When Felipe Nasr got the call on 1 February from Carlin's IndyCar team manager Colin Hale to attend a test at Sebring the following day, he had a slight problem. The former Sauber Formula 1 driver was in his native Brazil, having a barbecue with his parents, and all direct flights to Florida were fully booked.
After a three-hour connecting flight to Fortaleza, Nasr flew another eight hours overnight and landed in Miami around 9am, took a taxi home and then drove the 2.5 hours to Sebring, where he scoffed down a sandwich offered by his mechanics, checked his belts and seat, and went on to top the times - despite missing the morning's running.
All the more impressive was that it was only his second time in an IndyCar, after sharing with Sergio Sette Camara in a rain-blighted test at COTA in which he "only drove 20 or 30 laps".