Past and present British F1 stars Stirling Moss and Lewis Hamilton met up at Silverstone recently to promote the next race on the calendar, the British Grand Prix.
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MatthewRacing (@)
15th June 2013, 11:07
Lewis Hamilton’s braking problems continue as he brakes the steering wheel off Sir Striling Moss’s car…
DD42
16th June 2013, 1:07
HAM: Mr Moss why is this steering wheel round?
SouthPawRacer (@southpawracer)
15th June 2013, 11:08
“Oh no, Mr Moss – someone’s stolen all of your sponsor logos!”
Paul A (@paul-a)
15th June 2013, 13:34
“Actually, young man, we’re both British stars like the article says, but I’m proud to advertize Britain — not a wheelbarrow full of foreign companies.”
hunocsi (@hunocsi)
15th June 2013, 11:08
LH: “You think they are gonna let us test with this steering wheel?”
the_sigman (@sigman1998)
15th June 2013, 11:09
Where are the buttons, Sir?
Alfie (@alfie)
15th June 2013, 12:01
Beaten to it..
Retired (@jeff1s)
15th June 2013, 11:15
“Is that a wheel or a steering, Sterling?”
Rooney (@rojov123)
16th June 2013, 19:17
It is a “steering wheel”, you fool!
matt90 (@matt90)
15th June 2013, 11:19
“It may be a higher seating position than you’re used to, but you do still need to actually sit in the car.”
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
15th June 2013, 11:19
“Listen here Lewis, you do NOT remove the steering wheel from Grandad’s car. Understood?”
Tomsk (@tomsk)
15th June 2013, 11:26
“I can’t believe how light the steering is, man!”
JackySteeg (@jackysteeg)
15th June 2013, 11:28
“Nice earrings. My wife has a pair, too.”
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
15th June 2013, 11:31
@jackysteeg win.
Eddie (@wackyracer)
15th June 2013, 19:54
winner!
phmer3 (@phmer3)
16th June 2013, 0:50
Winner
Osvaldas31 (@osvaldas31)
15th June 2013, 11:30
Lewis: “What do you think, if we say that we put this steering wheel on W03, would FIA consider, that we tested old car?”
Robert Tang (@robertthespy)
15th June 2013, 11:32
“Oops I can’t tweet with this wheel”
thatscienceguy
15th June 2013, 11:40
So I heard you had tyre issues. Bolt four of these on and your problem is solved.
James Brickles (@brickles)
15th June 2013, 11:46
Hamilton: “Wooden steering wheel? I though we were driving cars, not sailing a pirate ship.”
Dan_the_McLaren_fan (@dan_the_mclaren_fan)
15th June 2013, 11:50
Stirling, why did you keep the Australian GP trophy in the cockpit?
Airborne Williams Cap (@airbornewilliamscap)
15th June 2013, 11:52
Mercedes now have more than just tyre degredation issues to worry about
Kodongo (@kodongo)
15th June 2013, 11:59
Stirling Moss: “Back in my day, Lewis, this was the most important wheel on an F1 car”
alofan (@alonsofan98)
15th June 2013, 12:00
Well, I hope no one knows something about this test.
Thomas Shelley (@tomshelley)
15th June 2013, 12:07
After the first few tests Lewis said (regarding the steering wheel) “It was drowning in buttons; all the ones I never use, I eliminated them,” – Looks like he got his wish!
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
15th June 2013, 12:09
“The lap was great … right up to the moment this came off.”
zicasso (@zicasso)
16th June 2013, 13:43
lol
nackavich (@nackavich)
15th June 2013, 12:14
Moss: “Go on, take it. Your girlfriend may like it as an earring”.
Bwal87 (@bwal87)
15th June 2013, 12:20
Further proof that you should be careful what you wish for, as Mercedes take Lewis Hamilton’s request to simplify his steering wheel a bit too far.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
15th June 2013, 12:34
Very good also!
Chris (@tophercheese21)
15th June 2013, 13:39
Love this one!
