Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Bahrain International Circuit, 2025 pre-season test

Caption Competition 264: Maxsplaining

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Last year’s championship rivals Max Verstappen and Lando Norris were in good spirits when they appeared together in an FIA press conference this week

The pair laughed off suggestions their relationship suffered during the course of their run-ins last year.

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22 comments on “Caption Competition 264: Maxsplaining”

  1. “I’m telling you man, it was this big!”

  2. An Sionnach
    1st March 2025, 9:33

    The photo is asking for a quote from Senna about gaps a cat couldn’t slip through… but I’ll leave that to the axe grinders.

    “Father-to-be regales championship contender with tales of the glory days.”

    1. An Sionnach
      1st March 2025, 9:53

      That said, a reference to his second, wayward move in Mexico would be fair game. There should be a strict rule for dangerous driving, regardless of intent. One that would formally catch moves like Schumacher 1997 and Senna 1990. Disqualification from a race, or the championship, should it be a championship-winning move.

  3. “I will always leave a space – this big”

    1. Hi Bob didn’t see yours before I posted. Very similar.

  4. I had a language lesson with Valtteri and this is the length of the longest swear word in Finnish.

  5. Roth Man (@rdotquestionmark)
    1st March 2025, 9:41

    Do you know what Checo means in Mexican?

  6. Max – “I promise I won’t punt you off again. If you try to overtake me I’ll leave this much of the track for you.”

  7. That’s great, Max, but I actually asked how much wing you were carrying.

  8. Max: “I just wanted to dust off my Hungarian GP winner trophy, but when I was about to take it off the shelf, it suddenly fell apart in my hand. So it wasn’t a new one? You just glued it together at home?”

  9. You take every bend and corner like this.

  10. Paul (@frankjaeger)
    1st March 2025, 15:31

    Your car will be this big when I run you off track in Australia

  11. I left at least a car’s width!

  12. Sorry Lando, but there really is no other way I can describe a talent gap…

  13. Derek Edwards
    1st March 2025, 21:33

    …and I managed to get the shuttle bus this close to the circuit before they red flagged the session.

  14. The Dolphins
    1st March 2025, 22:33

    Herbert wanted to see at least this much room for your car, so we had him sacked.

  15. ‘Max walks Lando through some of the RB21’s innovations, whilst Lando hopes to keep the rear spoiler fitted to his head under wraps’

  16. So Lawrence Stroll brought me a briefcase this big stuffed with cash, but I told him not until Aston wins a race.

  17. The FIA ​​thinks that by covering both ears of children, we can isolate them from undesirable reality. But the reality is that everyone swears sometimes, isn’t it?

  18. Drivers have found a way to communicate without children suffering from explicit language, much to the delight of the FIA.

  19. Until Barcelona it’s going to deflect this much…

  20. “…and when I got this close behind you with 40 laps to go, I said to myself: simply beautiful!”

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