Michael Schumacher will make his 300th appearance in an F1 race this weekend – becoming the second driver to do so after Rubens Barrichello.
Hopefully it’ll go better than his 299th Grand Prix appearance, which was spoiled when he lined up in the wrong grid slot in Hungary.
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As usual a pick of the best will feature in the daily round-up.
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Image © Mercedes/Hoch Zwei
Kartavya Bhagat
25th August 2012, 10:08
You feel I’m No. 1 in DNF ??
Try telling this to my 7 DWC’s, they think of me in some other way..>!!!
Alex Brown (@splittimes)
25th August 2012, 10:08
Michael phone home…
Thecollaroyboys (@thecollaroyboys)
25th August 2012, 10:09
Hey, Sebastian. Pull my finger. You can hear my blown diffuser.
There. I got in first with the F joke.
Txizzle (@txizzle)
25th August 2012, 10:55
I lol’ed so hard when I read this. :P
ukk (@ukk)
26th August 2012, 9:32
Mwahahaaah :-) ftw!
Timebolt759
25th August 2012, 10:11
I knew I was in the wrong gird slot, I was just making sure Charlie Whiting was doing his job.
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
25th August 2012, 10:11
Unlike Lance Armstrong, I won my championships without drugs.
JACoz (@)
25th August 2012, 10:12
So it’s left at the first corner, then 2 rights
vickyy (@vickyy)
25th August 2012, 10:12
Look, this is an a$$
vickyy (@vickyy)
25th August 2012, 10:14
pun intended
bananarama (@bananarama)
25th August 2012, 10:14
Hey, can somebody read this screen to me please? The font is too small .. it almost looks as if I’m not first. That can’t be right. Young girl, would you bring my glasses please? Oh its you Nico, sorry!
(Someone had to make a bad old person joke eventually)
bosyber (@bosyber)
25th August 2012, 15:37
And a nico joke in there too, can’t say you didn’t make an effort @bananarama!
Myles Scullion (@bigmylo1)
25th August 2012, 10:25
Ok, Sebs 2 + Fernandos 2 + Kimis 1 + Lewis’ 1 + Jensons 1 =7!! It’s taken 5 of them to equal my record!! These young ones only think their good!!
Txizzle (@txizzle)
25th August 2012, 10:55
applause :P
Maksutov (@maksutov)
25th August 2012, 13:35
Good
Nick.UK (@)
25th August 2012, 10:25
“You might have got Lance’s, but you ain’t touching mine!”
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
27th August 2012, 13:58
@nick-uk Topical! I like it ;)
matthewf1 (@)
25th August 2012, 10:30
‘My hand, it’s glowing, my powers are finally returning! Hey you, Rosberg, I shall be No1 again!’
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
25th August 2012, 10:31
“How many points are you going to score this weekend, Michael?”
JB (@)
25th August 2012, 23:42
Mean but LOL…
sozavele (@formula-1)
25th August 2012, 10:32
Michael starts Vettel’s no.1 finger but realises he is not the no.1 F1 driver anymore.
sozavele (@formula-1)
25th August 2012, 10:34
This can’t be correct…..it says I’m not first!
Motor_mad (@)
25th August 2012, 10:37
Oh, that was my grid spot.
Gerdoner (@gerdoner)
25th August 2012, 20:25
This one gets my vote ;)
Matt (@agentmulder)
25th August 2012, 10:41
“The fourth line? Sure. S-E-B I-S F-A-S-T-E… hang on a minute…”
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
25th August 2012, 10:43
“Now what did I sit in here for?” Michael has another senior moment.
csingu (@csingu)
25th August 2012, 10:44
“back in the days you didn’t have to care about grid positions, you just always started first”
FlyingLobster27
25th August 2012, 12:30
Brilliant!
Cyclops_PL (@cyclops_pl)
25th August 2012, 10:48
“is this one with onion rings or french fries?”
necrodethmortem (@necrodethmortem)
25th August 2012, 10:50
“Ah, so I have to press that button? Things sure were much simpler back in my days.”
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
25th August 2012, 10:50
Mechanic, your fired!
Alex Brown (@splittimes)
25th August 2012, 11:33
Like this.
McJamweasel (@mcjamweasel)
25th August 2012, 10:53
Ross: “Micahel, please concentrate on your lap, the Vettel finger can wait until after the race!”
davidnotcoulthard
25th August 2012, 10:59
“Look at the TV! YES, Ross, I really want those things,…..even though they’re Michelins…..”
the_sigman (@sigman1998)
25th August 2012, 11:05
MS: ”Does it say there that I am first?”
