One of the great pleasures of motorsport is seeing generational continuity with drivers handing down proverbial batons to their kids.
A new generation of 1990s and early 2000s racers' offspring are starting to emerge in the lower formulas of racing. Juan Pablo Montoya's son Sebastien has made it to Formula 2, Alex Wurz's son Charlie is in his second season of F3 and Luca Badoer's son Brando is racing with Wurz this season too.
Then there is Dayton Coulthard, son of David, competing in GB4 this season. And who can't get invested in Sebastien Wheldon, the eldest son of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan, carving his own way in F4?
Further down the ladder there is good momentum starting to build regarding Noah Monteiro the 15-year-old son of former Jordan F1 driver and World Touring Car winner, Tiago Monteiro.
With Campos Racing in Spanish F4 this season, his first out of karts, Monteiro is currently second in the rookie standings just behind Ean Eyckmans, himself the son of plucky F3000 underdog and occasional Indy Lights and IndyCar driver Wim.
Leading the Spanish F4 championship overall is another teenager with a racing hero link: Rene Lammers, the 16-year-old son of 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours winner and 1980s F1 driver, Jan.
Noah Monteiro has been racing since he was seven. Naturally his father takes a keen interest in his racing and has inevitably used his contacts in the industry to gauge advice, but this is very much a relaxed father/son dynamic. It's reminiscent of the Keke/Nico Rosberg relationship of years past.
"Since karting, when I was racing in Portugal, he was always very chill, always quite far away from me, just letting me do my thing," Noah tells The Race.
"In karting he used to give some racecraft tips, now in F4 he just gives a bit more in general. But he doesn't put pressure on me or anything, so that's very good for sure.
"I've seen parents of other kids just stressing them and putting pressure to put results, which is not so great. I never feel like my dad does that to me, so that's always been quite good. But he also can help me when I need to, in a positive way."
Noah watched his father race in the WTCC as a kid and the memories are still strong and fresh.
"Since I was very small, I've been going to his races - basically since I was born, to be honest, I was one month old when I went to his first race! So, I've always had the spirit of racing with me," he says.
"I remember perfectly, especially with Honda, more than with SEAT. I remember going to the track and watching in the garage, watching him race and feeling the pressure and the excitement of it all. It was honestly amazing seeing him compete. I really miss those times."
The transition from karting to F4, in one of Europe's toughest championships, has been relatively seamless for Monteiro, but there is still an element of this being an early "university year" as he majors on soaking up all he can from the engineering expertise of the Campos crew.
"I think since the first time I sat on a single-seater, I felt quite confident since the beginning," he says.
"It was quite hard to get used to some things, but I was always having fun in the test and enjoying it and liking to improve. The progress was actually quite hard, and yes we struggled a bit. But after just being a bit more focused and getting all the references right we just got it going and we got some strong results."
That interaction with the engineers from such an early phase of what he hopes will be as long a racing career as his father's appears to come naturally. The technical aptitude has seemingly been passed down the DNA line.
"In karting, we used to just have a coach and sometimes we'd go see telemetry, but something quick and easy. Now you have to absorb it all, right after the session, just write everything down and sit with your engineer, focus on things. I like that.
"And all of this engineering work is so good to learn from. I feel like I've learned a lot more about racing and about my car that I'm driving over the last few months, definitely."
The aims and the objectives are set for Monteiro this season. Learn as much as possible and try to vault Eyckmans to take the rookie crown. His next races are happening this weekend at Portimao.
"The season started and we were instantly fast and I felt super confident with the car. So now we're aiming a bit more, even more to the front.
"For sure, I want to be the best rookie. And that's a big goal. We all need goals, that's why we race."
Noah's father, who has sat chatting to old friends for the duration of the interview, joins as his son finishes that last sentence. He just nods and smiles.
"You have to love what you do," he says.
"Noah does which is the main thing, but now the goals are there too as he says. We're fortunate to be doing this great sport and the enjoyment of it is what I try to get across to him and others.
"Yes it is also a business when things get serious. But it's also the greatest sport, and we never forget that as a family."
