:28
Leclerc: I think you misunderstood when Marko said that any Toro Rosso driver on podium gets elevated to Red Bull.
Hotbottoms (@hotbottoms)
18th December 2021, 15:29
*Alpha Tauri :)
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
18th December 2021, 15:30
Gasly struggles with hotter than expected french fry…
Nora Sánchez Alemán (@norsaleman)
18th December 2021, 15:33
“Act normal, Dude, he’s right behind us!”
Nora Sánchez Alemán (@norsaleman)
18th December 2021, 15:35
“Checo did it again… On 22 lap softs!”
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
18th December 2021, 15:39
Gasly: “Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrp!”
Anuj
18th December 2021, 15:48
Pierre on learning RB are considering Sainz for that seat with Max retirement impending.
stjs16 (@stjs16)
18th December 2021, 15:52
Do those carbon fibre molars save weight?
kartguy07 (@kartguy07)
18th December 2021, 15:53
Charles: I smeared camembert all inside your air intake, it’ll smell lovely during the race.
Jim from US (@jimfromus)
18th December 2021, 15:53
“Masi decided to do what???”
or
“The stewards aren’t going to investigate driving off the track and behind the stands???”
kartguy07 (@kartguy07)
18th December 2021, 15:54
Pierre: S***, I left the car keys on the mantelpiece!
Derek Edwards
18th December 2021, 15:57
Okay, so now I’m being told that we can get out of Max’s way after all.
Pat Ruadh (@fullcoursecaution)
18th December 2021, 18:43
Nice
N
18th December 2021, 16:20
Masi to the drivers: “Only the lapped cars in front of Verstappen may now overtake the Safety Car”
erikje
18th December 2021, 16:23
“your serious, Hamilton personality of the year”?
That must have been rigged.
Neel Jani (@neelv27)
18th December 2021, 16:27
Max took Kyvat’s seat and then his girlfriend!
Neil (@neilosjames)
18th December 2021, 16:27
“This Mission Winnow thing is designed to look like a Marlboro logo, but we don’t tell people that.”
Robbie (@robbie)
18th December 2021, 16:32
PG: If we unlap ourselves what does that make us?
CL: Unmaxxinated.
PG: 😮
Andy (@andyfromsandy)
18th December 2021, 16:38
Where do you buy them caps that have the peak at the back?
G30RG3.be
18th December 2021, 16:39
“Gerri must have done it: Lewis got caught with his nose in Max’s rear-end and Christian Horner didn’t complain.”
Maximum Max
18th December 2021, 17:17
Leclerc 16 seconds later: “Better out than in, Boss”.
Billys (@bilarxos)
18th December 2021, 17:23
“Yuki is faster than you”
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
18th December 2021, 17:44
– Look, I’m a human f-duct now! Do you want to know how it works?
– No thanks!
F1 is fixed
18th December 2021, 18:06
In Tonight’s show ‘F1 the Pinnacle of Entertainment’ drivers are showing us the skills they have outside the car, In episode 22 we see Gasly showing us he’s Opera skills by singing Nessun Dorma…
Mayrton
18th December 2021, 18:07
Leclerc: It was I, Leclerc, who paid Masi..
F1 is fixed
18th December 2021, 18:09
I thought you were meant to catch the tennis balls…not eat them.
Bryan (@ruz234014)
18th December 2021, 18:10
Pierre Gasly yawns and struggles to wake up after watching the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix.
Pat Ruadh (@fullcoursecaution)
18th December 2021, 18:30
LeClerc: “Did you know that if you’re a Sky Q or Sky Glass customer, you can watch replays and highlights alongside the live action?”
Broke1984 (@broke1984)
18th December 2021, 19:01
Leclerc “To go from Alfa Romeo to ferrari I had my lips more circular.
Gasly “Like this”?
Aapje (@aapje)
18th December 2021, 20:11
“Yes, that’s how you earn a promotion to Ferrari”
J
18th December 2021, 20:12
Don’t believe what Philip Morris say, this is how you’d blow a smoke ring the size of the new 18” rims!
Robert (@rob8k)
18th December 2021, 20:29
Pierre Gasly amazed by the brand new helmet cam Ferrari designed for Charles Leclerc
Djangles LeVaughn (@royal-spark)
18th December 2021, 20:32
Pierre was asked to show his best PogChamp face. The response from Charles was…. Less than POGGERS.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
18th December 2021, 21:03
The moment Gasly realised what Mission winnow stands for.
Donz
18th December 2021, 21:36
Gasly: I like these glasses because when I go like this it makes it look like I have 3 eyes….
Leclerc: No….it REALLY doesn’t…..
