On Friday, he is due to attend a press conference at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, then climb behind the wheel of the #5 Lowe's car to take part in both NASCAR practice sessions. As soon as practice ends, however, a waiting helicopter will take Fernandez to the airport for the flight back to Long Beach where, the next day, he has another full schedule of sponsor commitments before the ALMS race.
As soon as that is over, Fernandez will head back to the airport and, despite not being scheduled to land in Mexico until close to 1am Sunday morning, will return to the track to meet Lowe's guests before attending the driver's meeting and participating in an autograph session with other Nationwide Series drivers. Half an hour later, he'll take part in driver introductions before strapping into his car for the 80-lap Nationwide Series race.
And, as if that's not enough excitement for one weekend, Fernandez will then climb back on a plane to Long Beach after the race for a full day of activities with his ALMS auto manufacturer on Monday....
"I am organising everything pretty well in terms of food, fluids and the schedule, so I should be fine - and, actually, I like the idea of not waiting around," he admitted, "One of the things that I don't like sometimes is waiting around. This weekend, things will happen a lot quicker and I like that. You don't have too much time to sit around and think. You go there and do your job.
“We have done both races the last few years but, unfortunately, Mexico changed the date this year. Lowe's, JR Motorsports and myself always intended to do the race and, once we figured out that it was possible to do logistically, there was no question to do it. It is important for Lowe's and the market, and JR Motorsports was happy for me to do it. I think it is do-able and we are lucky with the schedule that it can be done.”
