F1 Caption Game 2023 VOTING: JapanFormula 1

[Pezzarinho17]

BCG

 

[Jimlaad43]

CAPTION OF THE YEAR VOTING
Please vote for your top captions of the year. You have 5 votes to hand out, with a maximum of three for a single caption. You may vote for your own captions if you won a round, but a maximum of two votes can go to captions you entered.

Australia:
"Oh hey Lewis. Nice to see you over my shoulder"

Bahrain:
"Beckham: Did you get a retirement gift from the team?

Alonso: Yes, they let me choose between this McLaren shirt or last year's car."

China:
"How was she?"
"Mid-50s, red top, slimmer than usual and a tight squeeze to get into"
"And the car...?"

Azerbaijan:
Interviewer: "What are your chances of winning a race this year?"

Spain:
"Not one word, Max. Or you get the schuey in the glutey."

Monaco:
"Not going to the naughty step, cant make me!"

Canada:
Another giant bottle... and a Magnum of champagne.

France:
Just out of shot, Jackie Stewart shows what's really under a Scotsmans' kilt.

Austria:
Do these smell of bad decisions and failure to you ?

Great Britain:
Haas has finally found a situation in which Romain won't actually hit anything.

Germany:
The old superglued trophy works every time.

Hungary:
James Vowles claims at least 2 victims, playing "Last Christmas" over team radio.

Belgium:
Kubica uploading his latest engine failure data to the cloud.

Italy:
Seb: I'm not sure I should be taking more champagne, my head's already spinning. I can barely see Lance.

Checo: You should see a doctor, those symptoms seem persistent...

Singapore 1:
As Max demonstrates his beatboxing skills, Charles wonders if he is going to need intermediates

Singapore 2:
LeClerc nods politely as Max explains the merits of Dutch hardstyle parties for the sixth time that weekend.

Russia 1:
"Carlos challenges you to a thumb war. Winner gets to stay when we have Mercedes engines."

Russia 2:
"...and hold your thumb like this. Oh, and don't forget to bring a towel. Always take a towel."

Russia 3:
"Remember if you see Putin and Ecclestone around the paddock, we've all agreed to go for the sarcastic thumbs up only."

Japan:
Nico before he lost his point

Mexico:
Cyril Abiteboul (offscreen): As I was saying to Christian, I have all the money, so we've signed you a new team-mate for next season. Max Verstappen.

United States:
Magnussen: Oh no not another year with Remain Grosjean.

Brazil:
Max: Baby shark do do do.......
Lewis: *sigh*

Abu Dhabi:
It took a substantial effort to break into everyone's hotel room and bleach their hair the night before, but bleaching Alain Prost's Renault uniform was the cherry on top...

 

[FutureF1]

Austria
Great Britain
Belgium
Abu Dhabi

 

[ro_har_]

China
Monaco
Hungary
Italy
Mexico

 

[Jimlaad43]

Australia - 1
Canada - 1
Britain - 1
Belgium - 1
Brazil - 1

 

[Flex0r]

Azerbaijan - 1
Spain - 1
Belgium - 1
Russia 2 - 1
Japan - 1

 

[Pezzarinho17]

China
Austria
Britain
Hungary
Japan

 

[Mike-ZENKAI]

Bahrain
China
Spain
Hungary
Mexico

 

[XJ40]

Australia
Azerbaijan
Austria
Hungary
Mexico

 

[Touring Mars]

Belgium
Great Britain
China
Canada
Austria

 

[Jimlaad43]

Tallying up the scores, we have a 5-way tie. Please vote below for your favourite TWO captions, and players are allowed to vote for their own caption.

China: (Jimlaad43)
"How was she?"
"Mid-50s, red top, slimmer than usual and a tight squeeze to get into"
"And the car...?"

Austria: (Yellowbeard)
Do these smell of bad decisions and failure to you ?

Great Britain: (niky)
Haas has finally found a situation in which Romain won't actually hit anything.

