US GPE, which will be racing in next year’s Formula 1 World Championship has officially revealed its intention of having current Indy Car racer Danica Patrick on board the outfit.
The team’s sporting director, Peter Windsor said, “We’re getting near to the point where we start looking at drivers and Danica is on our list for sure, because she’s the best-placed American in the leading single-seater championship of the United States.”
He also added that, “There are some other great drivers out there, Marco Andretti, Graham Rahal, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Jonathan Summerton…the list goes on. There are some really good guys and we’ve got to start focusing on that.”
27-year old Danica Patrick currently races for the Andretti Green Racing team and has thus far finished four times in the top five, after seven races of the current season. Last year she finished sixth in the championship standings and became the first female to win a major closed-course auto race in April at Twin Ring Motegi. The Charlotte-based US GPE will compete next year with Cosworth powerplants, and has yet to select which rule it will run with, with or without the budget cap.
Regarding the current situation between FOTA and the FIA, Windsor revealed, “We are open to the political instability. We’re building various iterations of the car based around the ways we think the regulations could go.”
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gambo pompuan plak gambo kereta tak de ker paul..
hardrisk said,
June 23, 2009 @ 10:56 am
gambo pompuan plak gambo kereta tak de ker paul..
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Gambo pompuan lagi bagus dari gambo kereta…anyways, does she have the speed to be in F1? Or it's just another attempt to get an American in F1/FOTA/Whatever
replacing red hot ferrari with hot woman driver… hmmm
american way of marketing bebeh..that would sure attract lingerie brand to sponsor the team. victoria secret maybe
if USGPE want more exposure.. they should enter the new one. If they enter the old F1.. they are just…. nothing.
The new FOTA F1 series is surely interesting!. I'm waiting it to be happen.. perhaps.
wow, if there is a female driver in F1, i will watch F1 again, but still, i think Japan and Russia should attempt to put girls into F1 instead of America. Russian and Japanese girls are way way hotter.
Since the current F1 will loose most of their sponsors and fans to FOTA this actually a good strategy to attract them back…. sex sells…
I have nothing against Danica apart from being "hot" as she is, she's also a talented driver… I am sure other drivers will take their time tailing her from behind… hehehe
This lady's front spoilers are not nice too flat …they wont catch enough wind for downforce
Haiyo do we need a PMS suffering, mediocre looking driver on track? Girls r for carrying the umbrellas and strutting down de pitlane in heels (only??). Seriously, from a racing pov, she's gonna get whopped. Like Michelle Wie who really doesnt cut it wit de big guns in golf. Good for laughs anyway.
at 27y.o she's too old for a F1 driver rookie…
Danica IS a talented driver and is usually in the top 5 or top 10 in CART or whatever the series in US. However F1 or FOTA will be a different ball game. No CART champion have been successful in F1, save for Montoya who had limited success. Seb Bordouis was a successful CART champ but is struggling in F1 at the back of the field. It is quite obvious that getting Danica to drive for USGPE will generate a lot of publicity and coverage for the team, which is what thier sponsors would want.
While they will be joining F1 with the budget cap, most of the top teams are breaking away to form FOTA, bring with them the main sponsors and viewers, which is the main objective of the sports – advertsing, branding and marketing besides all the hi tech stuff behind the car.
There's an article in US reporting that after Danica's shot to stardom in motor sports, she spends too much time in product endorsements.
GoDaddy cheekily manipulated that and came out with an ad where a policeman stop her and said, "Hey, you're that GoDaddy girl" :D
Geddit?
F1 needs this…
shes really talented…one of the top driver in IRL…she jz finished 3rd in indianapolis 500 race behind helio castroneves where he claimed his 5th victory in that place…now..patrick is 5th in drivers standing…those who follow IRL series will know that she is very talented…
i'll be interested to see her drive with the big boys, but can she win? or even take the heat?
if she does come up top five, i'll be mighty impressed. red hot looks and red hot driving skills. wonder what else she is red hot good at…… lol.
I think Malaysia can field Kung Fu Star Michelle Yeoh if want to race in F1 again in PROTON tiger roaring logo not prancing horse… Jean Todt will be her manager.. can or not?
If the story of F1 are run according to the trend as it is now, It meant to be another platform for cash rich companies from US and developing country in future. Where anyone with big pocket can form a team and join for the fun.
There you have it, American can start claim that the Formula is their 'world class' motorsports.
Taking Danica will work. Aside from her face being on godaddy.com, people can say F1 is not a men's only sport. She will attract sponsors as well. But I am not too suere she is the right candiddate. She may be fast, but 27 is mid-age in F1 so time is not really on her side. Also don't forget the last time a US racer came into F1. He took out his own team mate, and tried to overtake at weird places before finally going back to US.