Australian F1 star Daniel Ricciardo is properly recognized for his antics as a trickster, but what takes place when the script is flipped on him?
The Pink Bull reserve driver is back again in Australia for the Melbourne Grand Prix this Sunday and took some time out with the Nova crew of Fitzy, Wippa and Kate Ritchie to prank some unsuspecting locals.
Looking preposterous in Coke-bottle eyeglasses, phony moustache and slicked down hair, Optus’ chief of optimism took up a put up in a retail retail outlet to sell prospects telephones and web options.
By an earpiece, the cackling trio at Nova were being offering directions on what he had to say.
Little did he know, although, that the tide was about to convert in a massive way.
Ricciardo unveils his hilarious seem for the prank on unsuspecting Optus prospects in Melbourne
It begun innocently plenty of, with a youthful person coming into the retail store wanting for a new smartphone immediately after dropping his in the pool.
‘I really contact it a vroom vroom, which is bizarre, but if you happen to be cool with that, we’re going to get in touch with it a vroom vroom,’ Ricciardo replied.
As the surprised customer stared at the F1 celebrity, Ricciardo then arrived at for a bag at his feet and pulled out a intelligent cell phone.
‘This is the most up-to-date vroom vroom, but it helps make phone calls, are you into texting?’ he questioned.
‘Yeah I text a minimal bit,’ replied the purchaser.
‘Are you a swiper as perfectly?’ Ricciardo requested, in reference to courting applications like Tinder.
‘Not at the second, I’m all locked down,’ the customer replied.
‘You’re a fantastic on the lookout bloke, you need to, ties you down I reckon,’ Ricciardo said.
The consumer appears to be like fewer than amazed with the display of ruining an previous cellular phone by dunking it in water, even if it was decreased to a cut price basement price tag
Ricciardo exhibits the previous cell phone then dunks it into a glass of drinking water to prove that it is ‘waterproof’
The client managed to nod and smile politely, but Ricciardo was losing it, laughing powering his hand in advance of continuing with the prank.
He then procured an older product phone and reported: ‘This is my vroom vroom, which is $20 if you want it’.
‘And it is water-resistant, mate test this out,’ Ricciardo additional prior to dunking it into a glass of drinking water and destroying it absolutely.
‘I may well have to give you some rice with that one particular.
That was ample for this client, who was politely escorted away to see a serious salesperson.
Following buyer in the line was on the lookout for some superior-speed world wide web and Ricciardo was forced to deliver a typical rant that involved singing the lyrics to a Goo Goo Dolls typical.
‘I’m Jesse, how can I assistance you? Have you read about our most recent broadband? it can be tremendous rapidly. It’s more rapidly than a racecar. I enjoy speed. I like something truly that goes rapid like my hair line. That’s definitely some thing I enjoy,’ Ricciardo claimed as the bemused buyer could barely get a word in.
This Optus customer experienced zero clue that he would be serenaded by Daniel Ricciardo when he walked into the store to up grade his broadband
Then arrived the serenade.
‘Are you into game titles? It is good for video games. Singstar which is one of my favorites. Have you read of Singstar, it is like the karaoke. You know Iris by the Goo Goo dolls. You know the chorus,’ Ricciardo explained right before breaking into track.
Whilst the initial two shoppers had been authentic, it was time for the Nova crew to pull a swifty on the Aussie F1 star.
‘Optus is all about indicating of course, so whatsoever query you get requested, your solution only has to be yes the entire time,’ Fitzy directed Ricciardo for his final obstacle.
An eye-catching younger girl then approached the counter underneath the ruse of ‘looking for a new mobile phone plan’, but unbeknownst to Ricciardo she experienced been planted by the Nova trio.
‘You seem genuinely familiar,’ she stated.
Of course.
‘Are you Daniel Ricciardo?’
Yes.
‘What are you undertaking functioning here? Can we get a selfie?’
‘Not like this,’ Ricciardo stated as he burst into laughter.
Ricciardo could not spare his blushes or his laughter as this actor flipped the script on the F1 superstar
The planted actor then ramped issues up a notch.
‘You odor great,’ she mentioned.
Of course.
‘Do you assume that you’re in fact the much better driver for Pink Bull?’
Indeed.
‘I reckon you’re a truly excellent kisser.’
Sure.
‘You are?’
Certainly.
‘Should we like, examination that principle someday? Gimme your selection?’
Blushing and laughing hysterically, Ricciardo experienced to give up the video game as his girlfriend Heidi Berger would not probable be satisfied if he explained sure to that.
The actor then revealed that she experienced been sent by the Nova trio to the aid of Ricciardo.
‘Oh my gosh, I dislike you fellas,’ he laughed.