Ross Brawn: ”No Michael. You just think it.”
ScuderiaVincero (@scuderiavincero)
25th August 2012, 11:07
One Big Mac please!
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
25th August 2012, 11:08
“Watch my finger, Jock. You are getting sleepy. Veeeery sleepy, Jock. When I snap my fingers, you will move Nico onto a three-stop strategy.”
robk23 (@robk23)
25th August 2012, 11:10
“Ok I’ll have a chicken chow mein, special fried rice, sweet and sour duck and a carton of Vimto please.”
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
25th August 2012, 11:16
Michael Schumacher: “Heheheh, Schumacher is in P17!”
Ross Brawn: “Michael, that’s not referring to Ralf …”
Mads (@mads)
25th August 2012, 13:30
hahaha really good!
MahavirShah (@mahavirshah)
25th August 2012, 11:32
Ross Brawn : “…Ok Michael I know we bombed on the Double DRS system but there is no use pointing fingers at anyone now is there !!! “
Rises
25th August 2012, 11:33
I’m the real 1, remember that!
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
25th August 2012, 11:42
Norbert Haug: “Does anybody here think that Michael Schumacher’s comeback has been a success?”
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Norbert Haug: “Does anybody else here think that Michael Schumacher’s comeback has been a success?”
Mike (@mike)
25th August 2012, 14:31
Haha, funny.
Cyclops_PL (@cyclops_pl)
25th August 2012, 21:50
My winner.
RagingInferno (@raginginferno)
25th August 2012, 11:44
Back in my day there was only one rule – Beat Damon by any means necessary!
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
25th August 2012, 11:53
Is this how you’re supposed to overtake Rubens?
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
25th August 2012, 11:58
“No Michael, you’re the second on this one beaten by your dear Rubens, you owe him this one”
BarnstableD (@barnstabled)
25th August 2012, 12:11
He did this and then said my prostate was fine.
Chris (@tophercheese21)
26th August 2012, 0:19
HAHA! +1
Jake (@jleigh)
25th August 2012, 12:11
“Does it look like my fingers up his bum yet? A little forward?”
andrewf1 (@andrewf1)
25th August 2012, 12:19
Ohhh i see, so THAT’s my grid spot…
andrewf1 (@andrewf1)
25th August 2012, 12:22
or: “Now if only i can find the right grid spot this time…hmmm”
PT (@pt)
25th August 2012, 12:36
Car not starting – note the point
AndrewT (@andrewt)
25th August 2012, 12:43
“that’s how I had to sit while the painting was done in the Sistine Chapel”
Ryan Pearce-Thomas (@fingerboy)
25th August 2012, 23:01
Excellent, definitely my fav
sw6569 (@sw6569)
25th August 2012, 13:30
So is now the right moment to turn my engine off?
ManjuBoy (@manjuboy)
25th August 2012, 13:42
Alright. The blonde, the skinny redhead and the brunette with glasses meet me in my trailer after the race. Oh, and you too on the end. Cora likes fat girls.
BluNt (@blunt)
25th August 2012, 13:46
is that smoke coming out the williams garage??
ANDREW (@johnson102)
25th August 2012, 14:01
Stumped by his lack of pace, Michael gives himself out.
Platanna (@xaviex)
25th August 2012, 14:18
Please, just one more time?
JimmyTheIllustratedBlindSolidSilverBeachStackapopolis III
25th August 2012, 15:10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OXE8EmZoFM
Platanna (@xaviex)
25th August 2012, 18:33
He’s not celebrating.
Platanna (@xaviex)
25th August 2012, 14:22
E, I, P, Y, Q M, A, Y, B, E, O, D, Z, N, E, X, T, P, D, A, T, I, M, E.
You know guys, one can take these pre-race eye-tests as an insult.
John H (@john-h)
25th August 2012, 19:30
This is gets my vote.
PankitChheda (@pankit2000)
25th August 2012, 14:25
Someone call Rubens and tell him im going to beat his record for most Grandprix starts next year , He’s going to be my number 2 here too
graham228221 (@graham228221)
25th August 2012, 14:37
“Hey you, have you seen my gloves?”
Rick Hendrikse
25th August 2012, 14:52
YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!!!!!
Lothario
25th August 2012, 15:04
“Horrayyyy!! ..why am I sixth? It says sixth yet I got pole!”
xeroxpt (@)
25th August 2012, 15:07
What’s that 18th. I can’t read that far, I think i’m getting old.
sumedh
25th August 2012, 15:10
I am still no.1 among the over-forty-years-old in F1. In your face, Pedro
Journeyer (@journeyer)
25th August 2012, 15:14
“After THAT last race, there’s nowhere to go for me but up – up Eau Rouge!”
verstappen (@verstappen)
25th August 2012, 15:17
Now, how to get to menu 13?
