It’s not been a good week for HRT. The team admitted their new car’s debut had been delayed as it had failed a crash test.
Is this what Pedro de la Rosa was discussing with team principal Luis Perez-Sala? Supply your caption for the picture above in the comments.
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zerogee
11th February 2012, 10:28
Missed it by that much…
ajokay (@)
11th February 2012, 10:29
I say old chum, I seem to have misplaced my pipe.
Dan Thorn (@dan-thorn)
11th February 2012, 10:31
DAMN YOU
DavidS (@davids)
11th February 2012, 13:54
Brilliant!
although, can i add a second line.
“Never mind that Pedro, I’ve lost my car!”
Tango
11th February 2012, 14:30
Damn, competition is over at the second comment. Impossible to do better!
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
12th February 2012, 14:31
@ajokay Well done, didn’t realise you got in your winner so early.
sam3110 (@sam3110)
11th February 2012, 10:29
P DLR: ‘I thought you said the car was alright now? Why the delay?’
L P-S: ‘no Pedro, I said the car’s all white now! We’re trying a new disguise’
Martin Rasmussen (@floptickle)
11th February 2012, 10:30
No, really? I’m driving that?!
Rich O'Neill
11th February 2012, 10:30
I think we’re gonna need bigger airbags…
Dan Thorn (@dan-thorn)
11th February 2012, 10:30
With HRT’s future looking uncertain, De La Rosa got some practice in for the World Invisible Pipe Smoking Championship just in case.
Fixy (@)
11th February 2012, 11:32
Hahaha!! Lovely, @dan-thorn!
ajokay (@)
11th February 2012, 17:25
I’m sorry that I beat you by 30 seconds @dan-thorn
mantolwen (@mantolwen)
11th February 2012, 10:31
Pedro: “So Luis, you’re old and never really had much luck in F1. Why aren’t you driving?”
Stephen Jones (@aus_steve)
11th February 2012, 10:31
“erm.. i heard from somewhere that Nissan’s going to be our biggest rivals next year?”
Magnificent Geoffrey (@magnificent-geoffrey)
11th February 2012, 11:55
Winner.
TheBrav3
11th February 2012, 17:21
in fairness nissan owns infiniti which is a redbull sponsor so this is probably correct. ;)
JPQuesado (@joao-pedro-cq)
11th February 2012, 10:31
Pedro de La Rosa and Luis Perez-Sala argue about who should kill himself first as the HRT disaster lives on for another year.
ninguen
11th February 2012, 10:32
Another competition. Guess who´s older
IDR (@idr)
11th February 2012, 10:32
Luis, the Paella looks great but tell the cook to put not much peas.
James_mc (@james_mc)
11th February 2012, 10:32
“When I was asked if I’d benefit from HRT, I’d assumed it was to offset the effects of ageing”
christopheraser
11th February 2012, 11:56
Awesome
Liam Fassam
11th February 2012, 10:33
“OK the pizzas I ordered are on the nose cone”…..”mmmm, yeah something we’ve designed that’s fit for purpose, like it!
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
11th February 2012, 10:37
“I told you – gaffer tape fixes everything.”
shafi
11th February 2012, 10:37
Did u hear any news on our salary pending for last year ? , Ah, Forget it. They have asked us to spend it to develop a new car , after failing to pass crash test.
Batman (@batman)
11th February 2012, 10:38
“I wish we had one of those”
TheBrav3
11th February 2012, 17:25
lol that’s what i was gona say and might i add the line
“what ever it is”
legnig
11th February 2012, 10:39
“Maybe we should have done the crash test without Narain in the car?”
electrolite (@electrolite)
11th February 2012, 10:48
Haha!
James Brickles (@brickles)
11th February 2012, 10:54
I like this one
Michelle
11th February 2012, 12:14
So funny! Tears coming out of our eyes now. Funniest one yet. Thanks for the laugh! Just what we needed.
FlyingLobster27
11th February 2012, 13:03
Very good one.
Philip Pegler
11th February 2012, 10:42
“Do you really think Ferrari were serious when they said that they wanted to swap cars with us this year?”
robk23 (@robk23)
11th February 2012, 10:43
De La Rosa: “This is how much testing the new HRT will do”.
