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Men are physically stronger, but women have more endurance. So yes, Danica (or any woman) should be able to run a GP, as long as she has the proper training.
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
I forgot all about JPM; shame on me!!!... although I thought he was a pompous arse, I tend to remember him for spins or wins more than anything!
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Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. Has any Indycar/IRL/CART driver transferred to F1 and had any sucess? I certainly can't think of a driver that has in the past 16 years I have followed F1!
Here's what Danica fans look like
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
Has any Indycar/IRL/CART driver transferred to F1 and had any sucess? I certainly can't think of a driver that has in the past 16 years I have followed F1!
There was this Canadian guy that came over and did fairly well back in 1996-1997.
Has any Indycar/IRL/CART driver transferred to F1 and had any sucess? I certainly can't think of a driver that has in the past 16 years I have followed F1!
There was this Canadian guy that came over and did fairly well back in 1996-1997.
Was JV a Indycar driver?!?! I never realised that... I had never heard of him before F1!
Has any Indycar/IRL/CART driver transferred to F1 and had any sucess? I certainly can't think of a driver that has in the past 16 years I have followed F1!
There was this Canadian guy that came over and did fairly well back in 1996-1997.
Was JV a Indycar driver?!?! I never realised that... I had never heard of him before F1!
Yep he won the title in '95 and the 500 in the same year, his uncle raced in indycars too.
Has any Indycar/IRL/CART driver transferred to F1 and had any sucess? I certainly can't think of a driver that has in the past 16 years I have followed F1!
There was this Canadian guy that came over and did fairly well back in 1996-1997.
Was JV a Indycar driver?!?! I never realised that... I had never heard of him before F1!
Yep he won the title in '95 and the 500 in the same year, his uncle raced in indycars too.
Shows how much I know; although I am not or have ever been a fan of state-side motorsports, so I guess it's not surprising!!!
Here's what Danica fans look like
that turns me on!
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Wow you missed out dude, the 90's were the best years of CART. You cant find closer open wheel racing than 90's CART.
Do I think that she could handle the physical demands of F1, absolutely. She has had no problems with lasting the race distance on the various road courses in IRL, granted that F1 cars are more demanding, largely on the neck, but I don't think that going from IndyCar to F1 would be any more or less of a change in physical demand than it is going from GP2 to F1. Every driver has to adapt physically to handle the demands of a F1 car, she would be no different.
I said before that I don't think she is F1 talent, but to be honest, that probably was the wrong thing to say. The last few years have shown a variety of new drivers in F1, coming from all over the world in various racing series, some adapt to Formula 1 well, some do not. Sebastian Vettel is an interesting example, he did well in Formula 3, but was fairly average in World Series of Renault, coming in 15th his first year and 5th his second. Unlike Lewis Hamilton, who won most everything all the way up the ranks, Vettel was somewhat quiet, and here he is in Formula 1, 2nd in points in his second full season of racing.
My point is that you really cant tell who will do well in F1 based on their history, for all we know, Danica may come to be a natural in an F1 car, its really impossible to say how she would do with any certainty. I really hope that USGPE gets a car put together before they make a driver decision, I think they need to ask a few different people out to test the car and see who does the best, basing a driver decision entirely on their history in other racing series is foolish. I would love to see Danica give it a try before she puts the idea down completely, even more, I hope she is at least contacted by USGPE, especially after Windsor threw her name out in that interview, would be a shame not to see her given the chance to test IMO.
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