Hungary: (Pezzarinho17)
James Vowles claims at least 2 victims, playing "Last Christmas" over team radio.

Belgium: (Famine)
Kubica uploading his latest engine failure data to the cloud.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Britain - 1
Belgium - 1

 

[XJ40]

Hungary 1
Belgium 1

 

[Mike-ZENKAI]

China - 1
Hungary - 1

 

[Flex0r]

Hungary - 1
Belgium - 1

 

[ro_har_]

Great Britain - 1
Hungary - 1

 

[Roger the Horse]

britain
hungary

 

[MaxAttack]

China
GB.

 

[Touring Mars]

Britain
Belgium

 

[Pezzarinho17]

China
Hungary

 

[Jimlaad43]

CAPTION OF THE DECADE - 2010s
The F1 caption game has been going since the mid 2000's, so obviously we have captions from the last decade (except 2013). Each year produced some spectacular captions, and it seems pertinent to find the top caption of each year and put them in a massive caption-off.
Official voting for caption of the year is only a recent addition, so where possible the results of that have been chosen. Otherwise I have had to go on personal preference, especially in 2016 where there was a draw, so I went with the one I prefer of the two. However, from 2014 and before, a lot of the images are missing, making it quite hard to put them up. Luckily I have been playing since 2010, so I (somehow) remember the photos that were put up for captioning, so if possible, I searched the internet for the photo to go with the caption. Unfortunately, where this wasn't possible, I had to resort to the best caption of the ones with an image still intact. But as they are round winners, they're still hilarious.

So here are the 9 best captions of each year. You have 5 votes to give out. When I close the vote, the top 3 (plus extras if there's a draw) will enter a Grand Final with a separate vote.

Good luck and enjoy the highlights of the captioning decade!

Image format
Each image contains the race the caption is of, with a link to the StatsF1 page if you want a refresher of what happened in the race - the User's name with a link to the original post.
The photo
The caption.

2010 Italian Grand Prix - @Touring Mars

Massa: I had to let him through, what's your excuse?

2011 Indian Grand Prix - @Jimlaad43

Marshal: Look, just because you're in India doesn't mean you have to worship every picture of a cow.

2012 United States Grand Prix - @Touring Mars

Hamilton: Is that a stetson?
Andretti: It's a hat, son...

We don't talk about 2013

2014 German Grand Prix - @prisonermonkeys

"Alright, let's go and find a McLaren nose and see if the internet was right."

2015 Canadian Grand Prix - @Liquid

"There was a call for you from Maranello but we couldn't quite make out what they wanted over all the laughing."

2016 German Grand Prix - @GTP_Ingram

"A yard of ale isn't really my thing - I prefer a foot of champagne."

2017 Chinese Grand Prix - @TRGTspecialist

McLaren engineers finally figure out Alonso has replaced himself with a cardboard-cutout version, when they realise he has absolutely no reason to look that cheerful.

2018 Belgian Grand Prix - @Jimlaad43

Fernando regretted telling reporters "I will elevate McLaren to new heights in Belgium" before the race

2019 Hungarian Grand Prix - @Pezzarinho17

James Vowles claims at least 2 victims, playing "Last Christmas" over team radio.

 

[Jimlaad43]

2012 - 2
2014 - 1
2015 - 1
2018 - 1

 

[ro_har_]

2011 - 1
2015 - 1
2018 - 1
2019 - 2

 

[Pezzarinho17]

2014 - 1
2015 - 2
2017 - 1
2018 - 1

 

[XJ40]

2011-1
2014-2
2015-2

 

[FutureF1]

2011 - 1
2014 - 1
2017 - 3

 

[Mike-ZENKAI]

2011 - 2
2012 - 1
2015 - 1
2016 - 1

 

[Touring Mars]

2015 - 1
2016 - 2
2017 - 1
2018 - 1

 

[Flex0r]

2011 - 2
2012 - 1
2017 - 1
2019 - 1

 

[Jimlaad43]

Last day to vote. Top 3 final will begin tomorrow.