Nelson Piquet is still more than a month away from being pushed out of the garage and into pitlane to begin his first practice session as a Grand Prix driver.
But he is already well-versed in some of the peripheral demands that come with joining the Formula One ranks, not the least of which is dealing with a sometimes banal press corps.
At last week's launch of Renault's new R28 in Paris, the 22-year-old Brazilian had the grace to answer each inane query about being the son of a world champion as if it were the first time the question had ever been put to him.