Lewis Hamilton had the first-day-in-a-new-job butterflies this week as he arrived at Maranello for his first official appearance as an Ferrari Formula 1 driver.
The seven-times world champion met team members and fans, and sampled a 2023 Ferrari on a damp Fiorano, as did his new team mate Charles Leclerc.
Can you come up with the best caption for this picture from Hamilton’s first week at Ferrari? 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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mark3186 (@mark3186)
25th January 2025, 8:40
and now moving to Plan C and Plan D…
El Pollo Loco
27th January 2025, 2:08
lol, I heard that in my head (sleepy sounding, Italian accent, etc.). It’s more the way Sainz’s and Leclerc’s engineers say it that makes it so funny than how often they do.
Wheel Nut (@wheel-nut)
25th January 2025, 8:47
e ripetere … una macchina da corsa … a racing car
Diez Cilindros (@diezcilindros)
25th January 2025, 8:54
Lewis’ first briefing did not go as smoothly as expected as he did not know how to change the PC settings from Italian to English.
Jungle
25th January 2025, 8:55
Ferrari technical support. Lewis speaking. How can I help?
Craig Lahey
25th January 2025, 9:02
What are these silver arrows for?
pH
25th January 2025, 9:19
Wanting to have a good chance at winning something, Lewis got his new fellow employees enthusiastic about LOL (Battlenet for those born earlier :-) ).
ritesh (@argeepea)
25th January 2025, 9:28
Lewis Hamilton gets an appreciation of the checking process
John Beak (@johnbeak)
25th January 2025, 10:21
Best caption? Copy understood.
Coventry Climax
25th January 2025, 9:33
Don’t look, Lewis, for this is radio training excercise.
You just heard the frequency of our engine. Now if I play this note on the keyboard, can you tell me which one it is?
Derek Edwards
25th January 2025, 9:36
Hello Charles – Lewis is faster than you…
Maximis Globis
25th January 2025, 9:41
I’m sorry Lewis, the Health and Safety training module is mandatory for everyone on their first day, you need to know how to lift a heavy box in the correct manner. Next we have 17 policy and procedure documents for you to read and sign…
Benjamin Brown (@benjib)
25th January 2025, 9:41
Good afternoon, you have reached Lewis. How may I help with your engine issues?
Deano
25th January 2025, 9:51
Bono….whats the Hammertime button again?
Raphael Menderico
25th January 2025, 9:54
Let me see if I can fix the pit stop schedule here…
Only Facts!
25th January 2025, 10:02
Angela, good news!!! I spoke about you to my new bosses and the reply was we are checking.
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
25th January 2025, 10:24
Lewis has to pass the mandatory Ferrari strategy plan A to Z test.
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
25th January 2025, 11:42
Lewis realised he was just the new guy, when everyone else was given a coat to help keep warm.
Wer
25th January 2025, 11:43
“Oh, so that’s the song Ferrari have been listening to.”
pez2k (@pez2k)
25th January 2025, 11:54
Instead of a bottle of Peroni and a complimentary pair of Ray-Bans, Hamilton discovers that Ferrari’s sponsor obligations involve a six-week placement on HP technical support.
floodo1 (@floodo1)
25th January 2025, 13:49
lol
Sandwhichands
26th January 2025, 4:58
Very funny, This should win
DB-C90 (@dbradock)
25th January 2025, 12:00
After sampling a Ferrari, Lewis decides that he’ll be better off on the pit wall.
Mr Fabulous (@mrfabulous)
25th January 2025, 12:05
Such was the sudden volume of calls to Ferrari’s switchboard from Tifosi seeking absolution for all the bad things they’ve said about the team’s new signing over the years, that even Lewis himself was drafted in to help
Scotty (@rockonscotty)
25th January 2025, 12:18
Why is the password Smoothoperator55?
David BR (@david-br)
25th January 2025, 12:22
Severed Lewis starts to wonder if there’s more to life than endless office hours in front of the screen. Why does he keep having weird dreams of race tracks?
José
25th January 2025, 12:23
Copy… Errr… we are checking…
jamt
25th January 2025, 12:26
mmm.. a,b,c,d… so many strategy buttons here man
Bob C
25th January 2025, 12:48
Calm on the outside, but inside the question keeps running round his brain: “but will I get the drink?”
Sumedh
25th January 2025, 13:36
Copy, Lewis is checking… his new workplace
Conrad
25th January 2025, 13:54
Oh man, that’s why Carlos was always annoyed when they replied to him “understood. come back to you.”
An Sionnach
25th January 2025, 14:02
“Keep Reinventing”
d0senbrot (@d0senbrot)
25th January 2025, 14:21
“I said I want to come with Bono, not become Bono.”
stjs16 (@stjs16)
25th January 2025, 14:52
Lewis, go test your Skype login!
AndrewT (@andrewt)
25th January 2025, 15:36
“I thought Smooth Operator would have been removed from their playlist by now.”
Dane
25th January 2025, 15:37
“Good Morning sir, my name is Lewis. I’ve been trying to reach you about an extended warranty on that Enzo we sold you”
JJ (@jjfrazz)
25th January 2025, 15:46
A clip from Gene Roddenberry’s new series about the future in a universe run by F1 racing teams – Car Trek! Starring Sir Lewis Hamilton as Lt. Uhura!
Billys (@bilarxos)
25th January 2025, 15:51
“Hey guys, are you sure this is the seat that I sign off?”
Kobe (@im-a-kobe)
25th January 2025, 15:59
“We are blessing.”
dot_com (@dot_com)
25th January 2025, 16:39
When Lewis applied to work at Ferrari, he wrongly assumed it would be as a driver.
An Sionnach
25th January 2025, 17:20
Great!
PJ
25th January 2025, 20:09
Lewis continuing his Italian language lessons…
Plan A… Piano A repeat…
We are checking…
Plan B… Piano B repeat…
We are checking…
Plan E…
Kurt Laguna
25th January 2025, 22:07
“Mercedes Benz AMG tech support? Sorry, you really have the wrong number”
John
25th January 2025, 23:15
SBinalla
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
25th January 2025, 23:19
Damn it Toto. Get off the channel. For the last time, it’s over.
JungleMartin
25th January 2025, 23:35
🙂
Chris (@mayhem74)
26th January 2025, 3:20
Have you tried turning it off, then back on again?
Rich Hill
26th January 2025, 4:26
‘Lewis put considerable thought it what special character he should use in his new password’
Rich Hill
26th January 2025, 4:29
Lewis put considerable thought into what special character he should use in his new password
Red Andy (@red-andy)
26th January 2025, 7:46
Lewis felt that Ferrari’s simulator was a step down from what he was used to.
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
26th January 2025, 9:43
“Sebastian … you got to help me … my white shirts are turning pink … oh … wash the white shirts separately from my Ferrari uniform … hmm … thanks.”
Racer X (@ubangee)
26th January 2025, 10:08
Yes ma’am have you tried ctrl alt delete?
Fred Fedurch
26th January 2025, 13:04
Have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in again?
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
26th January 2025, 14:00
“Toto, stop spamming me..”
robbee
26th January 2025, 23:03
“Welcome to Ferrari customer care. My name is Lewis, how may I help you?”
Ben (@b3ndy)
27th January 2025, 9:15
“Hello Sir, this is Lewis calling you from HP support line. I regret to inform you that your computer has been infected by a nasty virus.”
Markos
29th January 2025, 18:26
Lewis: “Howcome they always screw up the strategy when all the buttons are in English… aaah, wait!!”