F1 driver can't stop drinking from a shoe because Australia is weird
Second place tastes like feet.
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"The taste of victory is different than I remember."
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Victory never tasted so sweaty. Celebrating his second place score in Belgium's F1 Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo, for the second time in a month, drank his victory champagne from his shoe. As is the Australian way.
Ever the generous gentleman, the Ricciardo first offered his shoe champers to fellow Australian and Porsche driver Mark Webber. After sharing the "shoey" with a possibly grossed out Webber, Ricciardo pressed his booze-filled puma to his lips for his own celebratory swig.
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The second place "shoey."
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Watch the proud and patriotic celebration in all it's shoe-oriented glory.
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For those of you still confused, here is a snippet from the man himself explaining the infamous "shoey" after his win in early August.