MatsdJ
15th June 2013, 12:21
This looks interesting Sir… Could you please tell me from which pipe you stole this tap when you were a lad?
zaz
15th June 2013, 12:27
“Of course you can drive it Lewis, you’re not a woman are you?”
alexskev (@alexskev)
15th June 2013, 12:33
beep beep..
Sammo
15th June 2013, 12:45
“Try this… It’ll go faster than the one your racing on”. “But I can’t sir, This car doesn’t comply with the F1 rules” “Look buddy, just say it’s a sort of a test thing for Pirelli”
Gav (@foxtrotoscar21)
15th June 2013, 12:45
So this second Pirelli test is definitely legal now it’s not the Mercedes W04..?
MNM101 (@mnm101)
15th June 2013, 12:46
Lewis preparing for the punishment Mercedes are about to receive from the FIA
Dan_the_McLaren_fan (@dan_the_mclaren_fan)
15th June 2013, 16:58
Haha! I like this one!
DVC (@dvc)
15th June 2013, 12:51
My car is better, but how do you get your overalls so white?
Suvan Naidu (@serv)
15th June 2013, 12:52
Moss: So I told Kimi, power steering problems…Finn please!
Toro Stevo (@toro-stevo)
15th June 2013, 13:02
You think F1 is difficult now? Well back in my day, we didn’t even attach the steering wheel to the car.
MahavirShah (@mahavirshah)
15th June 2013, 13:04
Moss: “Lewis, my boy, as long as you can control that wheel in your hand, you’ll never need to bother about any others on the car.”
Julien (@jlracing)
15th June 2013, 13:05
Am I holding the steering wheel upside-down?
Imre (@f1mre)
15th June 2013, 13:10
“…and then I overtook Glock in the last corner to win the championship by a single point. Do you know how it feels like?”
“You must be joking…”
Shrieker (@shrieker)
15th June 2013, 13:42
Hahaha gooood one :D
MojoPhete
15th June 2013, 13:11
And I thought the set of wheels I pulled were big!
electrolite (@electrolite)
15th June 2013, 13:17
‘Compared to mine, this is wheely basic’
Walton174 (@walton174)
15th June 2013, 13:23
SM: “At night i take it home and use it to make pizzas”
LH: “By the looks of it you make a fair few”
Craig Woollard (@craig-o)
15th June 2013, 13:28
So where did you store all the secret Pirelli information?
hzh (@hzh00)
15th June 2013, 13:31
Hamilton: But what is this??!!!
Moss: what the… you broke my wheel man!! get out of my car.
Dave Edwards
15th June 2013, 13:37
Stirling: “You fool – they said to turn up in blank overalls…”
Jack (@jackisthestig)
15th June 2013, 13:38
“Is this a toy for my dog?”
Alex (@korbendallas)
15th June 2013, 13:49
“So this was our wood block, and if it wasn’t at least one millimetre thinner by the end of the race you weren’t driving hard enough.”
JimmyTheIllustratedBlindSolidSilverBeachStackapopolis III
15th June 2013, 13:53
Thanks moss this is perfect for my submarines hatch
JimmyTheIllustratedBlindSolidSilverBeachStackapopolis III
15th June 2013, 13:57
Wow so this is a 1950’s wrist watch it’s amazing how technology gets more and more compact over the years.
JimmyTheIllustratedBlindSolidSilverBeachStackapopolis III
15th June 2013, 14:33
Of course we soon connected the steering wheel extended the gear shift brought the foot pedals closer and attached a seat so you don’t get blown backwards off the car, but in those days we didn’t have access to all the knowledge teams have now. So we didn’t know we were making mistakes until we tryed something.
BlackJack (@danieljaksa)
15th June 2013, 14:04
“I think you have the strength, Lewis, but I don’t know if you’ve got the mental aptitude to race hard with this wheel. And those earrings don’t help.”
