Niki Lauda and a slightly damaged Toto Wolff survey Mercedes’ opposition in the pit lane at the Hungaroring.
Wolff arrived in Hungary after suffering several injuries due to a fall while mountain biking with other Mercedes employees.
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Crackers (@crackers)
16th August 2014, 11:40
“Let Ricciardo win another one and I’ll break the other arm”
Jake (@jleigh)
16th August 2014, 11:45
I think we have another first post winner!
Neil Reid (@internetguy)
16th August 2014, 16:12
Winner!
runforitscooby (@runforitscooby)
17th August 2014, 4:58
I didn’t bother enetering, this one is so good.
tmax (@tmax)
17th August 2014, 8:58
@crackers superb….. Bulls eye.
me too.. this one is too good. I am not bothering to enter…….
Wessel (@wessel-v1)
16th August 2014, 11:46
“Well, at least this injury is temporary…”
pSynrg (@psynrg)
16th August 2014, 17:48
@wessel-v1 Incredibly bad taste and not at all amusing.
Wessel (@wessel-v1)
16th August 2014, 18:14
While I agree this is at least borderline, I don’t think Niki would be actually angry at Toto if he said that.
Jake (@jleigh)
16th August 2014, 11:47
Elderly fan wanders the pit lane with “Africa” artist.
Pete (@repete86)
16th August 2014, 12:54
Haha, yes!
Hans
16th August 2014, 21:37
+1
Breno (@austus)
16th August 2014, 11:51
“How did Ross Brawn make them obey orders?”
Mark Scott (@pokerman)
16th August 2014, 11:53
It’s not looking good Niki….Had to change my Facebook relationship status to ”its complicated” !!
Tyler (@tdog)
16th August 2014, 12:02
For some reason, the promotional poster for “Rush 2: the sequel” failed to capture the public’s imagination.
Iestyn Davies (@fastiesty)
17th August 2014, 4:09
Lauda, Wolff get ready for the next Expendables movie…..
Iestyn Davies (@fastiesty)
17th August 2014, 4:10
Paddy Lowe and his wife to be the villains, while Ross Brawn comes back to save the day…
AndrewT (@andrewt)
16th August 2014, 12:10
The Rat and the Wolf are now aware of the Bull.
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
16th August 2014, 13:35
haha not bad!
HK (@me4me)
16th August 2014, 12:15
In the end, their power struggle manifested itself in a round of arm wrestling. The rest is history
michael bland
16th August 2014, 12:19
“You should see the other guy…..”
Theo Parkinson (@theo-hrp)
16th August 2014, 12:24
Wolf: Oh my God, this hurts so bad.
Lauda: Really? I’ve been through worse.
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
16th August 2014, 12:25
Toto asks Niki to cycle the Hungaroring for an “exploratory lap” to avoid a repeat of his recent bicycle injury. Niki gives a resounding “no”.
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
16th August 2014, 12:27
Mercedes are walking wounded in Hungary – literally – and are seeking damage limitation for Lewis after another Q1 blow out.
Keith Campbell (@keithedin)
16th August 2014, 12:26
Lauda: “Maybe next time you’ll listen. I said no team orders dammit!”
Diceman (@diceman)
16th August 2014, 12:30
Lauda: “Lewis told you Roscoe doesn’t like strangers…”
NWahome
19th August 2014, 3:45
I like that one! :)
AMR (@aiera-music)
16th August 2014, 12:30
“This track gets slippery as hell in the wet. Found out the hard way yesterday.”
victor Ray
16th August 2014, 12:34
Lauda, “The next time you give team orders, it’s going to be the other arm”
Osvaldas31 (@osvaldas31)
16th August 2014, 13:07
Wolff: “My arm and W05 has one common thing”.
Fsoud (@udm7)
16th August 2014, 13:08
We hope Horner didn’t see us nicking their parts.
Osvaldas31 (@osvaldas31)
16th August 2014, 13:08
Don’t believe that F1 is turning into a circus? Then how do you explain those animals in the paddock?
Fsoud (@udm7)
16th August 2014, 16:15
+1
nmsi (@nmsi)
16th August 2014, 13:16
Well that was the the last time we discussed with Nico and Lewis who gets preferred treatment.
