Long Beach favorite Adrian Fernandez has hundreds of laps under his belt at the Long Beach Grand Prix – but this weekend is a whole new learning experience for him.

The popular Mexican came within a lap of taking and overall win aboard the Aston Martin prototype here two years ago, but this weekend he is a one steep learning curve aboard the Aston Martin GT car.

Fernandez is driving this weekend with Aston regular, Brit, Darren Turner. However, Fernandez’s trip to “GT Racing School” was made all the more difficult by this morning’s rain.

Michelin Alley caught up Fernandez after this morning’s session.