"You always think about 'what ifs', but you have to focus and you have to say to yourself 'okay, what can we do to make that happen? What can I do today to better my team, to better my driving, to better everyone around me, so that we can put ourselves in a position to do that. And never being in that position before, it's difficult to have the answer for it. But we're trying to put together the right financing and the right people so that we're in a situation ourselves to make that happen, and then we'll experience it."
Despite Patrick's win, however, Fisher remains unsure as to whether it will make sponsors more willing to back female talent, even though she is sure that more female drivers will appear over the years to come.
"I wouldn't say that it was any easier [to attract sponsors], but I would definitely say there's more attention surrounding it," she noted, "When you talk about what's happening, people are more familiar with the big picture and can listen better, I suppose, but it doesn't always seal the deal.
"I think you can tell by the Indy Lights programme and the two girls that are in there right now that it takes starting at a really young age. You can't pick up race car driving overnight. The fact that girls are out there, start six or seven years ago at ten years old or whatever, they're starting to get to the age where an opportunity is possible. And I just hope that they've matured as drivers and can take that opportunity.
"It's tough, but the best advice is really, whatever sponsorship you have, whatever backers you have, you need to treat them really well. And try to get them to stick with you, keep going forward and have a five-year plan. This is where you want to be in five years and here's the ways that you're going to go achieve that, because otherwise it makes it difficult to sell.
