Can Danica Make It In Formula 1?
Jul 11, 2008
Gorgeous Danica Patrick has already proved a hit the U.S. IndyCar Series after winning one race and three poll positions this season.
And now the 26-year-old, who was raised in Roscoe, Illinois, has been offered a test drive by Honda team boss Nick Fry.
He said: “We will put her into our car after the season at the latest and see how quick she is.”
If Miss Patrick does well on the track in either Jerez or Barcelona in November, she could race at the start of next season.
She would be the first female since Formula 1 racer Lella Lombardi - one of five women in the sport - joined the Grand Prix circuit in 1974.
Danica, 26, from Wisconsin, has been a big hit in the US by posing for sexy lads mag FHM.
And she would give Formula 1’s image a boost after the sex antics of president Max Mosley.
But Honda’s current driver Jenson Button has doubts that Danica will fit in.
He said “a girl with big boobs would never be comfortable in the car, and the mechanics wouldn’t concentrate. Can you imagine strapping her in? You wouldn’t want to be on the circuit with them, would you?”
The last woman to enter the top flight was Giovanna Amati, who attempted to qualify three times for Brabham back in 1992 before being replaced at the ailing British outfit by Damon Hill.
