Winner of the F1 Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, Daniel Ricciardo achieved the “shoey” on the podium. Here is what this gesture means.
After singing the Australian anthem and slashing the champagne, the McLaren driver, who clinched his eighth Formula 1 victory at Monza, took off his shoe to put champagne inside. He then stood in front of his team to drink with it.
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This Australian custom has existed for about fifteen years. It is often used to celebrate an event, for a hazing or to bring good luck. For many, this tradition began in 1902 on the Chicago side of a brothel when a dancer’s slipper fell to the floor and a member of Prince Henry of Prussia’s entourage picked it up to drink champagne at the interior.
The term is deposited
Then, it was the German military who used this “shoey” to celebrate victories with beer inside.
In sport, the “shoey” was first seen by David Reynolds, Supercar rider in 2015. The following year, Jack Miller, the MotoGP rider, who celebrated his victory in the Pays with a “Shoey”. -Low.
It was Daniel Ricciardo who introduced the trend in Formula 1 in 2016, when he celebrated a podium at the German Grand Prix with a champagne shoey. In 2017, Ricciardo shared his shoes with teammate Max Verstappen in Malaysia. The “shoey” made a comeback in Formula 1 at the 2020 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix when winner Lewis Hamilton drank champagne from Ricciardo’s two running shoes.
After a podium at the MotoGP San Marino 2016 round, Italian rider Valentino Rossi was the first non-Australian competitor to perform a shoey.
Note that Formula One Licensing decided to file the word with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in August 2017.