Renegade.Ego (@renegade-ego)
15th June 2013, 14:04
Lewis,”You want me to put this where Sir? “, Moss, “Well it’s mostly the right color son”
smudgersmith1 (@smudgersmith1)
15th June 2013, 14:12
And Fangio had a modern one Sterling ?
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
15th June 2013, 14:19
Yes Lewis, this is the one that cost me a WDC.
caci_99
15th June 2013, 14:32
LH: “strange, this looks like a BMW steering wheel”
Rocky (@rocky)
15th June 2013, 14:36
What in the world how do you pass where is the DRS and KERS buttons?
PMccarthy_is_a_legend (@pmccarthy_is_a_legend)
15th June 2013, 15:49
Lol rubbish!
DominikWilde (@dominikwilde)
15th June 2013, 14:57
So where’s the radio again?
Rigi (@rigi)
15th June 2013, 15:01
get your hand off my wheel, kid!
lucamus (@lucamus)
15th June 2013, 15:02
So where is the lap time delta displayed?
Goriot
15th June 2013, 15:09
“You young drivers have too many buttons and too many zits !”
jim kish (@kishf1)
15th June 2013, 15:26
I can feel it . . . . .
Mike the bike Schumacher (@mike-the-bike-schumacher)
15th June 2013, 15:31
Moss: Now you take your hands off the steering wheel and wave to the pretty woman!
StephenH
15th June 2013, 15:35
“Now listen here boy, back in my day DRS meant ‘Drink Rum & Soda’ !!”
PMccarthy_is_a_legend (@pmccarthy_is_a_legend)
15th June 2013, 15:45
No buttons! Wicked got get myself one of these!
PMccarthy_is_a_legend (@pmccarthy_is_a_legend)
15th June 2013, 15:47
Look how light the steering wheel is! Even a girl could drive with it don’t you think Sir Stirling?
obviously
15th June 2013, 15:52
– My, my, Lewis! Those earrings are really bring out your beautiful smile.
– Aww, thanks homie.
Dane (@n0b0dy100)
15th June 2013, 15:55
Sorry old man, I think the wheel came off your wheel chair.
TheJudge (@thejudge)
15th June 2013, 15:56
Sir Moss- Which wheel actualy is this?
Jakob (@jakobh)
15th June 2013, 16:06
“Tree, it was like the carbon-fiber of the 50’s”
Chooka (@chooka)
15th June 2013, 16:16
My god man back in my day they only stole the wheels. Bloody hoodlums
Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
15th June 2013, 16:17
This steering wheel suits the Mercedes Bus that travels around Monaco
icemangrins (@icemangrins)
15th June 2013, 16:22
They said you tried to kill Rubens Barichello by shoving him off the pit wall…. you don’t look like that Schumacher guy !?!
cjpdk (@cjpdk)
15th June 2013, 16:24
“You see those birds over there? Right, here’s what you say to ’em…”
bull mello (@bullmello)
15th June 2013, 16:27
Son, don’t ever let a girl touch your steering wheel.
andae23 (@andae23)
15th June 2013, 16:39
“How did you ever manage to make a face imprint in this !?”
Bendanarama (@bendana)
15th June 2013, 16:46
“Where’s the button to declare women aren’t good enough to drive in F1?”
Frogster
15th June 2013, 16:59
Lewis ” we had a button for going slowly in the the McLaren……we called it Jenson”
Rick Lopez (@viscountviktor)
17th June 2013, 9:06
nice!
vickyy (@vickyy)
15th June 2013, 17:24
With all due respect sir, “Please let me drive!!”
pl.boff (@plboff23)
15th June 2013, 17:36
So what you are really is saying is between us we are one quarter plant and three quarters Scottish?
Matt105
15th June 2013, 17:43
This will blow Nico’s mind when he see’s what I’ve done to his car.
schooner (@schooner)
15th June 2013, 18:08
“Hey Lewis, could you give me a hand setting up the gaming wheel for my PS3?”
Mach1 (@mach1)
15th June 2013, 18:12
Lewis has a go on Sterling’s vintage 1950s F1 Simulator!
