Three races in and the 2017 F1 season looks like being a two-horse race for the title.
Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have filed the top two places on the podium at each of this year’s races so far. But what did they have to say to each other following last week’s grand prix?
That’s for you to decide in our latest caption competition. 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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Craig Woollard (@craig-o)
22nd April 2017, 11:53
Lewis: “when we get to Spa, just don’t decide to chop me on the Kemmel straight. You know, like this.”
Sebastian: “Okay Mika.”
Eggry (@eggry)
22nd April 2017, 11:55
@craig-o Ricardo Zonta moment!
Krakker
22nd April 2017, 17:12
Lewis: Corner 3 I was like “Gettin’ Jiggy with it”.
Vettel: Na Na Na Na Na,,,,, Yo.
Biskit Boy (@sean-p-newmanlive-co-uk)
22nd April 2017, 20:21
Hopefully I have chopsticks down before Japan
stuart
24th April 2017, 11:38
Look at the state of my nails dude think I need a manicure
hahostolze (@hahostolze)
22nd April 2017, 11:54
Hamilton’s air disc-jockey act fails to convince Vettel.
luigismen (@luigismen)
23rd April 2017, 0:29
nice one
SpaFrancorchamps (@spafrancorchamps)
22nd April 2017, 11:58
“And then the referee booked me for diving into the pits”.
FLIG (@flig)
22nd April 2017, 12:00
Hamilton challenges Vettel to a Red-Hands & Stare-Out match to obtain the Triple-Clown.
Filippo Peverini
22nd April 2017, 12:00
Your “Walk like an Egyptian” moves need a bit of work, like this..
Dim sim (@dimsim)
22nd April 2017, 12:02
Hey Macarena
Scott Bailey (@sbailey555)
22nd April 2017, 12:10
Well if u were directly below him, how could u see him?
Because I was inverted.
Bulls*&#-.
Dim sim (@dimsim)
22nd April 2017, 12:12
Very good
Evil Homer (@)
22nd April 2017, 14:27
Nice Maverick 👍
Elreno
22nd April 2017, 12:13
When I pick up chicks at clubs I like to use this move.
DYarab
22nd April 2017, 12:14
“And when I got this close to Valteri, they told him to move.”
Craig
22nd April 2017, 12:14
LH “My teammate moves out the way the same as yours now!”
ColinChapman (@colinchapman)
22nd April 2017, 17:29
“Bottas was here, and I was here, then we just switched.”
reh1v2.0 (@reh1v2-0)
22nd April 2017, 23:10
Good one.
MaddMe (@)
22nd April 2017, 12:15
After that, all I saw was your rear end!
Ruben
22nd April 2017, 12:18
Lewis: “Will you be my teammate next year? Toto promises equal treatment.”
Seb: “I don’t believe you.”
Steve Rogers (@yossarian)
22nd April 2017, 12:21
Lewis: “Doesn’t Bernie look shorter now he’s no longer in charge? I swear he can’t be taller than this”
Rui (@colinmcrui)
22nd April 2017, 14:21
Good one :)
Steven Robertson (@emu55)
22nd April 2017, 12:22
Vettel: ‘explain to me how you could have won that race?
Hamilton: *using hands to demonstrate* ‘so you see, if i deduct the 5 second penalty, I would have been 5 seconds behind you, and passed you to win’
Vettel: ‘riiiiiggggght’
HK (@me4me)
22nd April 2017, 12:47
After a show of hands, Vettel is still unsure of what Mercedes has up their sleeves.
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
22nd April 2017, 13:03
Nice :-)
Rui (@colinmcrui)
22nd April 2017, 14:23
Could be a winner….
cdavman (@cdavman)
22nd April 2017, 12:53
That little kid in the Red Bull is fast becoming a pain in the backside isn’t he?
Bart
22nd April 2017, 13:00
LH: Gotta take it easy for the new polish to dry now. Those racing gloves mess up the gloss…
SV: You don’t say!
Tango (@tango)
22nd April 2017, 13:03
“… And that’s how I overtake my Finn. How about yours ?”
