Are Red Bull cooking up another shock for the driver market? Champion skier Lindsey Vonn tested a Formula V8 3.5 car at the Red Bull Ring earlier this year with Red Bull Junior team boss Helmut Marko watching on.
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hzh (@hzh00)
17th December 2016, 12:04
“I think Red Cow is a good name for another junior F1 team.”
ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
18th December 2016, 3:14
@hzh00 you are full of B.S.
ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
18th December 2016, 3:21
In quotation marks.
hzh (@hzh00)
18th December 2016, 11:36
@ferrox-glideh
Same to you and your profile dude.
“In quotation marks”.
ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
18th December 2016, 12:33
Sorry, I forgot to put my initial post in quotation marks, and upon seeing it I realized that it could be construed as being rude to you, which was not my intent. Peace.
hzh (@hzh00)
18th December 2016, 14:48
No worries then
hzh (@hzh00)
18th December 2016, 16:26
Sorry I should have requested clarification first. Peace to you too.
hzh (@hzh00)
18th December 2016, 11:56
P.S.
You don’t have to brag about it.
PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
17th December 2016, 12:09
Helmut Marko explaining ‘quid pro quo’ to misses Vonn.
Ruben
17th December 2016, 12:11
You’re the only one who’s faster downhill then Kvyat’s career.
Daniel
17th December 2016, 16:18
Winner!
Kurt (@dangerpaws)
17th December 2016, 19:41
Nice one. Love it!
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
17th December 2016, 21:38
Ooch. Excellent!
ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
18th December 2016, 3:16
Yeah, winner for sure.
Christopher Seward
19th December 2016, 6:30
hahahaha!
Greup (@greup)
17th December 2016, 12:17
Shame that the car is a write off, but im used to only brake once, after the race is finished.
paul1923 (@paul1923)
17th December 2016, 12:18
Marko: I could dance like nothing when I was younger Lindsay, I could groove this way and twist that way. I should show you some moves.
Lindsay: arghhh, mmmm, no thanks Marko.
MrBoerns (@mrboerns)
17th December 2016, 12:27
That’s why i tell them my Eye was blinded
Sorry, low
StephenH
17th December 2016, 12:28
Marko, I’m not interested in doing the manniquin challenge right now, will you please just tell me my friggin’ time !!
Rigi (@rigi)
18th December 2016, 22:06
my favourite! :D
Goriot
17th December 2016, 12:29
The mirrors… are not… for makeup… No!
Strontium (@strontium)
17th December 2016, 12:40
Helmut secretly prepares the replacement for next time Kvyat crashes
Marcel den Engelsman
17th December 2016, 12:45
Let me check you out whit my good eye
the limit
17th December 2016, 12:57
Helmut : “So tell me Lindsey, just how good in bed was Tiger?”
Vonn : “He was a quick as a Williams, but unlike a Williams, he always finished!”
To the Max !
17th December 2016, 13:05
LV : “What should I do when I had a few bad races?”
HM : “Have your coach tell you you have a cracked ski and replace them for some new ones, it worked for us with Vettel and Ricciardo.”
Derek Edwards
17th December 2016, 13:05
Fast enough for equal status? First we’d to get rid of Bernie, then Stirling, then the grid girls, then the comments, then the trolls, then…
terminator86
17th December 2016, 13:12
Honestly i belive you gave Kvyat a bad example of how to be a champion as he is relying on his downhill pace these days.
B194 (@b194)
17th December 2016, 13:14
Marko: In skiing it is dangerous to go off piste. In F1 you can go off the track and take the piste.
George (@george)
17th December 2016, 13:45
Nice one
John Cousins (@drone)
17th December 2016, 13:49
That was a quick lap… for a girl.
Same time as me…. but I only have 1 eye soooooo. YeahThanksButNoThanksBye.
David Not Coulthard (@davidnotcoulthard)
17th December 2016, 14:11
Helmut Marko tries to do something Toto Wolff has failed to do with his wife.
hzh (@hzh00)
17th December 2016, 14:31
“Aerodynamics is all about curves.”
