IndyCar Series returnee Sarah Fisher has admitted that she was happy to see 'successor' Danica Patrick make the breakthrough into Victory Lane, but insists that the Andretti Green Racing driver's win at Motegi has not necessarily improved the lot of female pilots.
While not the first woman to break into the predominantly male world of motorsport, Fisher did achieve several landmarks, but those now appear to have been overshadowed by Patrick's success in Japan, although she is reluctant to put too much store on suggestions that Patrick is now stealing the limelight.
"I don't know if the results have been overlooked," she insisted, "I mean, I had a lot of firsts in IndyCar Series with the first pole, the first podium, and we received a bit of media surrounding that, so I don't know that that was overlooked. I feel progressive and I think it's one first after the other. And the next first for us, I'm sure there will be a significant amount of attention to that."
Unable to secure the break that has seen Patrick move into a regular front-running car, Fisher accepts that there may have been things she could have done differently earlier in her career, but insists that it is better to focus on the future rather than dwell on the past.
"You can always look back and think to yourself 'what if I had done this or that', but I try not to waste too much time doing that," she confirmed, "I need to spend my time focused on what we have in front of us and what we need to do to go forward, what's going to happen tomorrow and how can we make it better. If I spend all my time thinking about the past and what I should have done, then I wouldn't make the future a positive situation.
