HRT finally launched their 2012 car this week.
Here are their 2012 drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan with tester Dani Clos and 2011 driver Vitantonio Liuzzi.
What did the four find to laugh about at the launch of the F112?
Come up with the best caption you can think of and post it in the comments.
Remember to look out for a selection of the best in tomorrow’s Comment of the Day in the daily round-up.
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Image © HRT F1 Team
Master firelee (@master-firelee)
10th March 2012, 13:58
Thats right everybody smile for the camera.
PhilEReid (@philereid)
10th March 2012, 13:59
Liuzzi – You two… seriously?
Close – I’m hoping it’s just temporary.
PhilEReid (@philereid)
10th March 2012, 14:00
Clos, I mean Clos.
SteveH (@)
10th March 2012, 13:59
What do you mean, “We have to bring our own cars?”
Gagnon (@johnniewalker)
10th March 2012, 16:46
+1
DeuceCoop
10th March 2012, 17:04
Short and sweet
Lin1876 (@lin1876)
10th March 2012, 14:01
“Smile all you want, no-one going to invest their own money in this!”
pl.boff (@plboff23)
10th March 2012, 14:02
…and she said “HRT really!” And I said yes it is an F1 team.
samhuds (@samhuds)
10th March 2012, 14:03
“I think we’ll do well this year!”
MahavirShah (@mahavirshah)
10th March 2012, 14:03
At HRT no one seems to realize who the joke is actually on !
James Robertson (@mclarenboy0310)
10th March 2012, 14:03
So I told them do I look like Karthikeyan to you I can drive fast! Hahahaha
Hey guys what’s the joke? :-)
Hey erm we where laughing at erm I got a press conference got to run!
Magnificent Geoffrey (@magnificent-geoffrey)
10th March 2012, 14:03
Tonio: “Are you sure you two are in the right place? You do realise ‘HRT’ stands for Hispania Racing Team and not Hormone Replacement Therapy?”
sozavele (@formula-1)
10th March 2012, 14:20
Overall good caption, but they are only HRT no longer Hispania Racing Team
Shine9585 (@)
11th March 2012, 6:25
I thought HRT stood for Haven’t Really Tested
plutoniumhunter (@plutoniumhunter)
10th March 2012, 14:04
Guys, I can’t believe they fell for that again! “New car”?
MahavirShah (@mahavirshah)
10th March 2012, 14:05
@keithcollantine : The picture has a typo. It says JRT instead of HRT
bigbadderboom
10th March 2012, 14:09
As opposed to J O K E
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
10th March 2012, 14:20
@MahavirShah That’s a rubbish caption!
Changed it, thanks :-)
samhuds (@samhuds)
10th March 2012, 14:05
Liuzzi discovers Pedro has a very ticklish elbow.
plutoniumhunter (@plutoniumhunter)
10th March 2012, 14:06
If we’re all here, where’s the car?
plutoniumhunter (@plutoniumhunter)
10th March 2012, 14:45
correction: who’s driving the car?
HxCas (@hxcas)
10th March 2012, 14:09
Alright guys, this one’s a winner for sure
Rob Wilson (@rob-wilson)
10th March 2012, 14:11
Liuzzi -“Has the car even arrived yet?” Pedro – “I have absolutely no idea!”
Truman
10th March 2012, 14:14
With development costs running too high, HRT resort to running last years expression on Liuzzi.
tom (@iwishiworkedformclaren)
10th March 2012, 14:16
Radio 5 live snaps 4 potential assistant commentators for 2013
minnis (@minnis)
10th March 2012, 14:18
PdlR: Well, with a bit of luck, this year’s car might beat some of the GP2 cars!
Joey-Poey (@joey-poey)
10th March 2012, 14:18
“…and so long story short, it took the engineers 3 days to realize I replaced the car with a shopping cart!”
Butties (@buttiesandpies)
10th March 2012, 14:24
‘……and then Luis said “when you beat the Caterham, you’ll get a big bonus”
Richard Charles
10th March 2012, 14:28
Right guys there’s only 2 places, rock-paper-scissors?
TheJudge (@thejudge)
10th March 2012, 14:29
Tonio Liuzzi- “Haha,you’re in!! ”
PDlr- “hahaha,yeees…wait,what do you mean…?”
Scalextric (@scalextric)
10th March 2012, 14:34
“So I said fine, I’ll do it, but pay me before the season”
cjpdk (@cjpdk)
10th March 2012, 14:35
“…and I told her “HRT”, and the look on her face! She thought I was still with McLaren!”