“Nah, he’s never in front…”
Mashiat
22nd April 2017, 13:57
@tanga You’re right! He was only stuck behind him for like 10 laps 2 races ago.
Tango (@tango)
22nd April 2017, 16:53
It’s just a joke. Keep cool
Adam
23rd April 2017, 10:39
It’s a bit of fun… chill Winston. *sigh
ColinChapman (@colinchapman)
22nd April 2017, 17:30
So good
Cristobal Acevedo (@cristobalf1)
23rd April 2017, 0:09
Winner!!!
myxtiom (@myxtiom)
23rd April 2017, 17:08
nice
Bayu Aji Widyadi R (@bayuajiwr)
22nd April 2017, 13:07
Lewis : “So this is how I overtook Valtteri”
Seb : “Mbwahh, that was easy, Mark was never make it easy”
Anatoli68 (@anatoli68)
22nd April 2017, 13:08
“It’s time to get schwifty”
Rick Lopez (@viscountviktor)
22nd April 2017, 13:16
Lewis: “Wanna start a Mexican wave?”
Seb: “Wrong grand prix.”
Travis Daye (@travis-daye)
22nd April 2017, 13:22
Despite sharing the podium, there still appeared to be a gulf between Lewis and Sebastian…
Ian Bond (@ianbond001)
22nd April 2017, 13:22
Seb: “Dude, please, you were never that close!”
Nick (@theawesomefish)
22nd April 2017, 13:28
Vettel remains unconvinced of Hamilton’s acting chops in the run-up to Liberty Media’s new F1 venture, “The Fresh Prince of Gulf Air”.
petebaldwin (@)
22nd April 2017, 13:30
What happened to Stroll this time!?
Michael f
22nd April 2017, 13:34
LH – the brittish public only like me upto here!!!
SV. – Try paying your taxes bud !!!
d0senbrot (@d0senbrot)
22nd April 2017, 14:02
Not sure if the swiss public like Vettel for paying his taxes. :X
Sam
22nd April 2017, 13:37
Lewis: You want to what I have done to my nails…
Sam
22nd April 2017, 13:38
Lewis: You want to see what I have done to my nails…
hzh (@hzh00)
22nd April 2017, 16:59
Mercedes made their drivers remove their nails to reduce unnecessary weight.
Patrick Walsh (@patwalsh82)
22nd April 2017, 13:38
Lewis: if you have a go at it make sure you take both of you out so i can go through? yes? no? i tried!
n0b0dy100
22nd April 2017, 13:47
“So I come up behind Bottas and the team gets on the radio and says “Hey, Nico … er … Bottas, let Lewis by! Hahaha!!”
sumedhvidwans (@sumedhvidwans)
22nd April 2017, 13:48
Seb: How do you manage the singing and racing careers both?
Hamilton: They are similar man. This can be overtaking as well as DJing
the limit
22nd April 2017, 14:16
LEWIS: Fernando tells me that at Indy their going this close, side by side, at over 230mph.
SEB: Using hybrid power?
LEWIS: Nah man, they’ve got proper engines that still sound good.
WimB
23rd April 2017, 7:47
“Well, now you can go to a grand prix and keep your hands here without having to cover your ears for fear of damaging your hearing. Doesn’t that, like, spoil everything?”
WimB
23rd April 2017, 7:47
“Well, now you can go to a grand prix and keep your hands here without having to cover your ears for fear of damaging your hearing. Doesn’t that, like, spoil everything?”
WimB
23rd April 2017, 7:48
Sorry for the double post. A case of chubby fingers versus damn small buttons on my phone…
ANDREW (@johnson102)
22nd April 2017, 14:16
It’s all about the champagne. Hover your hands above an open bottle and you’re drawn to it. Podiums guaranteed!
Evil Homer (@)
22nd April 2017, 14:31
“A rap album…. really? Go offline for a couple of months………”
Dan
22nd April 2017, 14:48
Lewis I am feigning interest in your DJ mixing abilities.
