Renault is returning to Formula One so for the first Caption Competition of 2016 the archive has been raided for a picture from their last time in F1.
Here former team boss Flavio Briatore explains one of the most indispensable parts of an F1 car to Bernie Ecclestone.
Can you come up with the best caption for this picture? Post your funniest suggestion in the comments below.
A selection of the best will feature in a future edition of the F1 Fanatic Round-up.
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NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
9th January 2016, 11:57
See, that is where I would place the sprinkler button.
Philip C Dunham
9th January 2016, 12:06
“When this indicator light turns on, the driver is no longer in control of the car, I am. *wink*”
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
9th January 2016, 12:08
Show me again, where is the blue turtle button to solve my Mercedes problem ?
Oople
9th January 2016, 13:49
Blue Turtle <.<
William Jones
9th January 2016, 12:09
“And here’s where we hide the motors on Piquets car giving us direct control of the steering from the pits.”
Scalextric (@scalextric)
9th January 2016, 12:12
That’s good, but you’re going to need four wheels and an engine, er, power unit too.
glynh (@glynh)
9th January 2016, 12:28
Bernie explains his latest idea to teams – a built in credit card reader.
Marciare_o_Marcire (@marciare-o-marcire)
11th January 2016, 9:30
brilliant.
AMR (@aiera-music)
9th January 2016, 12:29
“Back in my day, we just had two buttons for racing games.”
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
9th January 2016, 13:12
good one :)
John Shand
9th January 2016, 12:33
“Are you saying that when you push that button the car self-destructs?”
Sumedh
9th January 2016, 12:59
Flavio: That is how you activate Option 13
synapseza (@synapseza)
10th January 2016, 16:16
I was thinking of a very similar one :)
Nav
9th January 2016, 13:01
“This is the one Nelson used in Singapore to put it in the wall”
R.J. O'Connell (@rjoconnell)
9th January 2016, 13:13
“Which button lets me slide into some girl’s DMs?”
Mathers (@mathers)
9th January 2016, 13:17
Flávio: ‘And this button allows our drivers to neutralise the race at any time.’
Bernie: ‘What, your drivers can bring out the safety car any time they like? That’s pretty good for safety’
Flávio: ‘If that’s the way you want to look at it… Great!’
Philip (@philipgb)
9th January 2016, 13:18
Bernie: l’option de treize?
Gridlock (@gridlock)
9th January 2016, 13:31
Bernie – “So that one brings out the safety car?”
Flavio-Flav – “No no no, this is the traction control”
(I don’t have high opinions of at least one of these people).
sam3110 (@sam3110)
9th January 2016, 13:32
“And this is the bribe button, its quicker than Blatter’s envelope method”
James Brickles (@brickles)
9th January 2016, 13:54
“So this button is for sending tweets to Hamilton”
Robbie (@robbie)
9th January 2016, 14:00
Can I push one Flavio, can I?
No…I push this team’s buttons.
Robbie (@robbie)
9th January 2016, 14:03
Little did Flavio know at the time, the push-to-crash button would become the push-to-oust button.
TheBullWhipper (@thebullwhipper)
9th January 2016, 14:15
BE- Yes yes Flav, all very clever, but will it be loud?
ColdFly F1 (@)
10th January 2016, 2:46
good one (you beat me to it)
JoshJ81
9th January 2016, 14:17
BE – You know, you should really put a “Crash Now” light right there…you know just in case.
Mark Grady
9th January 2016, 15:12
And so this is the button to veer the car into the wall….
tom
9th January 2016, 14:48
Bernie says: “what does the big re button do?”
Flavio: “nothing, that’s just on Nelsons steering wheel”.
nortn850
9th January 2016, 14:50
Bernie, you push this button right here and the money pours in!!!
cjl12
9th January 2016, 14:52
This button here gives me an automatic injection of ViAGRA.
hunocsi (@hunocsi)
9th January 2016, 15:01
“And that’s the spin button. I’m telling you Bernie, the fans love the donuts, especially mid-race!”
Sergey Martyn
9th January 2016, 15:04
If my calculations are correct, when the car hits 88 miles an hour…
You input your destination time on this keypad. Want to see F1 in 2015?
hzh (@hzh00)
9th January 2016, 15:13
“So what is that crash light indicator for?”
Tom L. (@tom-l)
9th January 2016, 15:16
“So where’s this Jenson Button you were telling me about?”