Scalextric (@scalextric)
10th March 2012, 14:36
So this guy who cleans up after the elephants at the circus says “It may stink but at least I’m in show business”.
Matt Birkett (@matty1)
10th March 2012, 14:36
We all signed up to this team! What a joke!
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
10th March 2012, 14:40
Liuzzi: “they hanged me”
de la Rosa: “ouch, the neck!”
Karthikeyan: “yeah…. I did that, you know”
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
10th March 2012, 14:41
BY THE WAY, Karthikeyan’s face right there is just this one! http://cache.ohinternet.com/images/thumb/2/2d/Trollface_HD.png/618px-Trollface_HD.png
Eddie (@wackyracer)
10th March 2012, 14:44
How’s gonna drive first!?
– me?
– no me :-D
– me me !
– ok me
mike-e (@mike-e)
10th March 2012, 14:45
HRT drivers playing “rock paper scissors” to decide who is racing in Melbourn.
verstappen (@verstappen)
10th March 2012, 14:46
LIU: Hey I’m the one getting paid here! And doing nothing!
DLR: Ouch, you’re killing me
KAR: (clenched teeth) Ha ha ha
Scalextric (@scalextric)
10th March 2012, 14:58
“I used to go out with a girl called Dani”
“Ha. But no Clos”
“Not usually”
That was terrible.
Marcus
10th March 2012, 15:10
Liuzzi: a man walks in to a bar
Pdlr: Ouch!
BenH (@benh)
10th March 2012, 15:15
What do you mean there’s no car here? I thought this was a professional racing team!
Nixon (@nixon)
10th March 2012, 15:21
Imagine if we all get axed by the end of the season.
mike-e (@mike-e)
10th March 2012, 15:29
Liuzzi: I put £10 on you to win the championship!
arowan (@arowan)
10th March 2012, 15:30
Liuzzi : “Pull my finger”
TheJudge (@thejudge)
10th March 2012, 20:16
great one :D
Bumfez (@bumfez)
10th March 2012, 23:26
The only caption that made me laugh! :)
Mads (@mads)
10th March 2012, 15:31
“You know who designed our new car?”
“The photocopier in the office!”
bigbadderboom
10th March 2012, 15:32
Pedro gagging “wow what did you eat last night Narain”
Saiesh
12th March 2012, 13:37
Indian food
cali-kowalsky
10th March 2012, 15:35
You know what they are saying in the paddock? That one of us is going to get the first podium this season!!
Fixy (@)
10th March 2012, 15:36
Clos: “Tonio, Pedro, what do you think about a competition on who’s got the best smile?”
Fixy (@)
10th March 2012, 15:37
Tonio: “There are no Italians but you guys are there? Hahaha come on, GP2 has better drivers!”
Thomas Upton
10th March 2012, 15:38
now I may be a useless driver but are you sure that’s actually a car!
Fixy (@)
10th March 2012, 15:42
Tonio: “Luis Perez-Sala asked me who I thik should be axed… so let’s start: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe; catch a tiger by the toe; if he hollers let him go, eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Erm… it’s you Pedro, sorry!”
Narain: “Hehe!”
Pedro: “D’oh!”
Colm (@colm)
10th March 2012, 16:04
Down at the HRT garage the drivers were clearly amused at the thought of a points finish this season
MRFS
10th March 2012, 20:26
Hehehe, my vote!
PieLighter (@pielighter)
10th March 2012, 16:14
Karthikeyan: Trololololol.
James Brickles (@brickles)
10th March 2012, 16:20
Karthikeyan: I may be slow but at least I have rupee’s.
voaridase (@voaridase)
10th March 2012, 16:24
Liuzzi: “So lads… podium finnish in Melbourne, I reckon!”
ledzep4pm (@ledzep4pm)
10th March 2012, 16:34
Wow they’ve changed the branding more than the car
Hairpin (@hairpin)
10th March 2012, 16:39
That idea of showing your car as late as possible so the other teams can’t copy your ideas.
The others must be really worried about us!
Harry (@harryam)
10th March 2012, 16:49
“Cruel Runnings” the story of one bobsleigh team who punched above their weight.
ob1 (@ob1)
10th March 2012, 16:54
I know, I could not afford a seat with a proper F1 team either
MahavirShah (@mahavirshah)
10th March 2012, 16:55
“Tag, You’re it, Pedro “
Steven Schexnider (@toastermeister)
10th March 2012, 16:56
Liuzzi: And get this; Clos thinks our first race is in Australia!
