Usually, I pick out three talking points from a race to focus on in this column, but I'm making an exception and focusing on just one today, one that Oscar Piastri himself said was "the highlight of the day."
After 15 years and 239 races, Nico Hulkenberg finally has a Formula 1 podium to his name.
I always viewed Hulkenberg's unwanted record of being the man to complete the most races without ever scoring a podium as an endorsement rather than an indictment of him.
To many, it said that he was a driver who, while talented, just couldn't cut the mustard at the front, who couldn't keep his cool when the stakes were highest.
To me, it said that he was the only driver in the history of F1 good enough to keep getting seats in spite of the fact that he'd gone hundreds of races without a top-three finish.
That's because it wasn't really a lack of ability or a lack of composure that had given him that record, but instead a lack of luck.
Sure, he'd missed some chances, such as when he collided with Lewis Hamilton at the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix after leading the race, and when he crashed out of the 2019 German Grand Prix when running in fourth.
However, in a fairer world, they would have been minor mistakes lost to time, mere drops in an ocean of podium opportunities, most of which he'd have taken.
He didn't get to enjoy such an ocean as he never got a move to a top team, and it's hard not to consider him the unluckiest man in F1 when you consider how often he got so close to such a move, and how he always missed out through no fault of his own.
In 2012, Mercedes decided that they'd sign Hulkenberg if Hamilton turned them down, but the Brit surprised everyone by opting to join what would become one of the most dominant F1 teams of all time.
In 2013, Ferrari and the German were deep into contract negotiations when the Scuderia chose to sign Kimi Raikkonen instead.
In 2017, Mercedes wanted to give him a seat following Nico Rosberg's shock retirement, but he'd locked himself into a Renault contract a month earlier.
In 2020, Red Bull were close to offering him a contract before Sergio Perez convinced them to go for him instead by claiming the first win of his career.
Time and time again, the fates conspired against him to keep him from getting the car he deserved.
And make no mistake, deserve it he did. You need only to look at facts other than the one he was most known for to see that.
He more than held his own when teammates with Perez, a man with six wins and 39 podiums to his name. He lacked the consistency of the Mexican back then, but was always the quicker of the two.
When alongside Carlos Sainz (four wins, 27 podiums) at Renault meanwhile, he was comfortably the stronger driver throughout the season, in every area.
In fact, the only teammate that he's been second-best to over the course of his F1 career is Daniel Ricciardo (eight wins, 32 podiums), who was widely considered one of the very best in the sport at the time.
Maybe most tellingly of all, when Hulkenberg was given a top car in another series, he went and won arguably the most iconic and most difficult race in motorsport, the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
He had all the talent, but lacked a key ability, one that can define careers: being in the right place at the right time.
It's fitting then, that he didn't finally end his wait by simply being in the right place at the right time like so many drivers do, but instead did so without the help of Lady Luck.
Starting in P19, he mastered tricky conditions to make up nine places in the first three laps, and then made the right strategy calls with his team to climb up to P4 before passing Lance Stroll with an excellent move.
Then, in his mirrors, appeared the man who had cost him a podium in 2012, the man who had cost him a career-defining move a year later, the man who had become the sport's most successful driver ever in a car he could've driven. Lewis Hamilton was coming to break his heart once again.
I've rarely been as nervous watching sport as I was watching those final few laps.
I thought back to being 12 years old watching him claim a shock pole position as a young sensation.
I thought back to covering his sensational stand-in performance at Silverstone in 2020, at the very start of my journalism career.
I thought back to all the misfortune and missed chances and wanted more than anything for him to take this one.
And he did. This time, Hulkenberg wasn't going to be denied.
Remarkably, given the car he was driving, the 37-year-old set the fastest lap of the race, and he then maintained enough pace to ensure he'd stay ahead of Hamilton even before the Ferrari man made a minor mistake. The wait was over.
Watching him celebrate that with his team will go down as one of my favourite sporting moments ever. Finally, some justice had been served.
In Formula 1, in sport, in life, countless people don't get the success that their talent deserves, but on a wet and wild day in a small village in England, Nico Hulkenberg at least got to enjoy a taste of what should have been.