ColdFly F1 (@)
17th December 2016, 15:32
If this guy is the ‘Junior team boss’, then I wonder how old the senior is.
Neil (@neilosjames)
17th December 2016, 16:19
“Could you please stop calling me Carmen?”
ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
18th December 2016, 3:26
“No, I don’t have Simona’s number.”
Peppermint-Lemon (@)
17th December 2016, 16:46
Marko : Just look at the way light bounces off the new 2017 front wing. No other team will be clever enough to use your carving skis’ Lindsey hehe.
ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana)
17th December 2016, 17:06
“Yes, I knew that the cockpit is so tight for F1 was not physically demanding sport. But you knew how to slide in there.”
ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
18th December 2016, 3:37
Really?
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
17th December 2016, 17:42
Helmut: “We could do with some melodramatic shrieks when you go off the track or sobbing when you crash.”
Vonn: “I do not shriek! I do not sob! You are going to ask one of the men to do that for you!”
JulianSark
17th December 2016, 18:42
HM: “So Bernie said, starting 2018, let’s do all the driving on artificial snow, so it’s more exciting. And that’s where you come in …”
Piotr E. Hogarth (@pehogarth)
18th December 2016, 1:25
This!
JulianSark
17th December 2016, 18:49
or:
HM: “For next season, we took away Kvyat’s racing shoes and have outfitted him with a pair of ski boots. Our engineers expect that’ll improve his times.”
Apexor
17th December 2016, 19:06
Just let you know Lindsey we don’t do sumersaults in F1. We go fast and hard.
The closest thing we can do is a donut.
Apexor
17th December 2016, 19:09
Lindsey to herself: common grampa let me drive already I don’t need your life story.
smudgersmith1 (@smudgersmith1)
17th December 2016, 19:12
Seriously…Mercedez want me ?
schooner (@schooner)
17th December 2016, 20:10
“These cars aren’t really set up for someone so big and muscular, but I think we can get you in ok.”
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
17th December 2016, 20:17
I see pretty well with my one eye, I can see the Red Bull can over there..
airtone
17th December 2016, 21:27
As F1 cars are expected to be physically more demanding, Red Bull Junior Team get creative again with their drivers selection.
Desperate in Maroc
17th December 2016, 21:41
Red Bull proudly fields the first mixed gender driver.
ChuckL8
17th December 2016, 21:41
“Lindsey, … I realize you’re not accustomed to the bottom step of the podium, but here at Red Bull you’ll quickly get used to it.”
badger (@badger)
17th December 2016, 22:43
Helmut immediately realised the surgery to shorten his right leg was a bad decision.
Zim
18th December 2016, 8:46
Ha ha ha!
Thedonz
17th December 2016, 23:47
Helmut thinks: if I play Dietrich right, I can replace kvyat with her.
Lindsay thinks: if I play *with* Dietrich right, I can replace Helmut…….
chris (@)
17th December 2016, 23:53
Lyrics:
Take me by the tongue and I’ll know you
Kiss me ’til you’re drunk and I’ll show you all the moves like Jagger
I’ve got the moves like Jagger
I’ve got the moves like Jagger
JulianSark
18th December 2016, 9:40
COTD.
Stig Semper Fi (@stigsemperfi)
18th December 2016, 0:24
Red Bull sampling new drivers to drive slowly in front of Vettel.
OGW (@ogw86)
18th December 2016, 0:52
‘Wait a minute, is this old creep staring at me or is that a glass eye?’
Ste Jones (@buck5top)
18th December 2016, 2:20
‘…and then Bernie said, “Women should always wear white, to match the other appliances in ze kitchen!”.’