De La Rosa: That’s a good one, Dani. You know the guys at Red Bull told us the first race is in Austria, there’s no “L” in it
Karthikeyan: Hahah, yeah Dani, you have to be on top of these things if you want to fit in here at HRT!
Chris (@eddie4102000)
10th March 2012, 17:01
Um…wasn’t there supposed to be a car for us to drive?
MEmo
10th March 2012, 17:04
Liuzzi: “… and then I told the boss, if you don´t give me a good car, I won´t drive for you next season!”
daykind (@)
10th March 2012, 17:32
Clos is an intruder to the Barcelona old people’s home.
electrolite (@electrolite)
10th March 2012, 17:39
Liuzzi: “No, YOU drive the car!”
cduk_mugello (@cduk_mugello)
10th March 2012, 17:43
“This looks like a cool spot to laugh about HRT”
callsigncharlie (@callsigncharlie)
10th March 2012, 17:45
“Dude, where’s my car?”
BluNt (@blunt)
10th March 2012, 19:36
where’s your car dude????
trysmudford (@trysmudford)
10th March 2012, 17:52
Pedro: The drinks tube wrapped itself around my neck mid-lap, that’s why the car was slow
mitz1111 (@mitz1111)
10th March 2012, 17:55
Who among us will win the musical chairs competition this year guys?
TommyB (@tommyb89)
10th March 2012, 17:55
Liuzzi “I’ll trade you a can of Dimoxinil for your race seat”
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
10th March 2012, 18:12
Liuzzi: “I think this is more likely to make the 107% cut off than us”
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
10th March 2012, 18:14
Not in a discriminating way, just in general.
Double Apex (@talladega-knight)
10th March 2012, 18:26
HRT deep in thought.
So which of us will be driving in Malaysia…..?
MPB (@madf1)
10th March 2012, 18:28
Luizzi : Hey Pedro, can u pass a message to Alonso on lap 15 ?
Christopher (@twiinzspeed)
11th March 2012, 16:26
good one ! ;0)
sam3110 (@sam3110)
10th March 2012, 18:32
Pull my finger Pedro, and I’ll show you our new exhaust blown diffuser
Hairpin (@hairpin)
10th March 2012, 18:33
Pedro – ‘ I’ve just come from a press interview and I told them how vital practice is ‘
Andy Pugh
10th March 2012, 18:35
Liuzzi: When you said you two were going to be driving a lego car we thought you were joking!!
samhuds (@samhuds)
10th March 2012, 18:39
Liuzzi: “Ha ha you two have to drive that thing!”
de la Rosa: “Please help me!”
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
10th March 2012, 18:45
Stop pretending to get the joke guys, you’re both clearly too old!
Gibo is driving (@)
10th March 2012, 18:47
Liuzzi: “So, this second DRS zone in Australia will work to our advantage”
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
10th March 2012, 18:55
Liuzzi says “I’ve still got my chalk from last year, if you want to draw some sponsors on the car.”
(Here’s his great chalkboard helmet from Interlagos last year)
Gibo is driving (@)
10th March 2012, 18:57
Or this… “Pedro de la Rosa may be an F1 veteran, but Liuzzi as an HRT veteran still has a few notes of wisdom about the team”
Tom L. (@tom-l)
10th March 2012, 19:10
Hilarity Replaces Testing
Duncan Clough
10th March 2012, 19:14
So the cars invisible, yes?
HK (@me4me)
10th March 2012, 19:23
-someone farted really badly-
(Liuzzi pointing out Pedro de La Rosa)
BluNt (@blunt)
10th March 2012, 19:28
must be hes take on an exhaust blown diffuser
BluNt (@blunt)
10th March 2012, 19:27
white walls, straight jackets, grinning like a idiot…. guees thats what goes with driving a HRT
BluNt (@blunt)
10th March 2012, 19:30
well, Kharthikeyan at least
BluNt (@blunt)
10th March 2012, 19:33
hahhah….so let me get this right, you and Luis Perez-sala were just staring at the timeboards and your pipe magicly dissapeared?… hilerious!!
JamieFranklinF1 (@jamiefranklinf1)
10th March 2012, 19:36
Liuzzi: “Pedro, you seriously gave up a seat at McLaren for this?”
Francis
10th March 2012, 19:39
Really you are here as pit crew and part time test driver.
Icthyes (@icthyes)
10th March 2012, 19:43
HRT’s drivers make sure their teeth are as whit and bright as the new car.
just.daz (@nemo87)
10th March 2012, 19:52
If we stand here do you think no-one will notice that there’s supposed to be a car here..
