With enough money, even the talent can be overlooked in F1 (or just about any racing series). Just the way life is - the bills have to be paid one way or the other.
carr914
May 6 2015, 08:44 PM
F-1 is about to become irrevalent - Costs, Lower teams leaving (including the threat from Red Bull & Toro Rosso) Engineering taking over Driving, Going to Foreign Markets that have No Fans, alienating what True Fans it has instead of the All-Mighty Right Now Money campaign leaves it going south. In the End, Danica will be a name focused on , but never chosen. She belongs in ChumpCar
I figure it may be time for her to retire as she's not bringing big sponsor bucks with her anymore. If you check websites for her net worth, you'll see she's done fine for herself however!
toolguy
Sep 13 2017, 09:44 AM
Article in today's sports page, She's out and announced it on her facebook page.. No sponsor for next year
SKL1
Sep 13 2017, 01:55 PM
It was a race to see who would be out first, Danica or Marco... guess she "won" as her daddy didn't run the team.
mepstein
Feb 19 2018, 08:38 AM
"Patrick's final NASCAR race at the Daytona 500 captured her career to perfection. She had photojournalists embedded with her, a hunky celebrity NFL QB boyfriend by her side, social media buzzing — and a crumpled Chevy towed to the garage that put a premature end to her race."
Well, at least she had a career in Racing, made her money, and is still a celebrity that can get endorsement money. At least she didn’t cause this accident (but didn’t manage to avoid it either). We’ll see how she does at Indy.
URY914
May 27 2018, 11:33 AM
She just WON the INDY 500!!!
No wait, she spun.
Larmo63
May 27 2018, 12:13 PM
She's pretty, she can drive a race car fairly well, and she's a woman.
That's about it.
rhodyguy
May 27 2018, 08:52 PM
+ her own money. Plenty of it.
Mark Henry
May 28 2018, 10:40 AM
Many great male drivers never won a race
A win in japan, 3rd at Indy, a bunch of top tens and $60mil in the bank. Was there hype because she was a woman, sure and she took advantage of it, good on her. Wouldn't have even been a comment if she had been a man.
You can be a hater, but I'd call that a successful career in racing.
rhodyguy
May 28 2018, 10:49 AM
$60M!? ZOIKS! Good for her.
Mark Henry
May 28 2018, 10:53 AM
QUOTE(rhodyguy @ May 28 2018, 12:49 PM)
$60M!? ZOIKS! Good for her.
That's a internet search guesstimate. But yep... that would buy my two shits of what haters think.
rhodyguy
May 28 2018, 10:59 AM
her teeshirt should read 'i have millions of dollars. Go back to your day job' or 'who cares what you assholes think? I'M RICH!'
She did bring a change to racing. It used to be that drivers got paid for winning the race, she got paid for starting the race.
GeorgeRud
May 28 2018, 03:52 PM
I’d agree, she did OK with her talents and marketability. Long gone are the days when raw talent and ability to win races got people competitive rides (if that truly was ever really available). Thankfully she didn’t get injured from all her ‘incidents’ and should be financially set for life.
Dave_Darling
May 28 2018, 08:48 PM
To be fair, a lot of drivers, including some with lots of experience, were doing the solo crash thing in that corner yesterday.
... Of course, it does seem to be more of a consistent pattern with her ...
Maybe she can team up with Crashtor, I mean, Pastor Maldonado now?
Painful to watch, though in reality, it's not her doing. The writers and producer are to blame for allowing poorly written material to find its way to air. I actually felt sorry for Danica....Didn't help her image.
Andys
GeorgeRud
Jul 20 2018, 03:55 PM
Participating in that video certainly makes me like her more. Anyone who’se willing to make fun of themselves is OK in my book.
URY914
Jul 20 2018, 04:06 PM
Sorry but I can't agree. She has a agent who got her the gig and she knew what she was doing. Kinda like driving in a series that she didn't have the talent for.
Painful to watch, though in reality, it's not her doing. The writers and producer are to blame for allowing poorly written material to find its way to air. I actually felt sorry for Danica....Didn't help her image.
Andys
No, She came across exactly as she is in person - no personality, just a Bitch!
Good Luck Aaron! lol
euro911
Jul 20 2018, 05:39 PM
I'd still let her take the pole position
preach
Jul 16 2020, 05:54 PM
The girl of your dreams is single again! Go get her fellas!