MIAMI, Florida — Thursday throughout media day on the Miami Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri met broad receiver Justin Jefferson and obtained a fast Griddy lesson.
Piastri then made a wager with the Minnesota Vikings receiver that if he have been to win the Miami Grand Prix, he would have a good time with a Griddy.
After his qualifying effort on Saturday left him beginning in fourth, Piastri determined to not apply what he realized on Thursday, assuming he wouldn’t have to pay up on his wager with Jefferson. However as luck would have it, Piastri picked up a couple of spots after the beginning of the Miami Grand Prix, chased down race chief Max Verstappen, and pulled away to safe the win right here in Miami, his fourth win of the season and his third-straight victory.
That means it was time to pay up on his wager, regardless of the shortage of apply:
Talking within the FIA Press Convention after his win, Piastri spoke about his try on the Griddy, and admitted that this was a one-and-done scenario.
“I knew that was going to be the query! It was an try at a Griddy, as you may inform, poorly executed. I met Justin Jefferson on Thursday, who has primarily made the Griddy world well-known, and stupidly made a wager with him that if I gained the race, then I’d do one for him,” stated Piastri. “After qualifying yesterday, I didn’t apply as a result of I believed that was undoubtedly not going to be wanted. So yeah, that was my first try at a Griddy dwell on world TV. I stayed true to the wager, however that’s the one and solely time you’ll be seeing me try this.”
Nonetheless, no less than one sports activities fan authorized of the try.
Jefferson himself.
That ought to rely for one thing, proper?