ShaneB457 (@shaneb12345678910)
10th March 2012, 20:08
Clos: So which nursing home did the three of you come from?
samuel roslund
10th March 2012, 20:20
Are they serious? They really want to try us another year?
Butties (@buttiesandpies)
10th March 2012, 20:46
………so I said to her ‘No, I used to be a F1 driver, now i’m a plumber’ I’m meeting her tomorrow night.
cali-kowalsky
10th March 2012, 20:55
Clos,
Hey Pedro now i understand what all those years driving are good for!!! That’s the best excuse i have ever heard for not performing. I will take note.
Luizzi,
come on guys, be smart, and don’t use all the same excuse.
Hare (@hare)
10th March 2012, 20:59
Luizzi : No, I’m pushing this year.. hahah yeah, no seriously.
PaxJes (@paxjes)
10th March 2012, 21:01
Liuzzi: Hey, pull my finger
Katz, Tim
10th March 2012, 21:02
“The car this year. It’s Scarb’s Seat Leon with the bodywork taken off.”
il Leone
10th March 2012, 21:19
I am only commenting here, my Caption will come up in a bit, I really wanted Alguersuari to be driving for HRT this year, he and Pedro would have been a more successful partnership than Narain and Pedro and I think the only other reason than money to him being there is to due to Jaime rejecting the HRT offer.
il Leone
10th March 2012, 21:25
LIUZZI I was right up with Petrov and Rosberg fighting for points at Monza yet I am only the tester, why?!
CLOS, DE LA ROSA & KARTHIKEYAN Because you were right up in the air, about to crash..?
A
10th March 2012, 21:25
Liuzzi shares a laugh with this year’s drivers, secretly wishing he’d bid that extra 20 pence…
PT
10th March 2012, 21:37
Liuzzi: Say Pedro, would you happen to have any of your old McLaren overalls? I hate to be in this t-shirt.
Thecollaroyboys (@thecollaroyboys)
10th March 2012, 22:00
PDR: hey guys, bernie says we can use customer cars. I’ll check out what’s in the Hertz lot at the airport, they’re all customer cars aren’t they.
Narain: I reckon we’ve got this season sorted.
Luchingador
10th March 2012, 22:05
“hahaha the car sucks”
Ben (@)
10th March 2012, 22:11
I don’t know which is worse: HRT’s performance or the majority of these captions.
Butties (@buttiesandpies)
10th March 2012, 22:24
mine are brilliant. I should be on the telly!
Thecollaroyboys (@thecollaroyboys)
10th March 2012, 22:32
Yes, on the police report for crimes against hilarity
DVC
11th March 2012, 5:46
Brilliant. That should be the caption.
Thecollaroyboys (@thecollaroyboys)
11th March 2012, 7:40
Thank you I’m here all week. Try the veal.
Thecollaroyboys (@thecollaroyboys)
10th March 2012, 22:30
Dateline Spain: HRT unveil their new range of crash test dummies.
JamieFranklinF1 (@jamiefranklinf1)
10th March 2012, 22:37
Another year, another second place in the Championship…
…Formula 1 is scored like Golf…right?
rahul1810 (@rahul1810)
10th March 2012, 22:41
So we are Hisapnia Racing Team. Erm, who are we racing?
Bumfez (@bumfez)
11th March 2012, 0:07
Hispania Retirement Team for Pedro ;)
Grammo (@grammo)
10th March 2012, 22:43
Vitantaonio: Hey Pedro he looks like Mr Burns
Mr Burns: Smithers! Tell him he is fired. Get my seat ready
Smithers: Yes sir Mr Burn. Errr Pedro, excuse me….
IceBlue
10th March 2012, 22:47
“Who farted?”
Butties (@buttiesandpies)
10th March 2012, 22:55
……so there i was, knelt in this yellow paint, begging Martin to take me back as reserve driver, and he kept saying ‘sorry Jarno its not gonna happen’. Git thought I was Trulli!
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
10th March 2012, 23:31
Racing team by day, boy band by night.
schooner (@schooner)
10th March 2012, 23:43
Liuzzi : “It was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. The car broke down while they were pushing it in here!”
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
10th March 2012, 23:44
“And that’s when he said ‘We’re not going to win one race this year – we’re going to win four‘!”
anakincarlos (@anakincarlos)
10th March 2012, 23:49
Liuzzi: Hey Pedro whats worse than lobsters on your piano.
Pedro: Que
Luizzi: Crabs on your organ.
John H (@john-h)
11th March 2012, 0:04
“In English, HRT means what again!?!”
Scalextric (@scalextric)
11th March 2012, 0:15
They said we didn’t have to pass the crash test if we promise not to go fast.
