Lewis Hamilton is leaving McLaren for Mercedes next year – but is there another car he covets?
On more than one occasion during 2012 Hamilton said Sebastian Vettel was “lucky” to have a car as competitive as the Red Bull.
So what was Hamilton thinking as he watched Vettel in action during this year’s Indian Grand Prix? It’s up for you to come up with the best caption for this picture and post it in the comments below.
As usual a pick of the best will feature in the daily round-up.
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Image © McLaren/Hoch Zwei
PJ (@)
9th December 2012, 10:41
Lewis Hamilton tries to get in as much red Bull action as possible since he might not see the RB cars again for another few years.
Sviatoslav Andrushko (@)
9th December 2012, 18:02
and comments (in addition): “Bless you!”
Nick Jarvis (@)
9th December 2012, 10:42
Why do I have black spaghetti hanging down from my ear?
Mallesh Magdum (@malleshmagdum)
9th December 2012, 10:43
HAM- there goes my pole position
sozavele (@formula-1)
9th December 2012, 10:44
Now if that car blows up……pole position is mine.
sorin (@)
9th December 2012, 11:33
Hamilton has more pole position in 2012 than Vettel.
--- (@brazil2007)
9th December 2012, 23:11
@sorin Thank you so much for that fact. Sozavele is just saying that because it was between those two for most of the year, not because of Vettel’s superiority.
Mallesh Magdum (@malleshmagdum)
9th December 2012, 10:45
Hamilton is waiting for the right moment to press the ‘destroy alternator’ Button.
andae23 (@andae23)
9th December 2012, 10:45
“I’ll miss you, Seb”
Felix Hemsted (@demos12)
9th December 2012, 10:45
I’ve made the wrong choice
ahmadamaj (@ahmadamaj)
9th December 2012, 10:47
“Marry me”
mickey18 (@mickey18)
9th December 2012, 10:49
maybe he wont be quick today
melkurion (@melkurion)
9th December 2012, 10:49
Dear Santa Claus, this year for christmas I’d like to have…
Sgindkknnot
9th December 2012, 10:50
All I want for Christmas is you!
plutoniumhunter (@plutoniumhunter)
9th December 2012, 10:52
SOON.
melkurion (@melkurion)
9th December 2012, 12:09
hahahaha, awesome
Rooney (@rojov123)
9th December 2012, 10:54
“Dear Santa..” nuff said!
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
9th December 2012, 10:55
“If I squint really hard and tilt my head like this, I can almost make out the word ‘Mercedes’ …”
Stan (@lufc4ever)
9th December 2012, 10:57
“I’ve never understood why this car has the most downforce, I thought Red Bull gives you wings.”
Switchbacker (@switchbacker)
9th December 2012, 12:22
Front and rear wings provide downforce.
Osvaldas31 (@osvaldas31)
9th December 2012, 11:02
Hamilton: “This is what I have to do when MP4-27 doesn’t reach finish line – watch the man who stole my luck.”
BenH (@benh)
9th December 2012, 11:04
Oh, Abbey. The things I would do to you if we were alone…
MNM101 (@mnm101)
9th December 2012, 11:13
+1
raymondu999 (@raymondu999)
9th December 2012, 11:05
“I don’t want a lot for Christmas
There’s just one thing I need
I don’t care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is…
You”
~ words by Mariah Carey
admit it you started reading the words to the tune after you realised what the words were :P
Colossal Squid (@colossal-squid)
9th December 2012, 11:06
“This show used to be good, four or five seasons ago, but it’s getting so predictable. Where’s the remote?”
Mads (@mads)
9th December 2012, 12:44
@colossal-squid
haha lovely!
JPQuesado (@joao-pedro-cq)
9th December 2012, 11:06
“Is it really very wrong if I call CIA and tell them Sebastian blowin’ up F1 every other weekend?”
James Brickles (@brickles)
9th December 2012, 11:08
Lewis in thought – “I hope he doesn’t find the 150ml of his fuel in my garage.”
raymondu999 (@raymondu999)
9th December 2012, 11:08
“Tell me that you love me, tell me that you care…
Tell me that you need me, and I’ll be there…
I’ll be there waiting…”
Andy P
9th December 2012, 11:08
What the hell man! This damn tv…I just wanna watch Nicole on X Factor and instead I’ve gotta watch a Red Bull, again!
Master firelee (@master-firelee)
9th December 2012, 11:15
I can’t bare to watch him take pole again! Wheres the off switch?!