BrianW
22nd April 2017, 15:18
Unlike Nico, Valterri doesn’t freak out when I get this close.
Travis Humphery (@)
22nd April 2017, 15:20
And then I slowed him down like this…
mark jackson
22nd April 2017, 15:21
Lewis: “So, Dan was behind me in the pits and I thought it would be funny if I held him up”
Seb: “….”
Lewis: “I got a penalty and lost the race… but you should have seen the look on Dan’s face!”
Pat Ruadh (@fullcoursecaution)
22nd April 2017, 15:24
Lewis: “Thanks man! Yeah it’s just shea butter and a little argan oil”
Carlos Patrão
22nd April 2017, 15:26
Wax on.
Wax off.
Shishir (@)
23rd April 2017, 12:09
Winner for me
Robbie (@robbie)
22nd April 2017, 15:37
Yeah Seb, my right hand does know what my left hand is doing…see?
@F1-liners (@f1-liners)
22nd April 2017, 16:05
This is how I massage Toto, and then he rewards me with team orders.
S.J.M (@sjm)
22nd April 2017, 16:29
SV – “Are you nervous that your new team mate will beat you?”
LH – “No, see …… hands aren’t shaking at all”
DanimalHouse (@thrillerwa09)
22nd April 2017, 16:31
Lewis, getting in Seb’s head: “Remember that time in Sochi when Daniil gave you a nice double shunt? Do you think that will happen again this year?”
Seb: “Are you serious, man? Obviously I remember.”
Neil (@neilosjames)
22nd April 2017, 16:31
“So they were just next to each other, like…”
“Yeah, two desert seagulls!”
Jabosha (@jabosha)
22nd April 2017, 19:46
This is great.
Dom (@3dom)
23rd April 2017, 13:42
Excellent
ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana)
22nd April 2017, 16:37
“I love my new team mate, he let me through just like that…” Lewis
hzh (@hzh00)
22nd April 2017, 16:56
“I’m still faster. Let’s try some red hands and I’ll show you.”
“No need, I can see it’s not just your hands that are red.”
CateredHam
22nd April 2017, 17:00
…and he was rubbing in the suntan oil when i mistakenly said a little higher, Nico.
Roops24
22nd April 2017, 17:02
Lewis: “Seb on the first lap you were flying like a falcon and by the last lap there was big ‘Gulf of Air’ between you and me”
Damon (@damon)
22nd April 2017, 17:46
LH: “No, cause you see my jaw is not even, so I shave the right hand side a bit higher…. Like this… see… It makes it even, right?”
SV: “Yea…..ah, I guess…”
Tristan
22nd April 2017, 17:46
“So what was the plan with Nico anyway”
“I just would have moved a little like this on his overtake”
Tristan
22nd April 2017, 17:47
anyway?*
Tristan
22nd April 2017, 17:50
(I could almost believe it with Vettel’s expression)
MahavirShah (@mahavirshah)
22nd April 2017, 17:48
Lewis : … And that’s how you do the ‘Ketchup Song’ dance step Seb!
Seppo (@helava)
22nd April 2017, 17:49
“Remember the days before everything relied on aerodynamic grip, when we could race like this?”
caci99 (@)
22nd April 2017, 18:00
Ham: There are similarities Seb, like moving the LP. The sound is not the same, but yeah, you got to be smooth.
Seb: Oh men, another bites the dust
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
22nd April 2017, 18:01
Lewis: … This race shows the problem Fernando will face at Indy car. It’s only at the start of an F1 race when you get cars off the straight at high speed wheel to wheel while braking with one each side of the racing line right through the apex, then accelerating. At Indy car you do that at every corner …
J-Canada
22nd April 2017, 18:08
Side by side on an oval sounds dangerous, Seb. But I guess Alonso doesn’t have a career in music to fall back on like me.
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
22nd April 2017, 18:16
LH: I tell you it was a real overtake, I passed him like this …
SV: Ha ha, that was team orders man, who are trying to kid.