“Oh, we got rid of it. It didn’t give us the performance step we’d expected.”
henk
9th January 2016, 15:22
ha
Christos (@christosts)
9th January 2016, 16:18
Briatore:This is the “crashgate” button. It causes one of your drivers to crash so that the other one can win.
Niall Geoghegan (@ncwg)
9th January 2016, 16:23
Flavio is proudly showing off his crash-on-demand system when Bernie points out it would be cheaper to sign Maldonado.
Thedonz
9th January 2016, 16:26
Bernie:you will come back or you shall feel the full power of the dark side of the force…
@tbolt67
9th January 2016, 16:29
…And this button calls supermodels up to your hotel suite.
Ram
9th January 2016, 16:38
flavio is a Cheat . Why is he being Celebrated?
RaceProUK (@)
9th January 2016, 16:43
It’s a caption competition where he will be (and is being) mocked; I say bring on the fun!
Brakius (@brakius)
9th January 2016, 16:54
And with this one, we can control the hidden camera in Max’s hotel room.
Neil (@neilosjames)
9th January 2016, 17:55
“If you copyright that, we can charge fans 50p every time they look at it.”
reganamer
9th January 2016, 18:25
Bernie: That’s a good bit of kit I could sell that
Flav: This is a one off, I’ll get you another
james (@acrazydentist)
9th January 2016, 19:01
Bernie – “This button is the new push to pass, it delivers an extra 75 bhp for 5 seconds and drivers can choose to use it whenever they want thus eliminating the need for DRS. Oh I almost forgot, there is no limit for the amount of uses in a race, just a small cash settlement, $20000 for each use.”
georges10099
9th January 2016, 19:28
‘You see Bernie, there were just too many buttons so one of them had to go’
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
9th January 2016, 19:41
Bernie: “Pushing that button delays Jaguar, Jordan and Sauber’s FOM payments. They won’t find out while I’m still in charge, so let Alonso do it”
JayR (@deidunxf1)
9th January 2016, 19:49
Which do you think is better: more buttons less or less buttons more?
zicasso
9th January 2016, 19:59
Bernie: Have you shared this software information with RedBull?
To the Max !
9th January 2016, 21:19
“So this was Alonso’s dead man switch for when he dozed off again during driving, you know, the one which wasn’t working with McLaren during pre-season testing.”
TribalTalker (@tribaltalker)
9th January 2016, 22:59
But Flavio, why would I want to change direction?
Or
Flavio, surely you don’t want to put so much control in the hands of one person?
Or
Yes Bernie, that light instructs the driver to crash the car… It’s one of our strategic innovations.
Jabosha (@jabosha)
9th January 2016, 23:57
Bernie: Soooo…….you did carry over some technology from your Benetton years.
budchekov (@budchekov)
10th January 2016, 0:56
So it has a mirror and I can see if my rug’s blowing off ?
TOBIAS ROPERTO
10th January 2016, 1:06
So Briatore, this is the button to press if you like to crash intentionally the car?
MtlRacer (@mtlracer)
10th January 2016, 1:18
Show me how you activate the secret traction control.
just.daz (@nemo87)
10th January 2016, 1:29
..and this ones for the flamethrower
claudioff (@claudioff)
10th January 2016, 1:50
Flavio: I “got” it from the Mercedes box. It is worth millions!
Bernie: What is my cut?
Pat Ruadh (@fullcoursecaution)
10th January 2016, 2:16
Bernie: “and what does that ‘SC’ button do?”
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
10th January 2016, 2:35
steer it up
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
10th January 2016, 2:38
the next thing to go in the budget cap
ColdFly F1 (@)
10th January 2016, 3:10
If I allow these steering wheels in F1 will people forget about my admiration of Hitler, comparing women to appliances, bribery and tax cheating?
Rob (@rkodey)
10th January 2016, 3:58
Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right-B-A… That gives us an extra 10 engine tokens, right?
drrapg (@drrapg)
10th January 2016, 23:01
Good one, had the same idea but you beat me
Antonio (@antoniomates)
10th January 2016, 4:23
Briatore: …all this is made of carbon-fibre. It’s state of the…
Eclestone: Yea, yea, yea… Everything that your engine isn’t.
kenny
10th January 2016, 6:48
No Flav don’t turn it so hard! It’s hooked up to the entire steering committee!
hzh (@hzh00)
10th January 2016, 7:18
“Let’s make a standard steering wheel and then sell it to small teams.”