John
18th December 2016, 2:33
Hey Lindsey i also did a body paint calander shoot. You should have seen where Webber wanted to paint the bulls horn. Lucky Sebastian was there otherwise i would have been in real trouble with the number 2’s if u catch my drift
ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
18th December 2016, 3:11
Lindsay Von is an amazing athlete, and I suspect that she would have no problem handling the high g-forces of the upcoming era.
caption: “What do you mean women aren’t fast enough for F1?”
ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
18th December 2016, 3:31
Inspired by Austrian talent, Lindsey Vonn decides to be the next Terminator.
Todfod (@todfod)
18th December 2016, 5:19
The search for Kvyat’s replacement goes on
Gary
18th December 2016, 6:54
Wait, Justin Bieber is here? I thought I got the most favored celebrity table in the Red Bull hospitality!
Das Zilch (@)
18th December 2016, 8:43
“Nice pair of coconuts.”
“Thanks, but only one of them works.”
Steve Rogers (@yossarian)
18th December 2016, 9:15
Don’t worry you’ll get your turn. Right after Riccardo, Max, Sainz, Kvyat, Gasly, Kari…
Boywonder (@deltas4)
18th December 2016, 9:41
Just keep Max’s overalls and helmet on, we’ll sell you to Mercedes, then at turn 1 of every race next year just bobsled into Hamilton…
John H (@john-h)
18th December 2016, 11:56
Marbot
magon4 (@magon4)
18th December 2016, 11:56
Fed up with the PGA tour?
Ludwig (@ludwigmic)
18th December 2016, 12:10
“Your lap times really seem to have improved drastically! Maybe we’ll have to take you on as a junior driver again, Beitske!” “For the last time, Helmut, the name’s Lindsey…”
mulmul
18th December 2016, 12:13
“when are you gonna let me drive the car? when are you gonna let me drive the car? when are you gonna let me drive the car?”
schooner (@schooner)
18th December 2016, 14:53
“2 Olympic gold medals, 76 World Cup wins and 4 overall titles? Pffft…that’s nothing. I won the 24 hours of Le Mans 45 years ago!”
erikje
18th December 2016, 14:58
Well at least with you i can take a drink before and after.
erikje
18th December 2016, 14:59
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/06/02/2A40686300000578-3150494-image-a-82_1436144627726.jpg
Greup (@greup)
18th December 2016, 17:00
Lindseys carefully composed expression when Marko tells her how extremely steep Eau Rouge is.
Shimks (@shimks)
18th December 2016, 19:19
Typical sexist comments abound. Nothing changes, eh.
Ste Jones (@buck5top)
18th December 2016, 19:45
Ever the gentleman, Marko tries not to look at Lindsey’s sweat patch.
Ste Jones (@buck5top)
18th December 2016, 19:52
At the Red Bull Experience, Lindsey tries to look interested whilst hearing another old racing tale from an elderly fan.
verstappen (@verstappen)
18th December 2016, 20:08
“So glad you’re of the drugs now”
“Errrm that’s another Lindsay, dokter …Kohl”
Bart
18th December 2016, 21:48
Marko: Max is surprisingly quick for someone his age!
Vonn: I know…
Andy (@andybantam)
18th December 2016, 23:12
Reading some of these comments made me check my watch to make sure it wasn’t still 1952.
Some of you ‘men’ should be ashamed.
Selbbin (@selbbin)
18th December 2016, 23:27
Vonn is not impressed as Marko stalls in answering her question, when are you getting a female driver in one of your cars?
just.daz (@nemo87)
19th December 2016, 0:06
..and then if I take a wide enough line and let the back end kick out just enough, that’s exactly how I plan on sliding into your DM’s
Scalextric (@scalextric)
19th December 2016, 20:20
I promise you, if the sailing thing doesn’t work out, Newey’s going to try doing next.
Placid (@placid)
20th December 2016, 15:02
Helmut: Are you sure the milk came from a goat?
Lindsey: Certainly did. And it came from Chicago!!!
Helmut: CURSES!!!! I should have called Rossi!!!
Rich Mac
22nd December 2016, 2:48
I went in so hard I wasn’t just off piste I was off my trolley too …