On the podium... except in Bahrain
French champagne brand `Mumm` will continue to be sprayed on Formula One podiums throughout 2006.
The bottle with the `Cordon Rouge` became the official champagne of the sport in 2000, after Moet & Chandon pulled out.

Three Jeroboam (three-litre) bottles of Mumm are sprayed by the top finishers at every Grand Prix on the calendar, except in Bahrain where a non-alcoholic alternative is used.

``Shaking champagne and spreading it on people, this is something I don`t think people will accept,`` a Bahrain spokesman said before the inaugural race in 2004.

Mumm is also served exclusively in the F1 paddocks.

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