I finally got around to looking at the latest issue of Sportscar and see a photo of the winner of a F4 race on the podium, spraying something in celebration.
When I read that he was 16yrs old, it made me wonder what the bottle had in it. Champagne, just in case an adult wins, and they took it away after the celebration? Sparkling non-alcoholic whatever? Would that foam up the same?
When Crosby won us the Stanley cup for the first time at 19 or 20, he was allowed to spray the champagne, but not drink it. Maybe they did the same?
IIRC, for the F1 races in the middle east (which frown on alcohol, generally), they use a carbonated rose water instead of champagne.
For some reason when I read the thread title, I immediately thought of this:
plus this:
In reply to Duke:
That makes two of us. 
Jerry wrote: I finally got around to looking at the latest issue of Sportscar and see a photo of the winner of a F4 race on the podium, spraying something in celebration. When I read that he was 16yrs old, it made me wonder what the bottle had in it. Champagne, just in case an adult wins, and they took it away after the celebration? Sparkling non-alcoholic whatever? Would that foam up the same?
FIA Formula 4 or US? If it's elsewhere it's probably champagne. Europeans aren't as retarded about things like that as we are here in the US. But... just when they seem so sensible we find grown men wear speedos in public. It's all so confusing.
He's a teenager. Never ask, "What's he spraying?"
In reply to Appleseed:
That crossed my mind as I posted this.
Champagne comes from France. Asti Spumante comes from Italy. Which would you rather enjoy...something from the Land of Citroen and Renault or something from the land of Ferrari and Lamborghini? From a racing standpoint, Asti makes more sense. Or Gewürztraminer for that matter, the Germans win a lot of races. Americans get to drink Milk, that's weird. What was the question?
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