{"id":581592,"date":"2026-04-02T22:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/581592\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T22:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:48:11","slug":"daniel-ricciardo-explains-how-his-iconic-f1-shoey-celebration-first-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/581592\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Ricciardo explains how his iconic F1 shoey celebration first began"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Ricciardo<\/a> has shed light on the origins of his iconic ‘Shoey’ podium celebrations.<\/p>\n

During an interview with Ford CEO Jim Farley<\/a>, who compared Ricciardo’s ‘Shoey’ to Dan Gurney’s inaugural champagne spray at Le Mans in 1966, the Australian explained that he adopted the move as a nod to his home country.<\/p>\n

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“I believe when I did it, a friend of mine kind of did some history on it and I think it was initially like a German thing,” Ricciardo explained.<\/p>\n

“I can’t remember the exact Shoey history, let’s say. But a few of my friends in Australia were doing it. There was a group of guys called the Mad\u00a0Hueys, and they would go on surf trips around the world and just drink out of their shoes. And I’d lived away from Australia for a long time, but it was my way of showing, I guess, Australia that I’m still Australian.”<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old driver also explained that it served as a way of showing his personality and of ‘remaining himself’ in a sport that was ‘a little bit buttoned up’ at the time.<\/p>\n

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“I always tried, I say in a way quite desperately, to remain myself in a sport that was – these days it’s changed, but I think definitely 10 years ago it was still a little bit buttoned up, and I wanted to try and I’d say relax the shoulders of the sport a little bit.<\/p>\n

Daniel Ricciardo, Third Driver, Red Bull Racing\"Daniel<\/p>\n

Daniel Ricciardo, Third Driver, Red Bull Racing<\/p>\n

“And so I thought the Shoey was… If the sport hates it, at least my Aussie friends will give me some respect. But then I did it, and I really didn’t know how it was going to go down, and I was like, it’ll be a one-and-done thing.<\/p>\n

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“A few months later, I remember I was in Singapore and I got a podium. And after I did the first one, I was like, ‘OK, maybe this is something I just save for when I win, you know, a really big occasion, not just a podium.’<\/p>\n

“And I chose not to do it on the podium. And the crowd, I heard some Shoey chants and then there were some boos when I didn’t do it. I was like, ‘OK, they really want this.’ So, I was just like, ‘OK, all the podiums I get now, I just have to do it.'”<\/p>\n

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