Mach1 (@mach1)
15th June 2013, 19:23
I have refined it a bit:
Lewis was surprised at the simplicity of Sterling’s 1950s F1 simulator!
phildick (@phildick)
15th June 2013, 18:25
Another Mercedes secret wheel test…
svianna (@svianna)
15th June 2013, 18:28
Jenson, you aged quite a bit in these last few months….I don’t know what to tell you, man, but the steering wheel in the Merc is way smaller than this…..
legacy F1 (@jason12joy)
15th June 2013, 18:38
lewis:”hahaha…..that’s one wood we can hang on to,if it crashes…”
bsnaylor (@bsnaylor)
15th June 2013, 20:09
LH: Did you nick this off Mike Gascoyne’s yacht?
plutoniumhunter (@plutoniumhunter)
15th June 2013, 20:12
Lewis takes driving the wheels off the car a little too bit literally.
Aish Heydrich (@aish)
15th June 2013, 20:17
Lewis: Sir, I seem to have taken the steering wheel off and now I can’t put it back. You know, old habits die hard.
Moss: Oh don’t you worry son, they’ll all know it was your fault.
Felipe Bomeny (@portugoose)
15th June 2013, 20:29
(with regards to Sir Stirling’s notorious remarks on women in motorsport):
“Lewis, m’boy, I’ve always believed that racing is a real man’s sport- you see, racing isn’t for sissies or women. Yet somehow I’ve heard some lass by the name of Britney has been faster than you this year!”
Sergey
15th June 2013, 20:39
Sir Moss: Hey Lewis now imagine the size of the gear shift!
HiPn0tIc (@hipn0tic)
15th June 2013, 20:46
So this is a steering wheel, its round and has no buttons, it’s for turning right and left. You should use one of those sometimes, i won races with it…
Massonen
15th June 2013, 21:01
“I’d never noticed your eyes before, Lewis.”
PMccarthy_is_a_legend (@pmccarthy_is_a_legend)
15th June 2013, 22:15
Lewis: yo this steering wheel is pretty light light sir Stirling, a girl could drive with one of these don’t you think?
Moss: erm….
paul heyfron
15th June 2013, 22:20
lewis : great no buttons
sterling : yes now imagine its attached to a red bull and your a winner
Glen Carroll (@deadbull)
15th June 2013, 22:42
If I use this the FIA will never know we tested this years car
pH (@ph)
15th June 2013, 23:05
Lewis: Wow, no buttons. Racing must have been really easy in your days.
electrolite (@electrolite)
15th June 2013, 23:42
‘So tell me, what is it like driving a ship?’
naz3012 (@naz3012)
15th June 2013, 23:58
It’s almost as simple as you Lewis!
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
17th June 2013, 20:51
@naz3012 I actually properly love this one! Stirling’s face has an intent to hurt him written all over it in that snap as well, which just completes this!
Chaz (@chaz)
16th June 2013, 0:28
Lewis to Stirling, “lol, what’s this…”
Mac (@wilder181)
16th June 2013, 0:28
Stirling Moss has bigger wheels than Lewis Hamilton even these days in age
Milos Zivkovic (@iamaflyingfinn)
16th June 2013, 2:13
Blistering
MarkM (@mpmark)
16th June 2013, 3:22
Moss: so this is what you’ll tell the tribunal you were using ok?!
uan (@uan)
16th June 2013, 3:25
Hamilton: What is this?
Moss (speaking slowly so Lewis understands): That’s a steering wheel. It turns the car. (sotto voce) Idiot.
Maksutov (@maksutov)
16th June 2013, 4:00
It’s…my wife, she made me ware the pyjamas.
JUGNU (@jugnu)
16th June 2013, 6:40
Lewis: “Ohh…. i swear i was very gentle with the car”
Illusive (@illusive)
16th June 2013, 6:55
Sir i asked for steering wheel not water valve handle.
Frank (NL)
16th June 2013, 11:05
Moss: “You go ahead and ride my car. Now, you let me drive your Pussycat Doll !”…..