Wrexter
11th March 2012, 0:20
Luizzi – “Hey Pedro, Pull my finger”.
Pedro – “Narain already pulled that one on me!”
Rocky (@rocky)
11th March 2012, 2:24
You’re kidding there really is a car!
Rocky (@rocky)
11th March 2012, 2:25
What do you mean there is only one car?
Walton174 (@walton174)
11th March 2012, 2:50
Who’s driving next week?… Scissors paper rock?
David L
11th March 2012, 3:08
And then they told us that the old guy, Schumacher is driving again this season !
Graeme McGilvray
11th March 2012, 3:25
Tonio – With me driving this season I can beat anyone in this car!
Pedro – Your so full of **** Toni!! Your not even driving!
Narain – lol
Dani – double lol
anakincarlos (@anakincarlos)
11th March 2012, 3:47
Liuzzi : For sure we will win, i put sugar in all the other teams petrol tanks.
omsammy (@omsammy)
11th March 2012, 3:59
We are part of the joke
DavidS (@davids)
11th March 2012, 4:08
You paid how much?
Dane DI Pierro
11th March 2012, 4:58
HRT Winter Testing
Clos: did anyone remember to bring a car?
Pedro: I’ve got a Prius parked by my trailer.
Narain: Luizzi we’re not kidding, you’ve been sacked this season. You can go home now.
DVC
11th March 2012, 5:37
Whose turn was it to drive again?
ronald plain
11th March 2012, 5:55
Really, you slept with bernies girl…wow!
Thecollaroyboys (@thecollaroyboys)
11th March 2012, 7:00
Pedro to Tonio: “…and the he says, now we can all get some sleep”
(Aussies of a certain age may enjoy that blast from the past. You have to agree that theres not much to work with in that pic)
Theo
11th March 2012, 7:15
Dani Clos, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Pedro de la Rosa, Narain Karthikeyan, HRT, 2012. Not pictured: Dignity.
Thecollaroyboys (@thecollaroyboys)
11th March 2012, 7:42
Not pictured: success
Thecollaroyboys (@thecollaroyboys)
11th March 2012, 7:48
PDR to Narain: Hey, I hear that in soviet russia team pays you!
howick20
11th March 2012, 10:42
There was great interest at Barcalona when Take That were spotted in the HRT garage.
howick20
11th March 2012, 10:47
HRT: ‘Happy Retirement Tonio’.
Kate Coady
11th March 2012, 13:28
How we laughed when we realised HRT wasn’t just the name of the team but part of the drivers training schedule! #oldestteamonthegrid
Shijo
11th March 2012, 13:36
Pedro – Guys guys, you know what, i am a ninja . . .
NK/Dani ????@@@!!
Liuzzi – No you are not.
Pedro – Did you see that ?
Liuzzi – See what ?
Pedro – “Exactly”
Dani – Poor Pedro, hope he will drive the car lika a ninja.
Dave Tett (@tettf1)
12th March 2012, 3:36
Liuzzi “Oh i’m so glad its you two and not me having to take this embarrassment onto the grid in Melbourne!”
Clos snorts a laugh.
“Its okay Tonio, me and Narain are going to make sure we don’t pass the 107% qualifying rule. After all we have the keep what little we have left of our reputations intact….and this heap of junk isn’t going to do much for that” laughs De La Rosa as he turns to the ever grinning Karthikeyan.
Dave Tett (@tettf1)
12th March 2012, 3:37
Liuzzi “Oh i’m so glad its you two and not me having to take this embarrassment onto the grid in Melbourne!”
Clos snorts a laugh.
“Its okay Tonio, me and Narain are going to make sure we don’t pass the 107% qualifying rule. After all we have to keep what little we have left of our reputations intact….and this heap of junk isn’t going to do much for that” laughs De La Rosa as he turns to the ever grinning Karthikeyan.
powersofsmithy (@powersofsmithy)
12th March 2012, 13:56
now which pedal is the one too go?
me262
15th March 2012, 23:45
HRT so off the pace….Tonio Liuzzi found the humour in wearing race suits
John
18th March 2012, 16:18
“Hahaha! No seriously. We’ve only got one car.”
Lotus49 (@lotus49)
19th March 2012, 14:40
“Hey, Tonio, I know that you’re hacked off about losing your seat but where have you hidden our cars?’
Mike F
20th March 2012, 11:59
“That’s right! We are a joke aren’t we?”
jacob.stanton
28th April 2012, 18:20
will this car be a good car
maybe but if you are a good driver and me the car needs to be good