Neel Jani (@neelv27)
10th January 2016, 8:33
Flavio, “Bernie, if you can press the right buttons, Azerbaijan will pay you millions to host the race!”
hzh (@hzh00)
10th January 2016, 9:02
Ecclestone: “But why does it have the Mercedes logo?”
Fast
10th January 2016, 9:18
“This one makes the engine louder”
Little_M_Lo (@pezlo2013)
10th January 2016, 11:03
Flavio: This is our best upgrade yet, HDTV!
B194 (@b194)
10th January 2016, 12:15
FB: “… and option 14 launches the taxation control system.”
Apexor
10th January 2016, 13:08
Bernie: where is that button that makes Lewis Hamilton go to first place.
Apexor
10th January 2016, 13:14
Bernie talking to him self: when will he finish talking?! I’ll just think about money.
Bernie’s money song: ” money, money, money I love to sing about money ladi lad didly di du”. And so on.
Rui (@colinmcrui)
10th January 2016, 16:28
Briatore: “Look at this Bernie, it’s like driving the Millennium Falcon!”
Billys (@bilarxos)
10th January 2016, 16:38
so … if something went wrong , you push that button and you disappear your self from the f1 for 5 years and if you push it again you come back!
Jonathan (@jonny705)
10th January 2016, 17:11
Flavio: “…and if you enter this promo code you get 25% off Renault engines for the next 12 months.”
Melvin (@)
10th January 2016, 18:02
FB: “This button is directly linked to my laywers. When it is pressed they automatically start the damage control in the press and find ways to clear my name. I have it installed in all the technology around me. You can see it is quite worn from heavy use, as i rely on the whole team to help me out.”
BE: “remarkable. In my days, we just gave a bag of money to the right person”
FB: “Oh Bernie, today we are all about hearts and minds, besides, when did you ever buy your way out of trouble?”
Leo Buckley
10th January 2016, 18:17
You’re going to love this harvesting and deployment button on our cars in future Bernie. I’ve heard they make you feel ‘electric’ on the Merc’s too ;-) They give you this nice MGUK show apparently; or it might have been magic?! Whatever mind, you’ll be psyched!
Andrew
10th January 2016, 18:24
Wow she’s nice! She lives nearby too! Swipe right, Flavio!
Simon Place
10th January 2016, 18:28
..and there’s Netflix for the long straights.
yihwarang (@yihwarang1)
10th January 2016, 19:33
“How can I get the more MONEY, Flavio??”
“THIS is the BUTTON, My Friend!!!”
ColdFly F1 (@)
10th January 2016, 20:09
F1 will attract more women if it would look like a domestic appliance!
Sodbuster (@gone2thedogs)
10th January 2016, 21:40
So Flavio when the driver hits that button they automatically give you 15% of their salary, Brilliant
Scott bingham
10th January 2016, 21:40
This is the request team mate to crash button.
Scott bingham
10th January 2016, 21:43
Were developing this new wheel that stores photos.. Here’s one of me in a thong…
Lee
10th January 2016, 22:18
Bernie: Nelson knows to keep it on full lock you say?
Flav: Yes, that’s what I told him.
Bernie: Jeeze Flav, if you get caught, I’m just gonna say I wasn’t wearing my glasses so couldn’t see what you were pointing at. If it weren’t for the fact you’re sitting on my hand, I’d walk away now!
mog
11th January 2016, 5:30
Bernie: Where is the rest of the car?
Flavio: It dropped off The Cliff.
Bernie: No need for the steering wheel after that then…
John wills
11th January 2016, 8:21
This button brings out the dancing girls along with the sprinkler system ready for the wet tshirt competition.
Bolide (@mim5)
11th January 2016, 10:22
That’s the problem with todays drivers Flav, in the Dakar they only use pliers
Arun
11th January 2016, 13:33
FB: This button activates the blindfold
BE: Can I have one for my wife?
Drumcrusher
11th January 2016, 23:31
F.B. -“And this thing right here jostles your sphincter”
B.E. – “Can we put one of those in my limo?”
Sean Newman
12th January 2016, 12:33
And this is the button to send Tweets…
Biggiejpseven (@jaypollitt)
12th January 2016, 21:13
“This one’s simple, it’s the avoid Maldonado button!”
Julian Ashton (@ashtonjp)
14th January 2016, 10:03
No, it’s not a video phone, it gives the TORQUE readings
Deriksenna
6th March 2016, 16:28
“You see once the Merc is ahead by more than 30 seconds the steering locks in this position.”