A CORKING IDEA
Daily Record|July 01, 2022
Sir Jackie reveals how he started champagne ritual
STUART MACDONALD
A CORKING IDEA

SIR Jackie Stewart has revealed he started the tradition of Formula 1 drivers spraying champagne on the podium by accident.

The racing legend said that "as a Scot" he was trying to prevent fizz going to waste when he put his thumb over the bottle at the 1969 French Grand Prix.

That only caused Moet et Chandon to jet all over the place and the ritual was born.

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