Bojan Vrbnjak
It belongs to tradition of motorsport, also across borders the royal class of motorsports: The winner (and mostly second- and third-place racers as well) a fair shower of champagne. But many wonder why at all? What is this one doing? a noble wine product on the podium of some car race and why it he sprays more than he sleeps? To this end, we must venture into the Stone Age of cars when gentlemen are with their own flying boxes staged duels of life and death. It probably sounds like something to you right now sticky pathos, but the fact is that cars dobrih a hundred years ago they were not exactly stable and security in majority it did not exist at all. Whoever got off the road had to count on the worst.
Racing sports only those who had it in their pocket could afford it in those days enough money or the privilege of putting it in a car or race car manufacturer. Understandably they are racers, among which we could often find also those with blue blood, after their test of courage afforded what a glass or two. However, this is not the case celebrated as today. And it is also conceivable that the gentlemen were already drinking some glass of the brand at that time Moët & Chandon, from the house (better said the basement) by years 1743 established Claude Moët. Chandon was added later when Claudev descendant Jean-Remy Moët handed over half of the company to his son Victor as well as the son-in-law Pierre-Gabriel Chandon de Briailles. Moët & Chandon became a supplier to the French mansion for years 1880 however, they sold per year 2,5 million bottles.
Let's do it time jump per year 1936. Judging by the information from the house Moët & Chandon, the race organizers wanted Vanderbilt Cup in 1936 na Long Island in addition to really big trophies, also to be handed over concretely a bottle of champagne. That's why they did New Yorkers opted for Shalmanazar od Moët & Chandona. Shalmanazar is a nine-liter bottle, which corresponds to a dozen ordinary bottles of champagne. At the end of the race he was just small Tazio Nuvolari again the biggest, which looked especially ridiculous at the giant trophy. How is it the flying devil from Mantua (as the nickname Nuvolari was pronounced) posed with this huge bottle Moët & Chandona, is considered the first photo of the winner Grand Prix race with a bottle of champagne.
Americans they are also large blood vessels, how the traditional has come about in the first place sprinkling with champagne. Years 1966 is Ford finally paid off million investment on the race 24 hours Le Mans. They celebrated a triple victory with their race cars Ford GT40 Mark II. The connection won Bruce McLaren / Chris Amon, took second place Vs. Ken Miles / Denny Hulmeand the third Vs. Ronnie Bucknum / Dick Hutcherson. It was filmed on this topic as well film, which we really recommend. One hour before the end of this endurance race, it is Henry Ford II asked the Frenchman Fred Chandonto provide champagne for the ceremony on stage. Chandon he knew such desires, not least because it was their business official supplier races for Grand Prix of France in Reims, where Juan Manuel Fangio as the first winner new age of Formula 1 leta 1950 received a bottle of champagne.
Chandon is therefore Ford promised to take care of the bottle. “What a bottle!”The head of the car concern was angry. “You will need to bring one Jeroboam!”So. a three-liter bottle. Chandon organized a few bottles, but what happened next was not planned. On stage for the winners they both stepped in at the time Porsche racer Jo Siffert and Colin Davis. The mentioned gentlemen are with theirs Porsche 906 won in two-liter class and in the so-called index value for a great combination between volume, capacity and efficiency. While playing the anthem, she had a bottle Sifferta enough heat, and on top of that she was not under vigilant control. Z loud bang separated from cork stopper and staged a voluminous shower for all who were nearby. Jo Siffert is that he wouldn't spill all this noble liquid, grabbed a bottle and, like the other racers, s sparkling bottle afforded a sip.
A year later, then 1967, the winner of the race was an American Dan Gurney remembered what he had seen a year earlier. Gurney he didn't even wait for the bottle to become independent on its own, but he did it on his own poured over his head and thus became the model of all s champagne-sprayed racers. His partner AJ Foyt he did not want to lag behind. He was the first American victim Jo Siffert, which again won the index value (this time with Porsche 907 and with a partner Hans Herrmann). Swiss Foyt he did not want to remain indebted, so he returned the soap to the American for dear life. We were a real story wonderful chaos on the winners stage.
Moët & Chandon is years old 1966 became official champagne Formula 1 and remained in that place until the year 2000. Then there is leadership of the royal class of motorsport concluded cooperation with the brand Guts, and this connection lasted until the end of the year 2015. In the year 2016 in mid-2017 they were only used on stage for winners sparkling wine Chandon (This was not real champagne because the wine did not come from the area Champagne), in the middle of the year 2017 but they are great Formula 1 find a new partner with champagne namely a luxury brand Carbon.
But there is famous race, where the winner does not shower with champagne. On Indy 500 namely, it is a tradition a bottle of milk. And the man who actually opened that tradition was Louis meyer after the victory of the year 1933. He demanded from the organizers a glass of buttermilk (a by-product of butter, op.p.) because his mother advised him to do so on hot days. Years 1936 won again Indy 500, and this time he drank from a milk bottle. Some board member American Dairy Industry Association he stumbled upon it a few years later photo by Meyer with a bottle of milk and saw great in it advertising opportunity. From year 1956 je Union became official sponsor of the Indy 500 race - to this day.
There is also more the exception of Formula 1 races na Arabian Peninsula - Bahrain and Abu Dhabi - as well as ter v Azerbaijan (in the past also Malaysia), because in these two countries alcohol is taboo, so there is a kind of in the bottles water from flowers, which they add to it CO2that racers can spray with it. Judging by facial expressions of racers, this drink is not overly tasty.