Jessica Emily
11th February 2012, 10:43
I say Luis, why does it only have 3 wheels? Surely that’s not a safety precaution of ours? Is it?
PieLighter (@pielighter)
11th February 2012, 10:44
DLR: Hang on, isn’t there supposed to be a car there?
Abuelo Paul (@abuello-paul)
11th February 2012, 10:45
No no no, don’t worry, as long as I stay behind Vettel we don’t need the side impact protection too much….
nefor (@nefor)
11th February 2012, 10:45
“This was all trees when I were a lad”
Ben (@)
11th February 2012, 10:47
“That? **** it. I’ll just walk.”
Ben (@)
11th February 2012, 11:16
Or: “I thought you said you’re from Ferrari. That doesn’t look like a Ferrari. Where’s the Ferrari?”
Apex (@apex)
12th February 2012, 18:41
hahaha!
Ripudaman (@ripudaman07z)
11th February 2012, 10:48
uum luis……whats the old car doing here???
electrolite (@electrolite)
11th February 2012, 10:49
Luis: We’re at the wrong end of the grid, aren’t we.
DLR: Yep. Just act normal, slowly walk back, no one will notice…
James Brickles (@brickles)
11th February 2012, 10:53
This season’s HRT will be launched in Australia… 2011
Daniel Thomas (@iamdanthomas)
11th February 2012, 10:54
Poor Sebastian – he may have the best car, but apparently it’s only that big..
sw6569 (@sw6569)
11th February 2012, 11:00
Not only did HRT fail the crash test but Pedro couldn’t even do the Vettel finger properly
FlyingLobster27
11th February 2012, 13:04
Nice too.
Master firelee (@master-firelee)
11th February 2012, 11:01
“Crikey, I never knew Britney was here”
Master firelee (@master-firelee)
11th February 2012, 11:15
ok this was a terrible attempt.
phil
11th February 2012, 11:08
“Doesn’t look good from here, either”
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
11th February 2012, 11:09
“If I knew that HRT stands for Hispania Reluctantly Testing I wouldn’t have signed for the team.”
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
11th February 2012, 11:13
I thought that this year the team would be be able to test with the new car. But once again, for a third straight year that seems unlikely.
BrawnGP
11th February 2012, 11:18
So I left Mclaren for this?
Yeah… By the way… your insurance is in order right?
James Brickles (@brickles)
11th February 2012, 11:23
“Stop picking your nose Pedro”
Fixy (@)
11th February 2012, 11:38
De la Rosa: “So yeah, the car is good but… wait, who’s that in the car with my helmet??”
Daniel
11th February 2012, 11:39
we’ll just give him a couple of minutes for his hot lap
IndianF1
11th February 2012, 11:39
Now that we have failed the crash test, is Narain and his money coming ?
rUN_FOR_IT_SCOOBY
11th February 2012, 11:46
“Look on the bright side Pedro, our HRT jackets did make it to Jerez”
Deepak (@dpkf1)
11th February 2012, 11:46
Pedro asks for Pipe to be fitted in HRT, reckons could give it a couple of tenths.
Chalky (@chalky)
11th February 2012, 11:50
Pedro: “I thought you said all the Grand Prix Masters cars were the same specifitcation?”
Steven
11th February 2012, 11:51
So how fast do I have to turn the pedals.
Cyclops_PL (@cyclops_pl)
11th February 2012, 11:52
When I was young we were driving lawn mowers and nobody complained.
mitz1111 (@mitz1111)
11th February 2012, 11:53
Pedro:I’m sure our new car will be “this” much faster than Mclaren.Lets delay our car unveiling and show them with the power of the Spanish!!
Bhavesh
11th February 2012, 11:55
Perdo any ideas how we can race this year?
How much do you reckon for the safety car?
Dougy_D (@dougy_d)
11th February 2012, 12:08
Pedro: You call that a car!?! Beam me up Scotty!
Berlinette
11th February 2012, 12:10
PDLR: There’s something missing there, but I don’t have a clue right now…
LPS: Yeah, I miss Marussia too.