JimmyTheIllustratedBlindSolidSilverBeachStackapoplis III
25th August 2012, 16:11
I believe it’s the same path you would use to select a forum name of a long forgotten sore looser. ^^
Nick (@npf1)
25th August 2012, 16:41
And a friend of Michael.
verstappen (@verstappen)
25th August 2012, 17:29
That hurts.
I think I change to Herbert, or maybe Barichello…
Gav (@foxtrotoscar21)
25th August 2012, 16:02
“So this finger doesn’t go anywhere near the ‘engine off’ button, correct?”
IDR (@idr)
25th August 2012, 16:13
Hey, I know that guy!
TexAgF1 (@texagf1)
25th August 2012, 16:15
I have never seen that guy here before, who is he?
hzh (@hzh00)
25th August 2012, 16:18
Alright, 1, 2, 3, 4…
Gotcha!!
This is my spot on the grid, hopefully I won’t miss it this time
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
25th August 2012, 16:37
Still wonder why we call Vettel baby Schum, he’s not like me …
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
25th August 2012, 16:39
Look I play with the video and will scratch the butt of my engineer …
Nick (@npf1)
25th August 2012, 16:43
‘Question, who told Frank Williams to re-hire Montoya under a pseudonym?’
andrewp (@andrewp)
25th August 2012, 16:58
I’ve practised my finger enough. When am I going to get to use it?
mike-e (@mike-e)
25th August 2012, 17:38
Is this broken? It says maldonado on pole!?!
totorthegreat
25th August 2012, 17:48
Garçon one coffee please!
Tim (@gusty)
25th August 2012, 18:14
Bored during a rainy free practice session, Michael Schumacher begins counting his Grand Prix starts using his fingers.
Indranil Dudhane (@indranildudhane)
25th August 2012, 18:15
Michael to mechanic having a snack, “You spill one more egg and you are dead!”
Mads (@mads)
25th August 2012, 18:19
Schumacher: “I don’t know what’s wrong with my finger, but no matter what i touch with it, I break something”
Ross: “Michael, even my finger on the ENGINE-OFF button had made the engine stop. Its done like that on purpose”
Mads (@mads)
25th August 2012, 18:23
“Yeah yeah guys it might say Maldonardo on the screen, but it is deffinetely Montoya! He just seems to have learned how to crash into people and pretend like it was an accident.”
Toro Stevo (@toro-stevo)
25th August 2012, 18:33
Now Nico, you use this finger to turn on the traction control.
Cryptowillem (@cryptowillem)
25th August 2012, 18:43
Michael counts his post-return podiums.
Timothy Katz (@timothykatz)
25th August 2012, 20:37
Ouch. Nice.
verstappen (@verstappen)
25th August 2012, 18:55
Getting a Brawn finger used to make me champion…
Martin Dalton
25th August 2012, 19:17
…I’d like a number 9 meal, with a large sprite and an apple pie please!
Jayfreese (@)
25th August 2012, 19:18
“300! That’s what I’m talking about!”
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
25th August 2012, 19:19
Can someone tell me why I came out of retirement?
John H (@john-h)
25th August 2012, 19:34
“I’m too old for this ****”
IceBlue (@iceblue)
25th August 2012, 19:39
Looks like rain, to me.
icemangrins (@icemangrins)
25th August 2012, 19:48
Is that my AMG getting towed? Damn Corrina !@%%%%
icemangrins (@icemangrins)
25th August 2012, 20:12
Is that JV…. lost all his hair.. poor thing !
JimmyTheIllustratedBlindSolidSilverBeachStackapopolis III
25th August 2012, 20:18
hahahaha look jock!, I told you pigs can fly.
those are birds michael… and here are your contacts.
Uber Alles
25th August 2012, 20:44
..19 and 20, so if I stay into 2014 I’ll crush ALL of Rubinho’s little records!
frog-n-flymo (@geoffp)
25th August 2012, 21:11
I’ll have a babysham
cg22me (@cg22me)
25th August 2012, 22:24
And it is with great regret…
Rosberg… You’re fired!
Mads (@mads)
25th August 2012, 22:28
“These silver darty things are all nice when they don’t fall apart, but I tell you Ross, I want one of those Red Bulls”
F1Yankee (@f1yankee)
25th August 2012, 22:29
“i know at least one of these drivers was born before i started driving…ah there’s one!”
