Your humble narrator has been sitting at his desk and chuckling for a good five minutes, now.
Simply put, it’s the fact a momentous, history-making weekend in Aussie sport has been capped off with this wonderful smiling goof.
There he is, chuckling after clutching his first Formula 1 win of the season at the Malaysian Grand Prix, bringing 48 hours of emotional outpouring to a close with some communal shoeys.
Then, he offered it up to a quizzical member of the Red Bull squad:
And then that grail was passed to third-placed Rosberg, who swilled with Germanic efficiency:
Watch the action unfold, with fabulously bewildered commentary:
Ricciardo is serving #shoey´s on the Podium #F1 #MalaysianGP #Verstappen #Rosberg pic.twitter.com/1MQ5pzdq2q
— Scuderia Ferrari Fan (@Ferrariforever5) October 2, 2016
Photo: Clive Rose / Getty.