Question: You had the win this year but you also had only three top-five finishes overall. What happened?
Danica Patrick: The whole performance of the team was bad; I don’t think it was just me. We definitely didn’t have the year. The team had, like, a combined 10 wins or something last year, over half of [the races]. That was not the case this year.
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Question: What was the problem?
Danica Patrick: We just lacked a little bit of speed. We missed something on the road courses. I think our short ovals were OK. And then on the mile-and-a-halves, it just seemed like [the] Ganassi [team] in particular was just the strongest on the ovals.
Question: With two-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves facing tax-evasion charges, would that change the competitive landscape for you?
Danica Patrick: It’s a loss for the series because Helio’s a known name, a great man for the series; he’s good at representing us. Unfortunately there are other things that he has to deal with.
