The Briton sealed his 12th win in the all-electric championship with a last-lap pass on leader Mitch Evans in Brazil having led the 34-lap contest at several points.
The victory marks Bird’s first in nearly three years having last stood on the top step in New York in 2021 for Jaguar, before a barren spell that eventually ended with him leaving the Big Cat at the end of last season.
He therefore moved across to McLaren, with the race on Saturday was just the fourth in the new partnership, while the British manufacturer only joined Formula E last year.
“I think this one is one of the more special [wins] because of what I’ve had to go through to get back to this [winning press conference] chair,” said Bird.
“This one definitely feels very special, also the fact that it’s the first for McLaren.
“We had some goals at the beginning of the year about scoring some podiums and I would be lying to you by saying that I thought that we could definitely win a race this early.
“It would have been a dream, I didn’t imagine it but we’ve managed it. That doesn’t mean to say that we’ve made it and we need to rest, there’s still a lot of work to do but to score our first win feels really special.”
Source: Autosport