Yeah, I remember that. But here in America, we value publicity far more than actual talent. I think that's why these rumors are picking up steam.

 

Female IndyCar driver Danica Patrick admits she is flattered by the reports linking her with Formula One, but on Thursday she said chiefs of the prospective USF1 team have not yet contacted her.

But the 26-year-old American, earmarked this week for a F1 test by USF1 principal Ken Anderson, also told the Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail that she might not even be interested in travelling to Europe and further afield to contest the famous world championship.

She said she had read the reports linking her with USF1 for 2010 but "there weren't any quotes from me because they haven't spoken to me."

"It's very flattering," Patrick continued. "I think that any time you are in the same sentence as Formula One, it's a flattering thing. "

Patrick, who as a teenager contested some junior open-wheel series in England, said she is happy to now race full-time in her native US.

"I haven't really expressed a lot of excitement and interest in world travel," she said on Thursday in Toronto. "We'll see what they (USF1) say though. Maybe they'll call..."

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translation: "they aren't going to call me so I am going to get out first saying I wouldn't take the huge payday to become world famous"

 

Thing is, could Danica Patrick actually contribute to F1 aside from being a speed bump? And as an American F1 fan the best I could hope for out of that situation is better TV coverage.



She was scheduled to test drive for them 3 months ago but then Honda pulled their F1 program altogether. We could all speculate on whether or not she would get actual consideration, but I guess we'll never know!

 

They are giving a lot of American drivers a test...that's all it is.