BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- For the record, Stefan Wilson is taller than his older brother “by a quarter-inch maybe,” Justin says.

That certainly makes it easier if Justin (6-foot-3½) sets up the car.            

Stefan Wilson, 23, is scheduled to test in one of the Dale Coyne Racing cars March 13 at Barber Motorsports Park during the IZOD IndyCar Series preseason Open Test. Ana Beatriz is scheduled to be behind the wheel March 12. Justin Wilson will test both days in the other Dale Coyne Racing car. The season-opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is March 24.

Several brothers have competed in the same year at the Indianapolis 500 as teammates or on different teams. On the full Indy car circuit in the modern era, Don and Bill Whittington were teammates in 1983 at Pocono.

“The possibility of having my brother race in IndyCar with me at the same time is quite exciting because you want your brother to do well. The contrast is that I have to stay focused and driven and almost selfish on my own career and make sure I don’t give anything up and do the best I can and don’t get distracted helping my brother,” said Justin, who is 11 years Stefan’s senior.

“He has a sponsor that wants to go racing and I mentioned it to Dale, who said ‘OK, maybe it will fit,’ ’’ Wilson said. “I’ve never competed against him in anything other than a five-minute go-kart race.”

Stefan Wilson, who won at Kentucky and Toronto, finished third in the series championship with Andretti Autosport. He competed in the 2012 season finale with Fan Force United, finishing sixth at Auto Club Speedway.

“It was a long year to sit out the season and watch everyone compete and not be a part of it. It made me work even harder to make something work for 2013 at the pinnacle of the sport,” said Wilson, the 2007 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner for promising, young British drivers. “I wasn’t opposed to doing another year of Indy Lights. In fact, I was still trying to do that all of last year.

“Winning two races and finishing third in the championship in 2011 showed that I could compete at this level. I think a lot of the Indy Lights grads showed that being at the front of Indy Lights you can make that transition to IndyCars and be successful.”

Beatriz, who in 2008 (Nashville) was the first woman to win a Firestone Indy Lights race, also won at Iowa Speedway in '09. She has made 22 IZOD IndyCar Series starts -- most recently in the 2012 Indianapolis 500.