A very confusing podium ceremony in Shanghai
The podium ceremony in Shanghai was quite special both for Red Bull and the winner, Sebastian Vettel. On the one hand, to everyone’s surprise, the anthem played to celebrate Red Bull’s victory was “God Save The Queen,” the anthem of Great Britain. As a reminder, Red Bull Racing, owned by Austrian magnate Dietrich Mateschitz, races […]
The podium ceremony in Shanghai was quite special both for Red Bull and the winner, Sebastian Vettel.
On the one hand, to everyone’s surprise, the anthem played to celebrate Red Bull’s victory was “God Save The Queen,” the anthem of Great Britain. As a reminder, Red Bull Racing, owned by Austrian magnate Dietrich Mateschitz, races in Formula 1 under an Austrian license…
The person in charge of the ceremony should have played “Land der Berge, Land am Strome,” the Austrian anthem created in 1790.
It is possible that the confusion arose from the fact that the team is based in Milton Keynes in England. This was, according to Helmut Marko, the team’s advisor, the only “disappointing” element of the day on Sunday.
Sebastian Vettel, the race winner, also experienced an inconvenience when he received his trophy. In the FOM footage, we all saw the young German sucking his thumb multiple times, and his explanation is as improbable as it is unexpected: « When I lifted the cup, I cut myself, it’s not very smart. »
« I put on a bandage and went back to partying, » he later joked.