Eggry (@eggry)
11th February 2012, 12:14
What are they doing? / I don’t know
f1alex (@f1alex)
11th February 2012, 12:16
“Maybe if we stand here looking sad, someone will make a new car for us”
(If someone can spot the relatively obscure Simpsons reference they get a special prize…*)
*That being the prize of nothing
PieLighter (@pielighter)
11th February 2012, 12:19
@f1alex “Marge Be Not Proud”, when Bart wanted a Bonestorm game. :P
f1alex (@f1alex)
11th February 2012, 13:25
@pielighter Yup! Well done sir :D
MahavirShah (@mahavirshah)
11th February 2012, 12:19
I have a cunning plan, sir !
free sutil
11th February 2012, 15:10
baldrick…black adder goes forth
do I get a prize too?
Matt Birkett (@matty1)
11th February 2012, 12:21
Pedro: Was the car meant to explode?
saintmoz
11th February 2012, 12:23
Luis Perez-Sala: We’re really living the life
Pedro de la Rosa: Well I hope my life turns out better than Gary Brabham or Bruno Giacomellis’ did.
cjpdk (@cjpdk)
11th February 2012, 12:26
Failure HuRTs
mole (@mole)
11th February 2012, 12:33
We may aswell make our car’s nose look good, it doesn’t seem to have much of chance against Marussia
Colossal Squid (@colossal-squid)
11th February 2012, 12:35
“What is speed? Luis don’t HRT me, don’t HRT me, no more…”
F1George (@f1george)
11th February 2012, 12:36
…..meanwhile, at the old peoples home….
bearforce1
11th February 2012, 12:46
I paid 40 million to drive that…
tony s
11th February 2012, 12:49
You know, I’m sure its not too late to call ferrari and buy last year’s car. Forgot all this expensive r&d. Some big guy sits on the nose to lower it – job done! In fact, there’s a 5 year old focus for sale that will go quicker than our car, would past the crash tests, go for several races on same tank of fuel!
AndrewT (@andrewt)
11th February 2012, 12:54
(almost) as seen in the movie The Fast and the Furious, after smoke came out of a cars’ hood at the end of the race: “It don’t matter if you lose by an inch or a mile… losing’s losing”
James Brickles (@brickles)
11th February 2012, 14:27
Nice.
MahavirShah (@mahavirshah)
11th February 2012, 12:57
The HRT Locker: A film about agony and desperation. Starring PD Rosa and N Karthikeyan
frankus28 (@frankus28)
11th February 2012, 13:00
PDLR: I’m surprised and fearful of our ruthless inefficiency…
anirudh
11th February 2012, 13:01
“You sure that’s not the 2012 car Luis?”
“But its safe enough… Err.. I mean of course this is the old car.. blame the funds “
FlyingLobster27
11th February 2012, 13:07
PdlR: “What do you mean, ‘we used your nose as inspiration for the new car’?”
Mike the bike Schumacher (@mike-the-bike-schumacher)
11th February 2012, 13:12
Pedro: ‘Eh..Tell me again…. where is the front of these cars?’
GameR_K (@gamer_k)
11th February 2012, 13:18
This car better be good. I was this close to replacing Vettel at RBR
Taylor Mar
11th February 2012, 13:22
there is no way those are real… are they?
buckyohare
11th February 2012, 13:27
“I have a cunning plan”
buckyohare
11th February 2012, 13:30
“I know nothing Mr Fawlty”
BluNt (@blunt)
11th February 2012, 14:10
god thats funny!!
melthom
11th February 2012, 13:43
Pedro: “you know, we could sell the damn thing and go for Le Mans instead”
michaeldobson13 (@michaeldobson13)
11th February 2012, 13:49
I see, that orange light on top means everyone stays behind…
robk23 (@robk23)
11th February 2012, 13:58
“Don’t worry Pedro I can guarantee we’ll be more competitive this year than in 2011. Narain, bring out the Fiat Panda!”
il_Leone_22
11th February 2012, 14:02
PDLR:- “Good job my team mate won’t be a girl, we are HRT after all”.
LPS:- “I agree, ‘NEOW I AM SO ANGRY!!'”.
BluNt (@blunt)
11th February 2012, 14:08
the sad thing is HRT emboised blazers had a bigger budget then there safety testing
Cacarella (@cacarella)
11th February 2012, 14:16
Remember the signal, when I touch my nose you run over there and steal that Mclaren.
oggie509 (@oggie509)
11th February 2012, 14:16
so wheres the car?