MNM101 (@mnm101)
9th December 2012, 11:16
I hate twitter! it was just a little tweet ! now they locked me in this room while everybody is driving around
GeeMac (@geemac)
9th December 2012, 11:22
That car would look awesome with a yellow helmeted driver in the cockpit…
OEL F1 (@oel-f1)
9th December 2012, 13:40
Like Webber?
GeeMac (@geemac)
10th December 2012, 5:52
All yellow! :p
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
9th December 2012, 16:27
lol
Josie Maunders (@jbmaunders)
9th December 2012, 11:29
‘I’ll miss staring at that rear for the next few years.’
Eggry (@eggry)
9th December 2012, 11:31
“Oh, he just missed apex and still faster than me!”
Switchbacker (@switchbacker)
9th December 2012, 12:20
+1.
the_sigman (@sigman1998)
9th December 2012, 11:31
LH: That’s the last time I see you Red Bull, from next year I will be too far away.
the_sigman (@sigman1998)
9th December 2012, 11:40
THIS will be my entry:
LH: That’s the only way I will be able to see you next year dear Red Bull.
vuelve kowalsky
9th December 2012, 11:31
life is not fair. 3 straight titles without breaking a sweat. And the great Ayrton senna had to go to war for 10 years, not only against prost, but to the fia as well… to do the same.
yeah, life is not fair.
David-A (@david-a)
10th December 2012, 4:53
Life is fair. SV, who i assume you’re talking about, has stamped his authority on the last 3 years. He has 3 titles to show for it. Simple.
M Dickens (@sgt-pepper)
10th December 2012, 14:40
I’m pretty sure it’s Adrian Newey who’s stamped his authority on the last three years of F1.
David-A (@david-a)
11th December 2012, 2:54
@sgt-pepper – I’m pretty sure that it is Sebastian Vettel who was stamped his authority on the last 3 years of F1, since Sebastian Vettel is the 3 times WDC.
M Dickens (@sgt-pepper)
11th December 2012, 14:06
@david-a – Maybe so, but the trophy ought to reside in Newey’s office, not Vettel’s.
David-A (@david-a)
11th December 2012, 14:44
@sgt-pepper – Senna’s titles belonged to Gordon Murray then.
You can continue to deny that Vettel deserved his 3 titles, but there is nothing to say that his success is any more down to the car than other drivers when they win.
M Dickens (@sgt-pepper)
11th December 2012, 14:46
@david-a – So you honestly believe Vettel is an equal to Senna?
David-A (@david-a)
11th December 2012, 16:17
@sgt-pepper – I didn’t say that. But it’s total nonsense to say that Senna, or other champions didn’t do it in a fast car, and Vettel’s career, for its short length, has been brilliant in its own right.
HK (@me4me)
9th December 2012, 11:33
Horner: “looky, but no touchy!”
Josie Maunders (@jbmaunders)
9th December 2012, 11:42
+1
Jason (@jason12)
9th December 2012, 12:41
+1 :D
BluNt (@blunt)
9th December 2012, 11:44
hands were we can see them Lewis
Switchbacker (@switchbacker)
9th December 2012, 12:18
+1
Alex Brown (@splittimes)
9th December 2012, 11:46
Whilst Lewis didn’t actually believe in Jedi mind tricks, he’d thought he’d give one a try.
“Sebastien, this isn’t the laptime you’re looking for…”
Bumfez (@bumfez)
9th December 2012, 11:58
+1!
ANDREW (@johnson102)
9th December 2012, 11:54
One day my pretty, one day you will be mine…
Bumfez (@bumfez)
9th December 2012, 11:56
Lewis: “Hey, maybe I should name my cars too? Last years can be ‘Nicole’. This years can be ‘Nicole’, and next years can be ‘Naomi’.
Nicole: “Waaat?”
FormulaLes
9th December 2012, 12:07
“In hindsight, I guess I should have chased Dietrich Mateschitz for his autograph when I was ten”.
Vishal Trivedi (@nomadindian)
9th December 2012, 12:25
+1
Basheer Ahamad (@scuderiabasheer)
9th December 2012, 13:39
+1
OmarR-Pepper (@)
9th December 2012, 15:06
Winner please!!!!!!!!!!!
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
9th December 2012, 16:29
+1
jason tomlinson (@jasonryan)
9th December 2012, 20:01
+1
Switchbacker (@switchbacker)
9th December 2012, 12:15
My precious, one day you and Newey will be mine !
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
9th December 2012, 12:36
If only Seb had twitter we might get some telemetry…
Steven Smith (@ragwort)
9th December 2012, 12:54
When I grow up I want one of those.
