Danica Patrick drops hint about Sky Sports F1 future with emotional message

A racing hero in the US who is also disliked by some over her support for Donald Trump, IndyCar race winner Danica Patrick is part of the Sky Sports F1 punditry team

Danica Patrick hinted that she is set to remain as part of the Sky Sports punditry team in 2025.

Patrick, a motorsport hero in the US as the only female winner of an IndyCar race, is one of the newer additions to the Sky team. She regularly appears on screen at Formula 1 events held in North and South America while she also travelled to give her take on the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last weekend.

As always, there is the chance of a line-up change at the broadcaster which has regularly added fresh faces to its pool in recent years. As a result, some high profile names have left such as Johnny Herbert ahead of the 2023 season, while last month Damon Hill announce he is departing from Sky.

It seems, however, as if Patrick, 42, will be sticking around. She hinted that she will still be closely involved with work on the 2025 F1 season as she posted an emotional end-of-year message on social media.

She wrote: “What a fun year to be reporting on F1 and be at the last race in Abu Dhabi! So many winners and so many story lines! 2025 is going to be lit!

“Most of all… I love my Sky Sports crew. They make work fun and are also incredibly talented and I learn from them every weekend!”

That will not be good news for all fans as, despite her racing heroics, Patrick has become something of a controversial figure in recent times. Particularly, her political views have been criticised since she publicly declared herself a supporter of Donald Trump and admitted she voted for the 78-year-old, who won the presidential election last month.

In October, she was the moderator at a town hall event in North Carolina featuring JD Vance, Trump’s running mate who will be sworn in as Vice-President in January. And, appearing on US TV news channels, she explained why she had decided to support the Republican ticket rather than Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.

She said: “It feels like voting for Donald Trump is like the vote of reason. It’s like the rational, reasonable choice. There is a difference definitely between the way that men and women are voting, and I think maybe one of the reasons why women are having a harder time with the vote is just [Trump’s] personality.

“That’s the most common answer you hear from people. ‘I just can’t vote for him’. I don’t think that’s a good enough reason. You don’t have to go to dinner with him, you just have to like the country that you live in. If he gets into office, with all the amazing, brilliant people who are supporting him, I feel like it can not only make America great again but make America greater than it’s ever been.”