RED BULL chief Christian Horner drank champagne from Daniel Ricciardo’s boot at a charity occasion this week.
The pair entertained a crowd in Miami on Thursday to boost cash for Purple Bull’s Wings for Life charity.
A fan bid £12,000 for Christian Horner to do a shoeyCredit score: Twitter / @namedafterflour
Horner is not any stranger to doing a shoeyCredit score: AFP
And one spectator bid £12,000 to see Horner do a ‘shoey’ – the place one drinks alcohol out of a shoe.
Horner used considered one of Ricciardo’s boots to gulp down champagne – however the Purple Bull reserve driver thinks his boss obtained off evenly.
Ricciardo instructed The Telegraph: “I noticed Christian at breakfast. He talked about he was feeling a bit queasy. To be trustworthy, he obtained away evenly. These boots had been field contemporary.
“To be honest, Christian did do an actual one in Malaysia as soon as, which, I’ll put my hand up, might be the sweatiest race I’ve ever carried out. So he obtained the total expertise that point!”
Ricciardo has taken a backseat from racing F1 this season after a troublesome marketing campaign final outing for McLaren.
He has revealed why he determined to take a yr out and is assured the spell on the sidelines may serve him nicely in the long term.
The Australian, 33, added: “I don’t need it to sound like I’m missing ambition. Like, after all I wish to be racing. That’s a given.
“However I do really feel pleased with the choice to take this yr off and never pursue a [race] seat for the sake of it.
“I wanted to modify off a bit bit. Some individuals may be like ‘Oh, that’s that’s a weak spot. In case you can’t deal with the warmth, get out of the kitchen’.
“However I’m glad to simply put all these issues – my ego, my pleasure – apart and simply take a look at myself within the mirror and be like, ‘What do I would like in 2023 to sort of get myself again a bit bit? To place myself in a happier place? To offer myself the most effective likelihood of success in the long run?’”