Podium (sport)

The podium in a test of Formula 1.

Podium is a platform that is used in various sports for the delivery of prizes and trophies to the winners of a test. The podium can have different forms, but basically it consists of three steps on which the winners are placed, with the third on the right, the second on the left and the winner on the center.

The podium is widely used in motor sports, but also in athletics, in the Olympic Games, and in practically all sports disciplines. Awards and trophies Winners of a motorcycle race with the classic champagne.

On the podium, prizes awarded to test winners vary according to discipline: a bouquet of flowers and a medal in some or a glass and a bottle of champagne in others, usually in automotive tests. The medals that are given are:

What is common is the hearing of the national anthem of the winner while raising the flags of the three winners.

The use of a bottle of champagne on the podium is due to the Beijing-Paris race, organized in 1907, when, as the only prize, the winners received a bottle of champagne.

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