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Why is it that on the podium at the French Grand Prix there is NO Champagne. Its comes from France. They have it at all other races, this has puzzled me for ages. I was at the Mumm champange celers in Riems in France and they couldn't answer my Question.
Thanks for the question Lawrence.
Generally the champagne is sprayed after all F1 races except:
Muslim countries where alcohol is not permitted
If a war, incident, death or bad accident means that such celebrations would be inappropriate
I'm not sure which year and race you refer to, but I imagine that if champagne wasn;t sprayed at a particular French grand prix, it would have bene for the latter reason.
Hope this answers your question,
Adam
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Adam
Expertise
I`m a big F1 fan and have been since the early 80s. I read weekly European specialist F1 press and keep on top of what`s happening in F1, such as results and testing, team politics, what drivers are saying etc. I`m especially a follower of the French Prost (formally Ligier) team and am also involved in karting and sports car racing in England.
Experience
Writing accounts of the performance of the (then)Ligier team during Grand Prix meetings. Organinsing karting competitions for 300+ drivers and of course being an Allexperts Formula One expert
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