The obvious extra frisson of Sam Bird overtaking former team-mate Mitch Evans’ Jaguar was just a small part of an epic first race win for McLaren in Formula E on the streets of Sao Paulo.
Exactly 12 months ago a conservative Bird had held back on the final lap to preserve a much-needed podium behind then team-mate Evans and the man who would take his seat a few months later at the Big Cat, Nick Cassidy.
As Bird entered the final laps, he had been warned to look after temperatures on his Nissan-powered NEOM McLaren. He didn’t completely ignore them but it wasn’t at the forefront of his mind as the 'yin and yang' of the gap to Evans became a temptation he couldn’t resist.
When Evans’ Jaguar battery started to derate Bird swooped like he had done many times in the past. But it was an increasingly distant past, meaning that his return to the top step of the podium in Sao Paulo was truly one of the best feel-good stories of recent Formula E seasons.
THIS MOMENT.