Lewis Hamilton and Esteban Ocon may race for rival teams but ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix last week the former Mercedes colleagues got together to race radio-controlled cars.
For Hamilton it was a chance to get reacquainted with the kind of cars he drove has a child, while Ocon has kept his hobby up since graduating to F1.
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.
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Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
30th September 2023, 8:32
“There’s no way these tyres are going to go the distance man”
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
30th September 2023, 8:33
Sorry – I know – clichéd and obvious ;)
SteveP
30th September 2023, 9:47
Hey, I thought it was amusing.
notagrumpyfan
30th September 2023, 12:07
Perfect.
Flying Lap
30th September 2023, 8:38
“Darn, they kept the zero sidepod design.”
Only Facts!
30th September 2023, 9:14
This is the same transmitter we used on Valtteri’s car. On George’s we’re having some issues…
Stewart
2nd October 2023, 13:59
Love it, very funny.
Ian
30th September 2023, 9:54
Hamiton “do you think we could fit a gopro here, drive this under the Red Bull and have a look at their floor”
Roth Man (@rdotquestionmark)
30th September 2023, 10:02
Sorry Yuki! Didn’t realise you were still in the car.
RBAlonso (@rbalonso)
30th September 2023, 10:02
“I raced a car on like this on Blue Peter…”, Ocon:”Don’t talk to me about Blue Peter, I’ve had problems with him all season”.
Philip (@philipgb)
30th September 2023, 10:26
Show me on the RC where Perez touched you
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
30th September 2023, 10:30
Oh yes – I like this one a lot :)
Adrian Hancox (@ahxshades)
30th September 2023, 11:31
Excellent :)
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
1st October 2023, 1:38
This one makes my entering more pointless than usual. Exceptionally good!!!
Electroball76
30th September 2023, 11:55
Oh man.. There’s definitely too much flexing on this bodywork
MichaelV12 (@michaelv12)
30th September 2023, 12:46
LH: “We’re trying “inverted psychology” to cause confusion for the other teams.”
EO: “Inverted psychology? What on earth is that?”
LH: “See this RC car? You’d think the wing is at the rear, right? Not so. The wing is at the front!”
EO: “Seems a bit strange to put a huge wing at the front…”
LH: “When the other teams see this back-to-front car design on the grid, we think some will get confused and they will mess up their starts. Me & George will be super prepared and we will then get ahead into Turn 1.”
EO: “Ahaaa! That makes sense. I use the same principle with my baseball cap. I wear it back-to-front like this just to annoy Pierre!”
LH: “You get the point.”
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
30th September 2023, 13:29
“Extreme E is not full size?”
“Nah, just scale models on a film set, mate. Nobody’s watching it, not even me.”
Fred Fedurch
30th September 2023, 13:33
And this is how we almost solved the porpoising issues.
Red Andy (@red-andy)
30th September 2023, 13:45
Toto says it’s this or the Clio Cup.
Goriot
30th September 2023, 15:19
I really don’t understand your French joke “pouet, pouet, camion !”
N
30th September 2023, 15:21
Hamilton: These springs are what’s causing all the bouncing.
j sc
30th September 2023, 15:45
LH: Where is my front wing mate! Did you divebomb into another RC car while racing? I’m never going to loan you my stuff ever again.
jamt
30th September 2023, 15:58
Hey, the DAS was banned a couple of seasons ago!
Biggsy
30th September 2023, 17:30
Lewis: So this is the biggest scale-model you guys can afford to run in your windtunnel at Alpine?
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
30th September 2023, 18:32
Hamilton: I’m not saying Yuki is small, but this is the prototype of his 2024 car.
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
30th September 2023, 18:35
Ocon: “Lewis, I know this is difficult, but tell me where the other car touched you.”
Urvaksh (@thedoctor03)
30th September 2023, 18:40
The FIA is taking ages to grant me an exemption for this nose stud, man.
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
30th September 2023, 18:42
Lewis: “Man, this is the last time I use super-glue…”
Mark (@blueruck)
30th September 2023, 19:42
Newey is designing me a flexi front wing
CryptidBadger (@ninjabadger)
30th September 2023, 20:32
The F1 teams’ investgation to verify the potential new F1 entries gets underway.
CryptidBadger (@ninjabadger)
30th September 2023, 20:36
“Can you get this fixed for me? Toto says we can’t under the budget cap.”
Daniel Lorey
30th September 2023, 21:50
“When I saw the car, I thought “fuck, that looks fast”.
Keith Campbell (@keithedin)
30th September 2023, 23:39
Well Lewis, you did say you wanted smaller cars in 2026.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
30th September 2023, 23:46
Ahah, one of my favourites!
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
1st October 2023, 1:43
……. and this spot at the front I am selling to Hilfiger for $5,000,000.00.
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
1st October 2023, 1:56
and this is carbotanium ferrodinum logarathmic rate neurolinked anti-deflectional damper set. Or so James tells me.
Crawliin-from-the-wreckage- Special Unhinged Edition (@davedai)
1st October 2023, 3:57
Something’s up!?
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
1st October 2023, 8:34
Lewis car collection new addition with the only Roborace functional unit.
Bruce Lix (@mblix)
1st October 2023, 19:27
If we cut here, you can stick your feet out.
Stewart
2nd October 2023, 13:58
Very topical and brilliant – well said Sir.
a (@aaaa)
2nd October 2023, 10:18
And this is where we got our brake magic design from.
osnola
2nd October 2023, 14:06
We only aim for small development steps.
JMDan
2nd October 2023, 19:41
I had a great line for you, Esteban, but it was just too obvious!
RR
4th October 2023, 22:55
“We’re giving it away with every one of my Tommy Hilfiger summer blazers.”