Daniel Ricciardo introduced the trend to Formula One in 2016, when he celebrated a podium finish at the by performing a champagne shoey. Ricciardo repeated the stunt at the following , this time sharing it with Mark Webber. On the podium of the , winner Ricciardo shared his shoey with his second-placed teammate Max Verstappen and third-placed Nico Rosberg as well as his team boss Christian Horner. Scottish actor Gerard Butler drank Red Bull from a shoe with Ricciardo at the US Grand Prix podium, as did Patrick Stewart on the podium of the 2017 Canadian Grand Prix. Ricciardo shared his shoey with Canadian rookie driver Lance Stroll on the podium of the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which was Stroll's first podium of his F1 career and Ricciardo's fifth win. Ricciardo credits the creation of the shoey to "a few Aussies called the Mad Hueys", saying that they "basically travel the world fishing and surfing and they like to drink a lot of beer – so that's where the shoey began". The shoey made its return to Formula One at the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, where third-place finisher Daniel Ricciardo and race winner Lewis Hamilton drank champagne out of both of Ricciardo's race shoes.