Apexor
22nd April 2017, 18:28
Lewis: you put you right hand out first then you put your left hand out and shake it all about and you turn your self around, then you put your right foot out first then put your left foot out and shake them all about and turn ourself around and that you do the hokey pokey.
Levente (@leventebandi)
22nd April 2017, 19:06
As FOM tries to bring back the success of the early 00’s, they introduce the Las Ketchup song Asereje at the end of race celebrations
W (@vishnusxdx)
22nd April 2017, 19:15
“Maybe we should just level the top 2 podium spots…”
“Uuh bwoah I don’t know, Lewis”
Ian Murtagh
22nd April 2017, 19:19
Lewis – This is how I DJ..
Seb – No I was asking if you heard about VJ
hummerbliss
22nd April 2017, 19:31
Lewis – I am really a good DJ.
Seb – I don’t believe you.
Lewis – No really, this is how I wacka wacka wacka ….
uan (@uan)
22nd April 2017, 20:31
Lewis: so I did this really cool pass on Valterri…
Seb: oh, I couldn’t tell. Obviously my mirrors are kind of small and obviously they vibrate a lot. But I think you were too far back anyway…
Richard (@rick1984)
22nd April 2017, 20:37
Hamilton “And I was here and Danny Ric was here so I backed him up a bit and took a 5 second penalty”
Vettel “worth it to not have to do a shoey”
petercars
23rd April 2017, 3:25
hahahha
Antoon van Gemert
22nd April 2017, 20:37
Lewis: “Abracadabra Sim Sala…….?”
Sebastian: “……..Bim?”
budchekov (@budchekov)
22nd April 2017, 20:37
You should be feeding your dogs with a food that has a stomach calming effect
just.daz (@nemo87)
22nd April 2017, 21:18
“Can you feel the heat coming off this bottle?”
AndrewW
22nd April 2017, 21:19
HAM: “I could have pulled up alongside you.”
VET: “What are you on about, mate? You’re in a Merc!”
pH (@ph)
22nd April 2017, 21:21
So I cut down on my throttle, turn tight and I’m on your 6 o’clock. Saw you trying to shake me off throught that chicane but I stick behind like a glue. I though I had you cold when I realised I got no guns on my ship.
Vittorio
22nd April 2017, 21:51
Laying the pizza is the most important part, you should do like this, and this, and this…
javier javier (@j3d89)
22nd April 2017, 22:02
Hamilton: this is how Sainz destroyed the car of stroll
Vettel: seriously? What’s up with this rookies?
Willie (@willienjg)
22nd April 2017, 22:54
Lewis: I thought I seen your floor moving on the straight?
Seb: ehhh….
@HoHum (@hohum)
22nd April 2017, 23:12
LH:……..and he cuts me off just like that .”
SV: “Kids ! they’ve got no respect, shouldn’t be allowed in F1 till they’re 25 at least.
LH: ” Yes, that’s what I’ve been telling Toto”.
Nimba (@nimba)
22nd April 2017, 23:48
Ham : When Fernando was my team mate , he taught me that you always gotta leave this much space.
Vet : Do you think there is any Champagne in his garage ?
RP (@slotopen)
23rd April 2017, 0:00
LH: …but Ferrari let Kimi come back, why not Alonso?
SV: Come on Lewis, let me enjoy my podium.
LH: I’m just sayin…
SV: Please, he couldn’t even beat a rookie, and that was ten years ago.
MarcSaunders
23rd April 2017, 0:11
Lewis: “We are so close but at the end of the season I will be the champion”
luigismen (@luigismen)
23rd April 2017, 0:33
Lewis: “…and I mix up my music like this…”
Seb: *How do I explain him that I don’t care*
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
23rd April 2017, 1:13
Lewis explaining what trickery he did on pit lane, Vettel in awe after not thinking about it first.
JackySteeg (@jackysteeg)
23rd April 2017, 1:22
“I’m not even thinking about the championship, Seb. Just taking it one race at a time…”
petercars
23rd April 2017, 3:27
LH: Let me demonstrate how it is with my hands. My right hand is me, my left hand is you. See how my right hand is higher than my left hand, so I win.