Robbie (@robbie)
16th August 2014, 13:22
Ok fine, I’ll do it up myself, but once we get to the loo, I’m giving you a team order.
Pink Peril
19th August 2014, 0:12
Love it! Although the mental image it invokes is not good.
Robbie (@robbie)
16th August 2014, 13:27
In this instance Lauda agrees with the amount of time spent fixing the Armco.
MattyPF1 (@mattypf1)
16th August 2014, 13:40
TW: … and that’s how I fell off my bike. Funny story, right?
NL: You’re better off letting Susie be the permenant driver from now on.
dam00r (@dam00r)
16th August 2014, 13:45
“Toto Wolff with his right hand man Niki Lauda”
HK (@me4me)
16th August 2014, 14:57
@damo00r, I quite like that!
Diceman (@diceman)
16th August 2014, 15:05
Nice one.
Hans
16th August 2014, 21:39
+1
schooner (@schooner)
16th August 2014, 13:58
“Okay Niki, lets see if we can make these guys believe that it’s your arm that is broken.”
airtone
16th August 2014, 14:07
I hope I’m clear now: no team order in my team!
Robbie (@robbie)
16th August 2014, 14:24
Nice try Niki, but there’s nothing in that pocket.
Jack (@jackisthestig)
16th August 2014, 14:39
“Get some sponsorship on it Toto, do you know how much I earn from my cap?”
lawrence
16th August 2014, 16:28
My fav for now. :)
John H (@john-h)
16th August 2014, 14:50
Niki hitches a ride for one armed ‘colleague’
Captain
16th August 2014, 14:55
Toto, who ordered the new rain jackets?
Look! I can put my bloody arm right through it!
(insert Lauda-esque expletives as appropriate)
Slava (@)
16th August 2014, 15:12
After Hungary GP.
Wolff: – Lewis is an …..!
Lauda: – On the other hand, we still have 4 legs to kick our pilots and to make them follow our orders!
mik
16th August 2014, 16:48
if this goes tits up we can still be the new Larel and Hardy
Aberracus
16th August 2014, 17:03
Laura between teeths to Wolf: if you or your guys sabotage Lewis car again, it’s gonna be more than an arm, now smile for the camera Wolf.
David Not Coulthard (@davidnotcoulthard)
16th August 2014, 17:06
Here at Mercedes, we now recognise the ideals behind Double Points.
the_sigman (@sigman1998)
16th August 2014, 17:18
Toto tells Lauda why he breaked his arm. It is told that it happened when Toto said to Susie she would not drive in FP1 at Hungary.
cjpdk (@cjpdk)
16th August 2014, 17:21
“But Niki, it’s your turn to talk to Bernie!”
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
16th August 2014, 17:31
Lauda: “That’s what happens to you when you mess with a Stevenage boy”
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
16th August 2014, 17:35
“Lauda and reportedly clumsy Toto who hit a door earlier in the week..”
Irejag (@irejag)
16th August 2014, 18:02
Maybe if we try to look really involved in conversation we could be the next caption competition. – Toto. What caption competition? – Niki
PSM
16th August 2014, 18:54
Wolf: The time has come. I need to take this team order matter into my own hands.
Lauda: Oops. Too late. :D
Andrew
16th August 2014, 19:32
Niki Lauda To Toto Wolf; “I told you what would happen the next time you touched me”
dutchtreat (@dutchtreat)
16th August 2014, 19:50
Who do you think you are, James Hunt…?
caci99
16th August 2014, 20:31
Toto: A lot of broken things at Mercedes lately
Niki: What I fear is if it catches fire
usukpam
16th August 2014, 20:46
They broke all you’ve got, your arm and your team orders. Now can i manage the second half of the season just alone?
vickyy (@vickyy)
16th August 2014, 20:47
Wolff: “Hamilton is my right hand man!!” :P
Jakob (@jakobh)
16th August 2014, 21:02
So do you want an autograph on your arm?
Alejandro Rabell
16th August 2014, 22:05
I told you not to laugh at the F14 T, in front of Montezemolo…
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
16th August 2014, 22:35
Lauda: You are totally out of your mind!