F1 is fixed
18th December 2021, 22:55
Lec– So when Masi does the old ‘switch-a-roo’ youve got to act surprised…
Gas– Nailed it
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
18th December 2021, 22:59
Pierre, I wouldn’t want to be at your place with Max coming behind you. Who are you going to rely to, your team or FIA? Good luck mate!
Scalextric (@scalextric)
18th December 2021, 23:03
They tell me to drive like this to improve the downforce.
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
18th December 2021, 23:04
Correct, we are dropping Mission Winnow.
Let me present our new sponsor Missision Winnnow
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
18th December 2021, 23:08
Pierre demonstrates the sound he hears on his headset when his team wants him to get out of the way of Max.
DB-C90 (@dbradock)
18th December 2021, 23:21
Wow these X-ray glasses really work!!
Aussie Rod (@aussierod)
18th December 2021, 23:54
Leclerc: ‘Pierre, did you hear Ferrari and Alpha Tauri have done a deal to swap our race strategy departments for 2022″ ?
Electroball76
19th December 2021, 0:52
“It turns out that you will only evolve to a Gengar when you get traded..”
scss (@scss)
19th December 2021, 1:13
Helmut told me you have a Red Bull ride next year.
Gerard Havercroft
19th December 2021, 3:20
“I am wearing Lamborghini underpants”
Jack (@jackisthestig)
19th December 2021, 5:13
“It’s been how long since the last Caption Competition!?”
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
19th December 2021, 5:41
Pierre: [singing] “… Rudolf the orange reindeer …”.
Urvaksh (@thedoctor03)
19th December 2021, 8:03
Charles’ sidelock and Pierre’s mouth combining perfectly to depict Pierre’s race car number.
RocketTankski
19th December 2021, 8:08
Oh, that’s just my Ferrari contract.
Konstantinos
19th December 2021, 8:49
No Pierre, I’m actually FROM there!
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
19th December 2021, 9:10
Leclerc: “So I accidentally went into the wrong hotel room and that’s when I saw Michael Masi, wearing Max Verstappen pyjamas and draped in the Netherlands national flag.”
Gasly: “Noooooooooo!”
Qeki (@qeki)
19th December 2021, 9:54
And here you can see a young french actor doing his best warm up impressions as he gets ready for the show.
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
19th December 2021, 10:04
Leclerc: “So I offered to pay for the meal but Masi said that he wanted to go Dutch…”
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
19th December 2021, 12:33
Pierre: “So you’re telling me that the title was decided on the last lap of the last race for the first time in 13 years?”
Wayne
19th December 2021, 12:45
Leclerc: dude, masi and christian were sharing early Christmas gifts in the hotel room if uno what i mean… Gasly: OMW!!!
WimB
19th December 2021, 16:06
Charles: It is like Masieus showed us. The Maxtrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, on this very starting grid. You can see it when you look out your cockpit or in your mirrors. You can feel it when you near the DRS detection line. When you break for the hairpin. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
Pierre: And what truth is that?
Charles: That the Maxtrix is the One.
Rottka
19th December 2021, 18:15
…and he also gendered his statement when he said: “This is being manipulated, man“
Sacha Gortchakoff (@gosac)
19th December 2021, 20:11
Mon Dieu, My Dude, you should stop racing and become a singer !
Sacha Gortchakoff (@gosac)
19th December 2021, 20:22
*not sure whether this Papageno trill-troll will help you to impress on track*
Sacha Gortchakoff (@gosac)
19th December 2021, 20:28
*impossible to spit a cherry stone any longer than me — cause I’m the World Champion — at least therein*
kaysee013
19th December 2021, 20:34
Leclerc: “So I looked her dead in the eyes and said: If Charles goes down, he goes down in flames”
Todfod (@todfod)
20th December 2021, 5:05
Gasly – “I’d beat Max Verstappen if I got another chance in that Red Bull”
Leclerc – “Let’s ask Max… he’s right behind you”
Sacha Gortchakoff (@gosac)
20th December 2021, 10:58
[ will there be a poll ? ]
RocketTankski
20th December 2021, 14:36
No, it will be decided by the race director before the competition closes.
Pjotr (@pietkoster)
20th December 2021, 14:22
The British don’t like Hamilton.
Justafan
20th December 2021, 17:01
“Memory, turn your face to the moonlight…”
ScottyFromMarketing
20th December 2021, 20:15
Leclerc: “Don’t tell anyone, but I have Covid again”
Gasly: “Ahhhhooohhhhhh”
Mooa42
20th December 2021, 23:30
Now that the season is over Gasly reveals how AlphaTauris new take on the F-duct worked, “You just open your mouth and it channels the air through a hole in the seat”
Asanator (@asanator)
21st December 2021, 15:00
Yuki has had his contract renewed
Sam Bilotta
21st December 2021, 15:02
Please Pierre you’re upsetting me ! God I don’t know what’s worse your driving or your singing !