The 2021 United States Grand Prix had some amazing moments all weekend, with the excitement on race day reaching a whole new level. At the top of the list is of course the race itself, which was pretty exciting thanks to our two F1 title contenders in the middle of the nerve-wracking end.
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And the second thing definitely has to be the kind of on-track events that happened before the lights went out. From the happy girls of the Dallas Cowboys to Joshua Ray Walker’s hair-raising minutes while he sang the national anthem, to the paragliders flying the American flag high in the sky, to the flyby of the military helicopters.
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One such moment made the headlines, but this time from a spectator standing in the stands at COTA. Now he’s not only dubbed the “Shoey Guy,” but has made it onto McLaren’s official Twitter handle. What a moment for the American!
All he had to do was dab a can of beer off one of his shoes, and here he is, one of the most famous onlookers of recent times.
McLaren shares the message of the US GP fan
The McLaren F1 team took to Twitter to reveal the identity of the mysterious Daniel Ricciardo fan who attracted massive fan base attention. The UK team took a screenshot of their message to the team themselves. The mysterious man wrote to McLaren: “Hey, I’m the fan who did the shoey during qualifying at the US GP.”
Would you like to learn more about him? Well here it is. His real name is Michael Cicerone and the 24-year-old is from Boston, USA. How did he fall for Formula 1?
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Netflix! Should we still be surprised? Not at all. Just another American fan who has put all his heart and soul into the sport after watching Drive to Survive wait for season four to arrive after the 2021 F1 campaign.
Overall, these are positive signs for F1 and its growth around the world. Nobody expected it, especially after the terrible years between 2017 and 2018 when the future of F1 looked absolutely bleak and would likely end over time.
Well the sport is still intact and its fame has risen to unimaginable levels! More and more fans are flocking in and if F1 follows this particular track it would not be a shock even if F1 manages to rise to one of the most famous sports leagues in the world.
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