Danica Patrick: winner, leader, competitor

F1 Beyond The Grid

karenellenbevan

News, Leisure, Sports News, Sports, Automotive

4.7 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

F1 was her ‘goal’ once upon a time, but she made history in IndyCar and NASCAR. Danica Patrick’s early racing career followed the course of so many F1 stars: karting championships, a teenage move to Europe, an impressive result at the prestigious Formula Ford Festival, and meetings with former F1 champions and team bosses. But it was back in the US that made her mark on motorsport, winning in IndyCar and leading the Indy500. Was racing in F1 ever a possibility? Danica tells Tom Clarkson about her life in racing: why oval racing differs from road course driving, how team orders may have denied her more success, and how she feels about Formula 1 today.

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0:00.0	Our air drums.
0:05.0	They let us sense when things are a bit off.
0:10.0	They made us wonder, what if a car could have sensed to,
0:14.0	like a lane departure warning system,
0:16.0	that tells when you're going off calls?
0:19.0	And health gets you back on track.
0:23.0	The Honda Jazz Hybrid.
0:26.0	Honda, the power of dreams.
0:33.0	When Danica Patrick was 16,
0:36.0	she did what many young racing drivers do.
0:39.0	She left home to follow her dream.
0:42.0	She moved to Europe and she had one ambition
0:45.0	and it wasn't winning an Indie car or leading the Indie 500.
0:49.0	Now that goal was Formula One.
0:51.0	I mean, when I lived in England, it was Formula One
0:53.0	and I truly said many times I was like,
0:55.0	I don't know, it was a failure because that was the top.
0:57.0	She had everything she needed to get there.
0:59.0	She was a champion in go-carts.
1:01.0	She finished second in the prestigious Formula Ford Festival,
1:04.0	the International Racing England,
1:06.0	which helped launch Jensen Button Martweber
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