Toto: Louder Niki, I can’t hear you!
Mark Salmon
16th August 2014, 22:57
It’s a dangerous business we’re in Niki.
Tell me about it,…
@HoHum (@hohum)
16th August 2014, 22:59
Toto : “You can’t be serious, it was a simple accident nothing to do with that black cat, nothing else is going to go wrong”
moctecus (@moctecus)
16th August 2014, 23:21
Mercedes: “We let our drivers fight unless it’s a nasty fight. Then Niki and Toto will have to do it for them. Round 1 went to Niki.”
greg-c (@greg-c)
17th August 2014, 0:30
Toto’
I really wish you’d wear a Merc cap Nikki !
Nikki’
Have you seen the prices at the merch stand?
Keith W
17th August 2014, 1:50
Well, Toto, it doesn’t look like we’re in Kansas anymore!
Dave
17th August 2014, 2:23
Toto… I have a feeling were not in Kansas anymore !!
schooner (@schooner)
17th August 2014, 3:29
“I like the way you’re thinking Niki, but I don’t think this qualifies us for a handicap parking spot”.
Zeke
17th August 2014, 3:39
I told Lewis’s mechanics to set up your bike the same way you asked them to set up his car
D Winn
17th August 2014, 4:05
Nicki: Ross used to run the team single-handed and didn’t need a bike !
Shimks (@shimks)
17th August 2014, 6:24
Lauda: Now you forget all about team orders, yes!
Placid (@placid)
17th August 2014, 6:38
Niki: What did I tell you not to make fun of Steven Seagal?
Pisti (@pisti)
17th August 2014, 8:05
Toto: – …and that stupid reporter said that I’m from Australia. So, how could I tolerate this and not punch him?
Niki: – Yeah, it is a hard fight, but people should finally learn the difference.
steveng
17th August 2014, 8:23
“Toto you know if it continues like this and we let Ricciardo win then we will look like die Wurst und Sauerkraut”
Toro Stevo (@toro-stevo)
17th August 2014, 9:11
Niki and Toto cast an eye over the F1 paddock.
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
17th August 2014, 12:44
Lauda: “What’s the time, Mr Wolff?”
Toto: “That is not funny.”
Lauda: “Nico says you can have his glove with a watch on it!”
mik
17th August 2014, 16:11
repeat after me nicky “to you… to me… its easy and I want that summer season in Blackpool next year”
D. B. Yu
17th August 2014, 20:11
Even Nico passed on signing Toto’s cast.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
17th August 2014, 20:39
Due to his permanent “thumbs up” pose, Toto was giving a misleading impression of how he felt the race went.
AndrewT (@andrewt)
17th August 2014, 21:32
And I told him, that I would have given my right arm for a Mercedes that does not break down, and that’s what happened…
Suvan Naidu (@serv)
17th August 2014, 22:55
Niki Lauda keeps his tough reputation intact by making it look like it’s Toto’s arm that’s injured
Little_M_Lo (@pezlo2013)
17th August 2014, 23:02
No body realises how Hungary the Lauda Wolffs are for victoriesthis season.
greg-c (@greg-c)
18th August 2014, 10:03
Ross should be dealing with this !!!
He’s the one who told Lewis that Nico would never keep up !!!!
greg-c (@greg-c)
18th August 2014, 10:44
Ricciardo is getting $500k for the whole season and he has 2 wins already .
Lock him in for next year +_ 10%
apexor
18th August 2014, 17:13
TW: Who wants to take the Break your arm challange? NL already broke mine so I challenge Frank Williams to brake Pat Symonds arm.
Bill Niehoff (@justafan)
18th August 2014, 19:03
“Niki, when I said I’d give my right arm for a constructor’s championship, it was a figure of speech!”
Jim McGhee
19th August 2014, 7:11
Next time Nikki, do it yourself.
Mick Harris
22nd August 2014, 14:59
Toto’s injured right arm turned out be Niki’s left!
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
27th September 2014, 21:19
Team Burned & Broken on World Tour 2014
jayson biadog (@jbiadog)
18th October 2014, 19:12
Lauda: “Im the Rat, I always find a way go Ninja F1!”