FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem was in Silverstone for last weekend’s British Grand Prix. On Saturday, he was seen having an animated discussion with Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff.
But what were two of the most powerful figures in Formula 1 discussing on the roof of the FIA’s hospitality suite?
Can you come up with the best caption for this picture? Post your funniest suggestion in the comments below.
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Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
15th July 2023, 9:54
Toto unhappy about Mohammed effort to take pictures of the RedBull floor himself when he finally realised they were from flugtag!
peter
15th July 2023, 9:58
Next time Lewis is complaining about other drivers exceeding track limits, tell him to take pictures.
Jimbob
15th July 2023, 10:02
this is very small…. and this is far away ….
Jimbob
15th July 2023, 10:05
they are my invisible sun glasses and i’m going to let you try them no matter how much you pout
Cyberaxiom (@dave-m)
15th July 2023, 10:19
“I just put two matchsticks in my eyes like this and no-one can tell that yet another dull Verstappen victory has sent me to sleep”
Ian Murtagh
15th July 2023, 10:21
Toto: “Mohammad the glasses are bad, we know, please wear them.”
melanos
16th July 2023, 17:32
XDDD
Tommy C (@tommy-c)
15th July 2023, 10:42
Open your eyes, Toto! How can you not see the value a new team would add?!
Mayrton
15th July 2023, 11:04
You will have to take your Mercedes glasses off at some point Toto, if you aspire my or Stefano’s role and be taken seriously as ambassador for this sport.
TheDonz
15th July 2023, 11:51
Toto: but if we kill Christian Horner who could replace him that would be bad enough to end the red bill winning streak?
Mohammed: what about the guy that used to run Ferrari? What’s his name…you know the guy….
Toto: Binnoto?!?!!
Sergey Martyn
15th July 2023, 12:23
Imaginary camera master class.
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
15th July 2023, 12:29
That wasn’t a beer, that’s olive oil! You need glasses, mate!
BlueChris (@bluechris)
15th July 2023, 12:45
Mohammed: you will need this kind of binoculars to see again championship in the upcoming years.
DB-C90 (@dbradock)
15th July 2023, 12:49
Liberty have these rose coloured glasses -if you put them on then sprint races are fantastic to watch.
Effwon (@effwon)
15th July 2023, 13:01
“Short fella, messy white hair, glasses…”
apexor
15th July 2023, 13:17
bernie?
Effwon (@effwon)
15th July 2023, 13:19
Couldn’t possibly say… :P
apexor
15th July 2023, 13:15
Mohammed: Pee ka boo! I see you! saying in funny comical voice.
Todfod (@todfod)
15th July 2023, 13:26
Hypnotist Sulayem – “Look in to my eyes… you are getting sleepy… Christian is your friend…”
Mayrton
15th July 2023, 13:38
Stop being such a cry baby Toto, it shouldnt be up to the teams to decide whether new teams will join or not.
Crawliin-from-the-wreckage (@davedai)
15th July 2023, 13:42
On one hand you THINK you are big.
On the other I KNOW you are small.
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
15th July 2023, 13:46
I only took one photo of Suzie in the shower..
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
15th July 2023, 13:52
“This is how much of a woman should be visible … this much and no more!
DavidS (@davids)
15th July 2023, 13:59
Toto wasn’t sure how to react to Muhammed Ben Sulayem’s impression of Ross Brawn.
Chris Coppulotta
15th July 2023, 14:31
“Toto, you should try my green-tinted glasses. I sleep much better now!”
Jere (@jerejj)
15th July 2023, 14:31
I was prepared for some image of their paddock one-on-one conversation to get chosen, but here’s my attempt:
Toto, you need to open your eyes to domination always being a thing in F1.
Rich Hill
15th July 2023, 14:48
I’ll lend them to you…pop them up to your eyes like this and you’ll be able to see the red bulls again – easy!
Andy Hunter
15th July 2023, 16:25
I’m thinking of getting some new glass but big ones like that character Deirdre used to where on that British soap coronation Street?
Dean Stewart
15th July 2023, 14:59
“….you spent most of 2021 with a face mask here, no wonder the car’s terrible….”
charliex (@photogcw)
15th July 2023, 15:07
So when I wanted to peek into the ladies dressing room at the new Saudi track, they only gave me a window this big!
Roth Man (@rdotquestionmark)
15th July 2023, 15:07
In our culture, this is how much of the woman we like to see.
Mr Andrew W Hunter
15th July 2023, 16:29
Mohammed: I’m thinking of getting some new glass but big ones like that character Deirdre used to where on that British soap coronation Street?
joshj81
15th July 2023, 19:01
Best way to watch the races from home? Apple VisionPro
Red Andy (@red-andy)
15th July 2023, 19:43
“Smile for the camera, Toto”
“I am smiling”
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
15th July 2023, 19:44
“See … this much of the driver’s helmet is still open … something could go through that gap and hit the driver in his eyes … we need to close up that gap”.
Electroball76
15th July 2023, 20:04
Hey, Toto, check this out:
“I am vengeance
I am the night
I am.. the Batman!”
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
15th July 2023, 20:14
“The next stage of handicapping the teams leading the Constructors’ Championship is to restrict designers to using pencils this long”.
Urvaksh (@thedoctor03)
15th July 2023, 23:28
MBS: Toto, stop saying mine’s bigger. In my eyes, Red Bull’s dominance is just the same as yours.
John Shand
16th July 2023, 0:06
MBS: So shaped like this, Toto, and bifocal, PLUS a heads-up display!
Crawliin-from-the-wreckage (@davedai)
16th July 2023, 2:47
C’mon Toto you will only lose this little bit of money if new team is allowed. It’s not much.
Yeah well if it’s that little you pay it!
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
16th July 2023, 3:15
So, Toto, you’d like me to restrict Red Bull’s DRS opening to about this much?
Leeroy (@leeroy)
16th July 2023, 7:56
“See this is 25mm, this is how much you asked me to raise the floor, dont complain to me that Red Bull made it work better than you. No more favours Toto”
NinjaBadger (@ninjabadger)
16th July 2023, 10:00
“Toto. Don’t think of the proposed new teams as too small to enter F1. Just think of them as far away…”
osnola
16th July 2023, 12:49
Come on Toto, take off your glasses and see.
Mog
16th July 2023, 11:23
Sulayem: these are Masi’s glasses….
John Cousins (@drone)
16th July 2023, 13:01
Before you go Toto, please just for me.
I just want you to say…
My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing.
Electroball76
16th July 2023, 15:17
See this tiny violin, and its tiny bow? I play them for you, Toto. To show how much I care for your problems.
WimB
16th July 2023, 15:42
“And so Little Red Riding Bull asked: ‘Why are your eyes so big?’ ”
“Mohamed, let me stop you right there. I’m the Wolf here, okay?!”
Derek Edwards
16th July 2023, 17:05
When I said I wanted twenty twenty back again I wasn’t taking about the year, Toto.
Only Facts!
16th July 2023, 17:39
Open your eyes, Toto! McLaren got something out of that Red bull headquarters visit…