Justin Wilson sat at a table in a hospitality tent nestled inside the paddock at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg this March. He was intermittently grinning widely and squinting to watch a television monitor as the din surrounding him indicated practice had begun.
The Englishman was left behind at the start of the IndyCar season, but Andretti Autosport had announced a deal that morning to put him in a car for the Grand Prix of Indianapolis and 99th Indianapolis 500. He had months to wait for his turn, but being close enough to feel the action in his chest seemed to comfort him.