US team eyes Danica Patrick for F1 seat

I had "some" hope for this team. Now its a sure fail, no offense but she can't drive, indy car is different than F1, and she isn't even at the top in that category. Alonso and Kimi are going to eat her for breakfast. Sure she looks better in a swimsuit than the other drivers of F1, but this isn't a fashion show.

Total waste of time. This is just a publicity stunt to generate interest in F1 in the US. F1 burns money without any return.

To be honest, I think this is a GREAT idea! You guys are sounding pretty ignorant. This woman has proven that she can drive, and who says she wouldn't be able to have the same success in F1 as she's had in Indy. Also, she (along with everyone else including USF1) is probably not expecting to win the championship first time out. And of course this is publicity. At it's greatest! but how is that a bad thing? if she can drive, and look good whilst doing it, what's wrong with that? Even more variety in F1 would be great. And this is just the thing that a aspiring team need could use to set it apart on the grid, which is something difficult to do now'a days. USF1 has my support.

agree with the Radmeister. In addition, she would be in a whole new game in F1, and F1 cars are not exactly the same as the Indy cars... The USF1 team should find a driver with an F1 experience if they want to earn some points in the championship.

Wake up people! Racing with a female driver, and a female driver that poses in swimsuits and looks great, brings you more reputation than the, lets say, 40 points you get in the whole season. Assuming USF1 wont be challenging for the championship title for few more years, Danica will be the perfect choice. Formula 1 never was "only racing". It's a show-off too. Go watch karting championship or whatever, if you dont want to see things other than racing.

Well , if she does or doesnt it might be good. And as the old saying goes put your money where your mouth is.

To everybody but joshg_5; I completely agree with you - F1 is the pinnacle of motorsports (although WRC could make a similar claim). Not a place for publicity stunts ("look we've got a female driver! Now strip down to a bikini, Danica, you've got a photo shoot"). And as for joshg_5, if she "had the same success in F1 as in Indy", we'd wait 4 years for her to win a freakin' race and then nothing for at leat a year after that. Not a great investment with the line up of TALENTED drivers waiting to get into F1.

Oh, and I just saw eas722 comment. Actually, I think people who want to watch premier racing want to watch F1, not a feeder series like carting. As for F1 being a showcase, I agree - of both technology and talent. Someone who doesnt win races for years on end doesn't last in F1. Fact.

I would leave a comment on this, but after looking at those photographs, the comment would be VERY imapropertie and I would be delated off of WCF asap. (and I must wonder why no one commented on the pics too...)

Wow guys, you're all a little bit mad that this seems to be in peoples minds. Kind of ironic actually, considering people never said a black man would be president. But who won the race again...? (not that I voted for him). I could find dozens of drivers that have raced in F1 for multiple seasons and have never won a race. The sport (unfortunately) is in the business of making money. If USF1 thinks that's what Danica will do better than anyone else at making dough, then they'll do sign her without hesitation. This is the exact controversy that would cause the situation to thrive. "Bad publicity is better than no publicity", right. Grow up you guys, better her than another Montoya IMO... Radmeister: I've had multiple convo's on this forum with you now, and you're turning out to be a prick. Also, the pic's are great, but if I wanted to look at hot girls, there's women I'd rather look at than her. It's what she's capable of that is so attractive. Like most famous people. They're not necessarily "attractive" b/c of their looks, but b/c of what they've accomplished. I'm an avid F1 fan, and have literally traveled half way around the world to experience races multiple times. If you were too, you'd be thrilled at this prospect as much as I am.