I thought you were bringing it?!
uh ohhhh
BluNt (@blunt)
11th February 2012, 14:30
i agree pedro, that red bull sure has one tight ass
Tom L. (@tom-l)
11th February 2012, 14:34
Following a cutback on staff numbers in accordance with their 2012 budget, the HRT team line up for their pre-season photo.
FlyingLobster27
11th February 2012, 18:04
This one’s got RRS syndrome. :D
FlyingLobster27
11th February 2012, 18:07
I should probably explain that one a little, so as not to be misunderstood as offensive: RRS stands for Redundant Repetition Syndrome.
So saying “HRT team” is like having “RRS syndrome”.
Richard Hughes (@hughes)
11th February 2012, 14:36
“is that the guy who is going to replace me half way through the season?”
peru-kowalsky
11th February 2012, 14:52
PDR: I didn’t come here to fight against the elements.
just.daz (@nemo87)
11th February 2012, 15:02
luis: “so pedro how big of a chance do you think we have of winning some point this year”
pedro: “dis much”
ivz (@ivz)
11th February 2012, 15:07
Pedro: “Now that is a nose I can live with!”
F1 Observer (@f1-observer)
11th February 2012, 15:23
Luis Perez-Sala: Mmmm, nice ass.
Pedro de la Rosa: Luiz… um… I think you’ll find that’s Toni…
Steve Baker
11th February 2012, 15:28
“…And that my dear boy is what Mclaren’s bulge is for.”
dennis (@dennis)
11th February 2012, 15:43
“Has Ferrari passed their crash test yet? Looks like the nose absorbed most of the impact.”
Carrick Stonehouse (@cstonehouse)
11th February 2012, 15:46
LPS: “Impressive”
DLR:”yeah.. one small thing”
LPS:”What?”
DLR:”I said no pepperoni”
Joey-Poey (@joey-poey)
11th February 2012, 16:15
“You know, those grocery carts do have some nice cornering abilities. Your engineers might want to start scouting them out and figuring out how they’re doing it.”
TheGreatTeflonso
11th February 2012, 16:27
Pedro – “This invisible camera is amazing. Now if only Ross Brawn would give us a glimpse….”
Luis Perez Sala – “Chamone!”
OG Kush (@ogkush7)
11th February 2012, 16:29
Hey Luis, is that Steffi Graff getting in the Caterham?
No Pedro, it’s Jarno Trullli.
Platanna
11th February 2012, 16:30
“Yes, yes. You bump it over there and the wheels fall off.”
Platanna
11th February 2012, 16:36
“Wipe that smirk off your face Luis. Forward is not that way.”
Chris (@eddie4102000)
11th February 2012, 17:01
Um…that’s what I’m driving this year?!
PhilEReid (@philereid)
11th February 2012, 17:13
PDR: Just move it little bit to the right, it will cook best in centre of the oven.
GARY ALLEN
11th February 2012, 17:14
I just pushed two potatos into the RB8 exhaust pipes
samhuds (@samhuds)
11th February 2012, 17:51
Ah, so that is Fernando’s new girlfriend…
Harry (@harryam)
11th February 2012, 17:56
Hardly Running Today, HRT.
Kobayashi24 (@kobayashi24)
11th February 2012, 18:11
Pedro: “I’ll be honest, Luis. I’m quite nervous to drive that thing”
Kobayashi24 (@kobayashi24)
11th February 2012, 18:12
or…
Pedro: “Are you sure that’s safe? They’re using super glue”.
Rocky (@rocky)
11th February 2012, 18:18
Screw the test I’ll be careful … trust me!
Quin10-10
11th February 2012, 18:19
How close where we to not making the 107% time?…About this much.
TommyB (@tommyb89)
11th February 2012, 18:39
“That’s not the car…right?”
Adam1 (@adam1)
11th February 2012, 18:46
PDLR: So I have to bring my bike to Austrailia just incase?!
Steve cole
11th February 2012, 18:49
I said brake , brake brake . Where my radio gone ?
OmarR-Pepper (@)