“rice and shrimp, rice and chicken……i’ll just have the number 7.”
“hey! put that back, nascar is on!”
ernestcooke91 (@ernestcooke91)
25th August 2012, 22:37
“Oh I see, it was P19 not P17….oh well, even the best make mistakes!!”
Thecollaroyboys (@thecollaroyboys)
25th August 2012, 22:46
I’ll have a Red Bull please. Oh, and a drink too.
LucaBadoerFan (@lucabadoerfan)
25th August 2012, 23:39
one pole this season … next up, one win, at my favourite circuit. hopefully it won’t be taken away from me like my pole was.
ivz (@ivz)
25th August 2012, 23:43
Hey! Who reaplaced my name with Ralf!??
ivz (@ivz)
25th August 2012, 23:46
MSC ordering a pirelli special.
rocky911
26th August 2012, 1:46
When you forget the contact lens at home it is not easy to focus
pero88 (@pero88)
26th August 2012, 2:01
Guys, relax! My finger had been 91 times up ;) -> ( discussing “vettel finger”)
sennaboy3 (@sennaboy3)
26th August 2012, 4:49
wait a second…I should retire again? shouldn’t I?
Todd (@braketurnaccelerate)
26th August 2012, 5:20
Hey you! (mechanic) Don’t screw this one up again!
Tyler Wagner (@yuckett1)
26th August 2012, 5:27
That guy on the tv sure looks old doesn’t he?
elwehbi
26th August 2012, 7:54
“I’ll have one Quarter Pounder with Cheese please”
ukk (@ukk)
26th August 2012, 9:52
That awkward moment …
When you practice in the garrage your former post-race gestures
Baldry00 (@baldry00)
26th August 2012, 10:24
Stay nico….. staaaayyy… good boy, now rollover, play dead!
Bill (@billza71)
26th August 2012, 10:53
Engineer: Right! Michael KERS is fully charged
Michael: I know!
Engineer: How would you know this?
Michael: My hand is glowing and my finger is erect!
jiři
26th August 2012, 10:54
Hey Ross, its your mum!
Eric (@fletch)
26th August 2012, 13:04
“297, 298, 299, 300! yep that cake will do”
ivan mendez
26th August 2012, 17:31
two frankfurter to go and a black beer please !!!
OhCanadian
26th August 2012, 22:07
Wait…that old guy on the monitor looks familiar.
Steve D (@)
26th August 2012, 22:18
“Q3? But…. but…… normally I watch Antiques Roadshow now on that screen round about now…. Bernie?! Rooooooooooosssssssssss!”
David Lincoln
26th August 2012, 22:33
Ein Bier bitte.
Marauder (@marauder)
27th August 2012, 4:33
“Pull my finger.””
Ace@Oz
27th August 2012, 6:15
eenie meenie miney mo, this is where my car will blow.
I’m the first one to admit this might be a little harsh considering his total DNFs this year….
Ace@Oz
27th August 2012, 6:23
I’m watching you, Alonso. I want my Ferrari back…..
Chris (@mayhem74)
27th August 2012, 14:51
one moment, Herr Ecclestone…vee can catch zee seniors’ buffet, but i have ein Mercedes to schtuff into zee wall first…
Bobbi F (@bobbif)
28th August 2012, 4:27
zer gud ya
Sammo
27th August 2012, 16:56
It ain’t working, im gonna try ‘The Kimi’…….”Una cerveza, por favor!”
mkw11 (@mkw11)
27th August 2012, 20:20
Hey where is the start button? Man I am getting old.
Ukounji
27th August 2012, 22:43
‘ I want what he’s having’
maccafan77
27th August 2012, 23:42
So that’s where I put the car, and that spot was the correct one, ok….again….. I put the car there and the right grid spot was there….. ok, wait, again…..
Bobbi F (@bobbif)
28th August 2012, 4:26
Legacies are overrated anyway!
SaNiBla
28th August 2012, 9:55
– Can i help you sir?
– Yeeeas, one championship worthy f1 racecar please
Surfinsoljah (@surfinsoljah)
28th August 2012, 10:46
“Can I at least finish one more race this season, ONE!”
MickLaren
31st August 2012, 22:50
Michael sustained an injury whilst away on holiday during the summer shutdown. His physio said it was a form of R.S I. due to over-use of cash machines.
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
29th September 2012, 15:49
Michael: “It’s 21 years since my debut… (daydreams) hmm hang on I’m P21 – need to go out on a new set of options!”