John H (@john-h)
9th December 2012, 13:08
“‘Cause no one can deny
This love I have inside
And I’ll give it all to you
My love My love, my love
…My endless love.”
Andy2286 (@andy2286)
9th December 2012, 13:15
Meanwhile on Lewis Hamilton’s personal screensaver…
daniyyel (@oji)
9th December 2012, 13:17
My precious !
robk23 (@robk23)
9th December 2012, 13:21
“Has anyone got the remote so I can switch to the onboard view? I like to pretend I’m driving that car.”
electrolite (@electrolite)
9th December 2012, 13:30
Lewis struggled greatly to think of a funny caption.
matt90 (@matt90)
9th December 2012, 13:34
The men who stare at goats…
melkurion (@melkurion)
9th December 2012, 13:52
lol
tigen (@tigen)
9th December 2012, 20:08
haha
Nixon (@nixon)
9th December 2012, 13:37
i wish i had that car…
matthewf1 (@)
9th December 2012, 13:53
Wait…that’s NOT the car I’ll be driving next year?!
Scalextric (@scalextric)
9th December 2012, 13:55
I’m rating this race 4 out of 10, tops.
Sunshine
9th December 2012, 13:59
If I make my lips like this and keep growing my beard I can pretend to be Sebastian next race and take his car!
Ben (@scuderia29)
9th December 2012, 14:08
“everytime i watch this show the same guy wins, am i watching Dave? because they must be repeats”
d3v0 (@d3v0)
9th December 2012, 14:11
“Soon, my precioussss…..soon.”
StephenH
9th December 2012, 14:13
“Well, looks like I’ll just have to tell Fernadno that even I can’t spot that damnned yellow light ….”
Hotbottoms (@hotbottoms)
9th December 2012, 14:18
“Join a traditional championship team they said. You’ll be victorious they said.”
M Dickens (@sgt-pepper)
10th December 2012, 14:42
+1
TommyB (@tommyb89)
9th December 2012, 14:21
One day, one day you’ll be mine.
schooner (@schooner)
9th December 2012, 14:21
Lewis was recently spotted trying out some alternative liveries for his new Mercedes.
S.J.M (@sjm)
9th December 2012, 14:34
Upon opening the email Ross Brawn had sent him, Lewis Hamilton was impressed by the preview of what next seasons W04 would look like.
Ian (@gateian)
9th December 2012, 14:44
“Using pictures of powerful adversaries, Hamilton practices stiff upper lip as he prepares to enter german territory.”
Aditya Fakhri
9th December 2012, 14:45
Why did you choose Webber instead of me Christian, why?
Nick (@npf1)
9th December 2012, 14:47
“Is this love that I’m feeling?
Is this the love that I’ve been searching for?
Is this love or am I dreaming?”
Dutch Guy
9th December 2012, 14:50
“Die Alternator, Die”
f1alex (@f1alex)
9th December 2012, 14:51
“Maybe if I sit here looking sad, someone will feel sorry for me and buy me one”
[Please tell me someone gets the Simpsons reference]
OmarR-Pepper (@)
9th December 2012, 15:12
“If my team were working like the Red Bull guys… but NO!!!!!!!!! They are just standing there, doing nothing… they just turn their back on me”
Mariano (@mariano)
9th December 2012, 15:32
Lewis: “I wonder if it really gives you wings”
Mike the bike Schumacher (@mike-the-bike-schumacher)
9th December 2012, 15:51
So…..that’s what the front of a Red Bull looks like……
BluNt (@blunt)
9th December 2012, 16:23
To think, I’ve been driving all these years when I could of been flying…
Traverse Mark Senior (@)
9th December 2012, 16:50
Forget Red Bull, give me a Lucozade!…*BURP*
Traverse Mark Senior (@)
9th December 2012, 16:52
WOW! This Nintendo DS is huge!
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
9th December 2012, 16:59
Why didn’t we move the front airhole further back on our car? At least I could’ve kept up with him in Bahrain…
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
9th December 2012, 17:01
Why wasn’t there space for me in F1 when I was 19? That guy is so annoying, and as for his finger… no idea where it’ll be next!
Traverse Mark Senior (@)
9th December 2012, 17:08
Lewis: “Who gave Keith Collantine a VIP pass…and why is he taking my picture?”
Keith: “Um, well, I’m taking your picture for a caption competition on my website…if, if that’s OK with you?…sir”
Lewis: *Cold silence*
Keith: “so…um, that Red Bull is pretty good huh?”
