Oscar Piastri knows winning a fourth successive grand prix would represent an astonishing Italian job, but Australia's championship leader smiles about having already enjoyed the most "special day" even before his quest in Imola begins.
That's because Piastri has just been blown away by meeting some of his distant Italian family from Licciana Nardi on a day when he also collected a prestigious F1 award.
Back at Imola on Thursday for media duties before the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, the 24-year-old Melburnian reflected on his delightful day out to the nearby village of Brisighella where he collected the Lorenzo Bandini Award which honours an F1 individual for "commendable performance in motorsport".