SV: Yeh whatever.
John s
23rd April 2017, 6:10
If you ever get beside me, i gonna bump you off like I did Nico.
Pratyush P (@pratyushp276)
23rd April 2017, 6:32
Lewis entertains Vettel by performing his own adaptation of the Sainz-Stroll crash.
PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
23rd April 2017, 6:36
I know I said I wanted to fight but if you could just stay behind like this far?
skylien (@skylien)
23rd April 2017, 7:39
Vet: “Ah, I see.. already doing Tai Chi to calm your anger down? Arrivabene sent me to a Tai Chi course after my fallout with Charly…for, you know, anger management”
Ham: “Uhm, naah, I was just thinking I it is time for a manicure again”
skylien (@skylien)
23rd April 2017, 7:41
sorry for the “I” that is too much
Craig
23rd April 2017, 8:05
LH: “I’ll show this magic trick see – one minute I’m behind my teammate, the next minute I’m in front of him! Magic!”
SV: “That’s not magic! It’s called unspoken number one status.. which is actually really handy for making sure your teammate disappears.”
Todfod (@todfod)
23rd April 2017, 8:06
Seb – “Lewis, you need to stop going for manicures before races”
racer69 (@matthewstephens)
23rd April 2017, 8:24
“Oh my god I’VE FOUND MY IDENTICAL HAND TWIN!!”
“Erm they’re both your hands Lewis”
F1Junky
23rd April 2017, 9:37
Spoken to the other guys. We are going to let Button win Monaco to annoy Alonso. So we both drive like this…
ADD (@addimaf1)
23rd April 2017, 17:43
+1
a (@aaaa)
23rd April 2017, 11:05
and then NICO’S HIT ME, Nico’s just hit me.
SV: arhhh he’s retired now mate…, you. really. need. to. let. this. go.
Dom (@3dom)
23rd April 2017, 13:40
Seb: You look shaky Lewis
Lewis: Yeah, this “Rose Water Lifestyle” ain’t good for me
schooner (@schooner)
23rd April 2017, 13:47
“Yeah? Well, I was only THIS tall when I won MY first championship!”
Bob Wheeler (@bobmendon)
23rd April 2017, 14:08
Lewis-“So, I’m right next to Bottas in the middle of overtaking him, and he blows me a kiss!”
Seb-“You too!”
Turd
23rd April 2017, 15:52
If you no longer leave a gap, you are no longer a 2nd driver
Bharath
23rd April 2017, 16:51
Lewis” Hey Seb what do you think about my new nail Polish color”
Seb” Bwoah…
Joao (@johnmilk)
23rd April 2017, 18:08
They told me, multi 444, I didn’t understand at first…
Joao (@johnmilk)
23rd April 2017, 18:09
Well, just realised v
valterri’s number is 77, erase this from your memories
Jimmi Cynic (@jimmi-cynic)
23rd April 2017, 23:14
Lewis: “Toto would love you to join us next year – and he hates issuing team orders. Me too. However, if we’re side by side – but I’m faster – he will. ”
Seb: “Whaaaaaat?!?!?”
Krakker
24th April 2017, 1:20
Lewis: So the guy tells Bieber, “you gotta be this tall to ride”.
Seb: I thought he was grounded????
Zad (@)
24th April 2017, 9:33
LH: “then i turn on HAMMERTIME, the team tells bottas to move over and off i go”
Asanator (@asanator)
24th April 2017, 15:29
“And Sainz just steams up the inside like he wasn’t there!”
Loup Garou (@loup-garou)
24th April 2017, 19:40
Hamilton: You passed me in that first corner when I wasn’t looking!
Vettel: All right, the next time I’ll flash my headlights.
replay matches
25th April 2017, 10:14
Hamilton have big experience now
Placid (@placid)
27th April 2017, 11:03
Sea-vet: Macarena huh?
Lewis: No. This is the “Ketchup” dance.
Daniel Stocco
27th April 2017, 12:19
It was a Saturday in Hungary 2007. I was here. Fernando was there.