Before Red Bull unveiled their new (if old) livery for their RB19 for 2023, Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez got a glimpse of a special RB14 design by Mr Doodle to be auctioned for the Wings for Life charity.
But what did the Red Bull drivers make of the unique artistic design?
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
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- Caption Competition 208: Sitting around
- Caption Competition 207: Rear view
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Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
4th February 2023, 10:15
Max to Sergio: “Seb has really let himself go…”
Bob C.
4th February 2023, 20:38
OK, that’s a winner.
Roth Man (@rdotquestionmark)
4th February 2023, 10:17
Some things never change, Checo sees the black and white after Max.
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
4th February 2023, 10:19
Mr Doodle: “Yeah, I just scribbled all over the car with my eyes closed but it’s still way better than the 2023 livery.”
Frasier (@frasier)
4th February 2023, 10:34
Checo laughs at the car, but Max is less convinced having realised Mr Doodle is modelling the co-ordinated team kit.
Ian
4th February 2023, 10:39
“Due to the cost cap, I could only use 1 marker and it ran out before I could finish this end bit here”
amian
4th February 2023, 11:10
“OK, so now tell your engineers what they need to improve. I marked the needed corrections on the car”.
WimB
4th February 2023, 11:26
Thought experiment: what if the livery designer drinks only Red Bull for a whole week and then designs our new livery?
Cyberaxiom (@dave-m)
4th February 2023, 11:41
Doodle, where’s my car?
Ruben
4th February 2023, 11:42
So our concept was to display all Max’s radio messages on the car, though for our younger viewers we had to scribble out all the bad words.
Derek Edwards
4th February 2023, 11:42
That last 1.6% on the endplate would have put me over budget.
Derek Edwards
4th February 2023, 18:19
Oops, I’ve just seen that I’ve effectively stolen somebody else’s caption! Sorry about that…
Steve Rogers (@yossarian)
4th February 2023, 11:45
“My brief was to make it as confusing as a Ferrari strategy”
Rich Hill
4th February 2023, 13:04
Max was delighted that now when shown the black and white flag for driving standards, he could just treat it as a fan’s flag.
Qeki (@qeki)
4th February 2023, 13:06
Did you… also draw the oil leaking out of our engines..?
No..no just look at this bit here how this line fits perfectly with to cockpit!
You did, didn’t you.”
But this bit here…
Qeki (@qeki)
4th February 2023, 13:07
with the..
Electroball76
4th February 2023, 13:15
“and if you squint and then relax your eyes, you’ll see a 3D image of…
NinjaBadger (@ninjabadger)
4th February 2023, 14:03
“…and the patch on the ground represents the Renault/TAG Heuer engine…”
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
4th February 2023, 15:43
This is what Adrian Newey sees when air passes over a car.
Electroball76
4th February 2023, 17:10
Sergio was fluent in Dingbats, so he got the joke immediately
ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
4th February 2023, 20:56
“Keith Haring? Never heard of him.” -the artist, probably.
NinjaBadger (@ninjabadger)
4th February 2023, 21:57
However the design wasn’t used on the real racecar after the FIA’s new ban on “artistic statements”.
Coventry Climax
5th February 2023, 14:15
+1
Jack (@jackisthestig)
4th February 2023, 22:20
Max and Sergio’s attempts to ‘draw a line’ under their recent disagreement take an unexpected turn.
Crawliin-from-the-wreckage (@davedai)
5th February 2023, 4:51
I’m not an artistic genius. Actually it was just a doddle.
Red Andy (@red-andy)
5th February 2023, 8:08
“Whatever you do, Max, don’t touch this bit.”
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
5th February 2023, 8:35
“so then I gave my nephew, who is about this tall, a pad and a black crayon…..”
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
5th February 2023, 8:39
A tin of Mr Doodles patented ‘patterned paint’ was accidently spilled on the floor and could not be cleaned up before the unveiling.
Philip (@philipgb)
5th February 2023, 18:25
Max Verstappen continues his trend of raising money for charity by touching rear wings
Crawliin-from-the-wreckage (@davedai)
5th February 2023, 23:24
Here comes an unimpressed Max.
Get away from the edge of the stage.
tielemst
5th February 2023, 23:50
“Great, huh? I did the same for Mercedes last year. They even based their aerodynamic design on it.”
Scalextric (@scalextric)
6th February 2023, 1:49
“My favourite part is the tyres”
Fishingelbow (@fishingelbow)
6th February 2023, 23:55
👍🏼
Urvaksh (@thedoctor03)
6th February 2023, 10:23
Mr Doodle: “And now if you’ll just put your hands right here, you’ll feel the hot air blow. Precisely what Christian wanted us to do at the launch”.
Mark (@blueruck)
6th February 2023, 15:13
Seb, welcome back Red Bull, tell us about your role as the team’s new Mr. Doodle
Crawliin-from-the-wreckage (@davedai)
7th February 2023, 4:32
Boy George and I decided to get together….
Kurt Laguna
7th February 2023, 5:16
“I missed it, did he say his name was Mr. Doodle or Mr. Doo-Doo?”