Lewis: *stares at monitor whilst trying not to throttle Keith*
Suvan Naidu (@serv)
9th December 2012, 17:21
Lewis watches Seb as he listens to the Gotye remix “Now you’re winning more championships than I used to win”
Steven Smith (@ragwort)
9th December 2012, 17:44
It’s not as sexy as Nicole.
brny666
10th December 2012, 13:56
*Nicole isn’t as sexy as it
Fixed it for you!
foleyger (@foleyger)
9th December 2012, 18:01
“I’ll need more than wings to get me winning next year”
James Kear (@unionjak)
9th December 2012, 18:30
“I’ve made a huge mistake.”
Colossal Squid (@colossal-squid)
9th December 2012, 18:31
Arrested Development right? Brilliant!
JB (@)
9th December 2012, 18:36
“She will be mine…. Oh yes, she will be mine!!”
“The laptimes I would set if I had this bad girl!”
Atticus (@atticus-2)
9th December 2012, 18:45
‘Hm, I may see this car only on these screens instead of the track next year.’
Oliww (@oliww)
9th December 2012, 18:50
Hamilton “I know where I’d like the bull to be position”
Oliww (@oliww)
9th December 2012, 18:50
Positioned**
bt
9th December 2012, 19:09
absolute class!
sagi58
9th December 2012, 19:33
That’s it? That’s all he could do? I know I could do better!
Jason (@f1_wi)
9th December 2012, 19:40
Envy
Matt (@agentmulder)
9th December 2012, 20:06
Oh Abbey, sweet Abbey, how I wish you were mine.
Spinmastermic (@spinmastermic)
9th December 2012, 20:19
Ham: “I want that one”
Helper: “No Lewis, you picked the other, slower silver car”
Ham: “Yeah I know”
@lhfan
9th December 2012, 20:24
Recipe for the invincible !
mkw11 (@mkw11)
9th December 2012, 20:44
LH: (Saying to himself) “Oh Sebastian I wish you were my partner
instead of Nico (Mercedes team).
Klaas de Vries
9th December 2012, 21:48
“Oh, if only McLaren was just a drinks company…”
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
12th December 2012, 13:15
Very good!
alejandroX (@alejandrox)
9th December 2012, 22:01
… and the alternator failure should take place… now.
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
9th December 2012, 22:37
“I don’t care if Sebastian is faster than me – I sleep better at night knowing that I have the better facial hair.”
Milos Zivkovic (@iamaflyingfinn)
9th December 2012, 22:50
Is that a hole i see?
Milos Zivkovic (@iamaflyingfinn)
9th December 2012, 22:53
I wonder if my wife will be the same.
verstappen (@verstappen)
9th December 2012, 22:58
Don’t cha…
--- (@brazil2007)
9th December 2012, 23:16
Forever 1, I want to be, Forever 1.
Do you really want to win forever, forever?
ivz (@ivz)
10th December 2012, 0:23
How can we copy this thing!!?
Andrew (@crazycarts)
10th December 2012, 4:14
Man this Indian heat is making me so thirsty! I gess driving driving for “just a drinks company” would not have been such a dumb move after all?
Todfod (@todfod)
10th December 2012, 5:07
I hope my 2013 Mercedes looks like that
davidnotcoulthard
10th December 2012, 7:33
….In hindsight I should’ve asked for both Ron and Adrian Newey’s autograph when I was ten. Shouldn’t have asked Ayrton Senna’s ghost about that one – a **** idea, as a wise Aussie once said.
Kenny Raikonen
10th December 2012, 9:07
Hi my name is Lewis Hamilton and I want to race for you one day…
Robert Sinclair (@robjsinc)
10th December 2012, 10:15
ready…….aim………FIRE!!
Lawrence Roberts
10th December 2012, 11:28
“Sassafrassarassa…”
Tenniel (@tenniel)
10th December 2012, 13:19
OK print screen and send to Ross Brawn.
sharmin. (@spartle)
10th December 2012, 17:05
“Where’s the self-destruct button on this one?”
Jon Finn (@jon-finn)
10th December 2012, 20:35
Martin Whitmarsh “Lewis I told you, no porn on the garage monitors!”
uan (@uan)
11th December 2012, 0:26
Codemasters F1 2012. Race as your favorite driver. Feel what it’s like to be the youngest 3x WDC. Press the start button to begin.
svianna (@svianna)
11th December 2012, 2:33
I am the fox. That is a grape…:))
Chainsaw (@chainsaw)
11th December 2012, 18:58
Abbey, you are my baby..