Alpine Formula 1 driver Esteban Ocon showed off his new cockpit to World Endurance Championship Hypercar team mates Mick Schumacher and Ferdinand Habsburg at the team’s launch this week.
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WesselV1
10th February 2024, 7:22
“Ans this is where the magic happens.”
Joe
10th February 2024, 19:33
Ocon – “What the? Is that what I think it is?”
Other guy – “Yeah”
Ocon – “Kimi?”
Jungle
10th February 2024, 7:48
Ocon – “What the? Is that what I think it is?”
Other guy – “Yeah”
Ocon – “Kimi?”
Other guy – “Yeah Kimi”
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
10th February 2024, 8:13
Look – just down by the seat – the sticker says “Made in China”
James Brickles (@brickles)
10th February 2024, 8:30
Ocon: “Over here is the ‘Keep Away From Fernando’ button… I forgot to press it at Interlagos.”
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
10th February 2024, 8:33
Estaban was adamant that he’d lost a Euro down the side of the seat.
Crawliin-from-the-wreckage (@davedai)
10th February 2024, 8:38
If they find that other Michelin cloth arm patch they’ll guess our tyre degradation solution!
Gilles Amon (@gillesamon)
10th February 2024, 8:45
Alain?!
Miguel Bento (@miguelbento)
10th February 2024, 12:09
@gillesamon Brilliant!
Mkraizrool
10th February 2024, 8:48
This is where they’re going to fit the sick bag.
chrisb
10th February 2024, 9:06
“And that’s the tin of spare Smarties for you to use, to replace those that fall out of the steering wheel”
Red Andy (@red-andy)
10th February 2024, 9:14
ESTEBAN: This isn’t one of our sponsors … who put that “Kingsmill” sticker on my Halo?
FERDINAND: That was me. I’m very into bread.
MichaelV12 (@michaelv12)
10th February 2024, 9:19
So when I press this, it will trigger Pierre’s ejector seat.
Andy Kennedy
10th February 2024, 9:33
I can’t believe they left the seat out to save weight!
Clemens Wenners (@clemenswenners)
10th February 2024, 9:44
“Nope, no paint in here either..”
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
10th February 2024, 9:55
I don’t know what happened, Pierre climbed in and he just disappeared down there
Derek Edwards
10th February 2024, 10:00
Practising for the Mercedes 2025 launch.
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
10th February 2024, 10:04
Ferdinand was mesmerised by how Mick gently stroked Ocons beautifully contoured seat.
Picasso 1.9D FTW (@picasso-19d-ftw)
10th February 2024, 10:33
That button? Well that deploys countermeasures when my teammate and I are “working together”.
Steve Rogers (@yossarian)
10th February 2024, 10:50
Ocon: Still nothing! Has Toto texted you back yet?
Mick: No, but he liked our launch photos. That means he’s interested, right?
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
10th February 2024, 10:51
After being told that the car would fly around the track, Ocon is worried Boeing was involved to seal the unnecessary doors on his car.
Only Facts!
10th February 2024, 11:37
See, Mick? This is much more spacious than Mercedes. Let’s trade?
BamBoomBots
10th February 2024, 12:24
‘And here we see another key innovation of this car’.
‘More square centimeters without paint?’
‘Exactly’.
Mark (@blueruck)
10th February 2024, 13:50
Mick: This is where the secret Mercedes button was I told you about
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
10th February 2024, 14:34
“Right hand here, then dive in head first.” Habsburg falls for the old halo trick.
Joe
10th February 2024, 15:16
This year, let’s try WHISPERING to it all at once.
Joe
10th February 2024, 15:22
The THREE WHISPERERS at work.
Wheel Nut (@wheel-nut)
10th February 2024, 15:47
Watch your hand Mick, it’s a very aggressive design
AndrewT (@andrewt)
10th February 2024, 16:41
Can you take the mick out of it?
Julia
10th February 2024, 19:31
you take the mick out of it?
apexor
10th February 2024, 19:48
Estabon: This sucks my arm is too short. Hey guys can help me here I dropped my phone between the car seat and can’t reach it.
Benjamin Brown (@benjib)
10th February 2024, 20:12
Ocon was feeling good about this season’s chances, until Schumacher discovered a pit of despair.
Urvaksh (@thedoctor03)
10th February 2024, 20:18
Mick wasn’t too happy when Esteban joked about his car being so slow it didn’t need any brakes.
MurasamaRA300 (@murasamara300)
10th February 2024, 20:28
This was the exact moment they realised… all that black carbon fibre had morphed into a black hole.
Neil (@neilosjames)
10th February 2024, 22:33
“…and after you get rejected by Mercedes, you get to sit here…”
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
11th February 2024, 4:09
All three drivers remained in rather awkward poses as each hoped the others would notice and comment upon their new watch.
Ruben
11th February 2024, 4:24
So this is where Christian Horner sleeps for the time being?
Ruben
11th February 2024, 4:25
“What’s this?”
“Leave that in, that is Pierre’s booster seat.”
Ruben
11th February 2024, 4:28
“And what about this button that says ‘pardon my French’ on it?”
“That disables the team radio.”
Philip (@philipgb)
11th February 2024, 12:36
So how exactly do the rules of shotgun work with a single seater?
NinjaBadger (@ninjabadger)
11th February 2024, 15:57
Pierre was unfortunate to find out how far Alpine have “dug deep” to find performance.
Placid (@placid)
12th February 2024, 21:18
Mick Schumacher: I wonder if we can place the Vince Lombardi Trophy on this seat.
Ocon: I am interested if we can place a Football launcher.
Habsburg: I would prefer the Swift nation!!!