After Daniel Ricciardo’s Iconic Podium Antics, Oscar Piastri Ready To Throw Zak Brown an Aussie Challenge on First Glorious Moment

Unexpected twists and turns occur frequently in the world of motorsports. And when we think of Australia and Formula 1, Daniel Ricciardo is undoubtedly the first person who jumps to mind. However, while Ricciardo is now missing from the F1 grid, you’d be surprised to hear that another Australian is reportedly set to throw a challenge or rather a bet on McLaren’s team CEO Zak Brown.

The team McLaren is currently fighting an uphill battle to give its drivers a vehicle component for a midfield battle. However, what if the team that is reportedly making the right steps now offers its drivers a vehicle to compete for the top spots? You can’t even imagine what the Melburnian, Oscar Piastri might have in plans for Zak Brown.

Oscar Piastri was recently heard in a podcast called The Fellas Podcast where he was questioned whether there is any bet he can toss to the American who has regularly been seen matching the bet of his drivers, if a certain outcome is achieved. The host of the show asked, ” How about this? If you get a certain result, whatever result that you determine, after that you have to get a mullet.”

By taking inspiration from Daniel Ricciardo’s spectacular shoey celebration at the 2021 Italian GP, where the honey badger secured a victory for the team after nine years, and at the podium celebration in his own unique way presented the champagne to Brown from his shoe. Piastri responded, “So on that topic, yeah. Zak has said like with quite a few drivers he has a bet if you get on the podium actually, we still haven’t decided what that’s gonna be. So maybe we could get.”

Being fully aware that Brown to commemorate that special day got a tattoo of Monza on his arm. The rookie continued by posing the very Australian task of pulling off the mullet, a pretty common appearance there. “ Yeah, I’ll be waiting. Maybe that’s the best I can have the sack. We can get matching mullets.”

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The”shoey” celebration wasn’t just news or an inspiration for other drivers to note. With that antics, Daniel Ricciardo continued the Australian tradition of making sports more alluring and reached a whole new level. The shoe-related celebration antics weren’t the only time in Ricciardo’s career that he bet with the team boss. He had a lot of them, but the flamboyant pilot soon after winning the Monza race “wanted a car from Brown, ” so whose car was it, and why did Ricciardo demand that?

Why did Daniel Ricciardo demand a car from Zak Brown?

Daniel Ricciardo is a huge fan of Dale Earnhardt, a legendary NASCAR driver and it was due to his fandom that Ricciardo got his Formula 1 Jersey no. as 3. We have seen him pay homage to the legendary racer numerous times. The excitement comes when Ricciardo placed a bet with Brown ahead of the 2021 season. That time Brown had stated that if the honey badger finished on the podium, the team CEO would allow him to drive Earnhardt’s race-winning NASCAR Chevrolets car.

Given that Ricciardo had won the race, Speedcafe then quoted the joyful Ricciardo, it is only fair that he permanently owns Earnhardt’s car since he went above what the bet required. He said, “I’m like, maybe getting a car. Because it was always a podium, you get to drive it – we never talked about a win! I gave him my shoe that he drank out of, so maybe he gives me the car. It’s a good trade!”

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