If this were any ordinary racing season, James Gornall would currently be preparing for the fourth round of the British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton next weekend, knowing that the Hampshire track's high-speed corners were the main Achilles heel for his team's Trade Price Cars Racing Audi S3s last year.
Of course, this is no ordinary season, and the only rookie in this year's field is still waiting to make his debut, although his vast array of experience in different national motorsport categories should stand him in good stead.
Now 35, he is a much more experienced driver and more rounded individual than the man who took the British GT title in 2008 - for one thing, "my temper is not as bad as it used to be," he offers - and has since racked up further championships in national racing series as diverse as the BMW Compact Cup (2016), SsangYong Racing Challenge (2017) and Mini Challenge JCW (2019), the latter crucially giving him his first experience of front-wheel drive.