Rob (@abs0lutism)
16th June 2013, 11:15
See Sonny the only thing I could change on my steering wheel was the varnish!
Dylan (@dberdf1)
16th June 2013, 12:30
“I like the quick release!”
Colm (@colm)
16th June 2013, 16:33
SM: Why did you pull that out, Its not supposed to come out!!
Ryan (@ryanisjones)
16th June 2013, 17:03
Sometimes Lewis – and I’m sure Nicole would agree – you need real wood…
foleyger (@foleyger)
16th June 2013, 19:51
Where is the DRS button?
falconspatrol (@falconspatrol)
16th June 2013, 19:57
Hamilton: ”So will I still be overtaken by a Williams in this car?”
MartyF1
16th June 2013, 20:00
HAM: “getting a lot of understeer..”
HAM: “needs less buttons”
Ben (@scuderia29)
16th June 2013, 20:54
Moss “you can borrow my car to test pirelli’s new compounds if you would like lewis?”
Hamilton “no thanks grandad, theres cameras around”
Paul Lange
16th June 2013, 21:20
Honest… it just came of in me hands….
stillious (@stillious)
16th June 2013, 22:05
Which bus did you boost this from, grandad?
imarlab (@imarlab)
16th June 2013, 22:06
Lewis “Am I really supposed to hit Niko with this?”
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
17th June 2013, 1:44
C’mon grand dad, surely you didn’t get any chicks with this?
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
17th June 2013, 1:45
And you were on a tight budget, yeah? Didn’t get much Sterling back then?
MaccaFan (@gdenton)
17th June 2013, 2:52
How did you have any grip with these tires?
Realer (@realer)
17th June 2013, 10:33
Listen son, this isn’t a steering wheel, we used four of these as actual wheels. So stop complaining
about those Pirelli’s and imagine how it is to race with these wooden puppies!
Fixy (@)
17th June 2013, 11:42
“There’s no buttons here… neither is Jenson!”
ime597 (@)
17th June 2013, 13:43
No Lewis, you can’t use this for the bus Vettel says you drive.
BogRacer
17th June 2013, 20:43
Sterling to Lewis: “Mine was bigger than yours.. Here, have a feel….”
dexterous (@dexterous)
17th June 2013, 21:06
You have to attach to drive Lewis I hope you know that …………
Salcrich
18th June 2013, 8:46
Stirling- that’s another fine you are due, even I know the steering wheel has to be put back after you get out!
madwinchester
18th June 2013, 9:05
That’s right, and then I’d take it with me to the shops so nobody could steal the car.
Andy Hunt
19th June 2013, 15:20
So anyway Stirling, did you drive a racing car or a Dover to Calais Ferry with this wheel?
Thiet-Ky (@rkei-nkrew)
20th June 2013, 8:06
LH: “This isn’t a trophy!”
Umar Majid (@um1234)
22nd June 2013, 1:10
You would never have made it into F1 with that hairstyle
Umar Majid (@um1234)
22nd June 2013, 1:11
The steering wheel is alot bigger compared to mine
Oh yeah, my balls are bigger than yours aswel
Victor. (@victor)
22nd June 2013, 12:34
I bet they can’t change this in 3 seconds.
For Sure (@forsure)
22nd June 2013, 16:55
Vroom! Vroom! Lewis Hamilton pretends to be a stunt pilot while his company-appointed grandfather Stirling Moss looks on.
mkw11 (@mkw11)
24th June 2013, 16:20
SM: Hi I am Dr. Evil and this is my Minime.
LH: That’s one heck of a Minime but it won’t fit into my girlfriend’s purse.
Johnny Higgs
30th September 2013, 2:35
…and so, Lewis, if you stay detached from women like my old steering wheel here …… then they wont drive you around the bend !!!
Trayambak Chakravarty (@major-dev)
3rd October 2013, 13:11
HAM-“And what is this called, Grampa?”
MOS-“It’s called a STEERING WHEEL you fool!!!!!”