Mechanics are the backbone of any Formula 1 team and Alpine are no different in that regard.
But what were the Alpine crew looking at before the Singapore Grand Prix last year?
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 210: Speaking with Sainz
- Caption Competition 209: Sole searching
- Caption Competition 208: Sitting around
- Caption Competition 207: Rear view
- Caption Competition 206: Didn’t he doodle well
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Gilles Amon (@gillesamon)
21st January 2023, 10:13
The Alpine crew watching in disbelief the papaya glow as Oscar ascends.
DB-C90 (@dbradock)
21st January 2023, 10:20
And Fernando will have mechanical issues in 3… 2… 1..
JackySteeg (@jackysteeg)
21st January 2023, 10:25
“Oh, so THAT’s what a podium looks like!”
Qeki (@qeki)
21st January 2023, 10:30
Don’t you even think about double daring them to fight anymore mark. We are in the brink of catastrophe and signing those two wasn’t the brightest idea.
Derek Edwards
21st January 2023, 10:39
Weather’s changing. Let the boys know they won’t need to fight the Ferraris.
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
21st January 2023, 11:12
Caption:
“Alpine pit crew, seen here celebrating their 2022 season high point of securing 5th fastest pit stop”
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
21st January 2023, 11:22
Following a high speed crash that saw Alonso briefly hospitalised, the Alpine pit crew celebrate the news that the veteran driver’s ego is still very much intact
Forrest Gump (@forrestgump)
21st January 2023, 12:11
Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!
“Look! Up in the sky!” “It’s a bird!” “It’s a plane!” “It’s Supermax!”
Yes, it’s Supermax… strange visitor from another planet, who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men! Supermax… who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands! And who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way!
Forrest Gump (@forrestgump)
21st January 2023, 14:59
With such an international database here, you would most likely need to have grown up in the US watching black and white TV in the 50’s to get this :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkdDd7JhwOA&ab_channel=JohnDaniels
Short Circuit (@jjohn)
22nd January 2023, 0:00
No @forrestgump I got it along with The Nelson’s, Father Knows Best, Leave It To Beaver, My Three Sons, Sea Hunt, Silent Service, 77 Sunset Strip et al all without leaving Down Under.
Crawliin-from-the-wreckage (@davedai)
21st January 2023, 13:05
YES!!!!!
They both made it through the warm up and to their grid positions without any collisions.
Coventry Climax
21st January 2023, 14:08
“Hey, is that Mark Webber again? For Audi already? Thought he’d retired? Looks like the VW group still have to sort their aero.”
MB (@muralibhats)
21st January 2023, 14:47
And thats how we lost Oscar Piastri from under our nose
James Brickles (@brickles)
21st January 2023, 16:02
“Oh look, a distant cloud. Better delay the start just in case there’s rain in it!”
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
21st January 2023, 16:12
That new floor’s not giving us any more downforce!
d0senbrot (@d0senbrot)
21st January 2023, 16:26
He ascended into heaven… …again.
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
21st January 2023, 17:38
The F1 equivalent of football’s “spot the ball” competition is “spot the carbon fibre debris”.
Roth Man (@rdotquestionmark)
21st January 2023, 17:44
The Alpine team watch on with much pride as their driver Fernando Alonso overtakes Lance Stroll.
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
21st January 2023, 17:52
Maybe Fernando finished the very wet Japanese GP in 7th, but the Alpine pitcrew were adamant his rooster tails were the most impressive.
Apexor
21st January 2023, 18:14
Alpine crew wagering on which of their driver will crash first when the rain starts.
Chris
21st January 2023, 19:23
… who said Pierre G is a gift from heaven? … dunno… I’ll ask Ocon…
Jockey Ewing
21st January 2023, 22:39
During the recent years, often I have seen them doing the opposite of what I would like (they have lost Prost, Alonso, Piastri, and a by then still much better looking Ricciardo). So I hope, there they are not waiting for Ocon to emerge from the subways.
Pedro (@pedrike)
21st January 2023, 23:42
I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky!
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
22nd January 2023, 0:24
The entire pit crew were mysteriously distracted as Fernando approached to ask them to his leaving drinks.
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
22nd January 2023, 0:29
They thought it was just a rumour, but there it was. The trophy case Fernando had made to house the silverware for races he believed he should have won.
Pat Ruadh (@fullcoursecaution)
22nd January 2023, 0:56
After years on midfield struggles, the team had finally built an actual rocketship
Diez Cilindros (@diezcilindros)
22nd January 2023, 7:36
Or…
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
22nd January 2023, 11:21
Alpine fresh strategy recruits from Ferrari still need adjustments in their routine to spot when to switch from inter to slick
Stewart
22nd January 2023, 13:14
The smiles break out in happiness as they see it was Daniel coming up behind Alonso and not Lando !
AndrewT (@andrewt)
22nd January 2023, 13:30
Alpine crew is expecting a blue moon rising soon.
Bruce Lix (@mblix)
22nd January 2023, 17:25
Do we have a balloon in that race?
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
22nd January 2023, 21:06
“When I grow up, I wanna be just like him”
Gr8guns
23rd January 2023, 5:08
Keeping an eye as Fernando could always land from up there too, wanting to box and keep going! We better be ready, and not be slow for the pit stop chaps… you never know.
Madman (@madman)
23rd January 2023, 13:52
“No wonder they always win, Red Bull really does give them wings!”
Electroball76
24th January 2023, 18:47
The Alpine crew were stunned by F1’s massive inflated figures