Danica Patrick Joins Fox Sports for Indy 500 Pre-Race Coverage — Danica Patrick Indy 500 Outfit
Danica Patrick is back on TV, and the danica patrick indy 500 outfit will be part of Fox Sports' pre-race coverage for the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday May 24. The move brings her back to motorsport screens after she was left out of the Sky Sports F1 team for the 2026 season.
Patrick Returns To Indy 500 Coverage
Patrick has joined the coverage of IndyCar's Indianapolis 500, giving the race one of its most recognizable former drivers in the build-up to the green flag. Fox Sports will include her in the pre-race coverage, putting her in front of one of the sport's biggest audiences on a day that still carries a direct link to her own career.
That link runs through Indianapolis itself. Patrick finished third in the Indianapolis 500 in 2009, and she became the fourth woman to qualify for the race in 2005, when she also led during the event and finished fourth while earning Rookie of the Year honours.
Danica Patrick's IndyCar Record
Her IndyCar record gives this return more weight than a standard studio appearance. Patrick is the only female racer to have a race victory in IndyCar, winning the 2008 Indy Japan 300 after joining Andretti Green Racing in 2007.
She followed that season with sixth place in the drivers' championship and 10 top-10 finishes in 2008. In 2013, she added pole position at the Daytona 500 and finished eighth in the race, then retired from full-time racing in 2018 at the age of 36.
Last season, Patrick appeared at various F1 race weekends in the US. She is now back on TV screens with a role tied to the Indianapolis 500, while she will not appear at any race weekends for Sky Sports this season.
Sky Sports And Fox Sports
The shift leaves Fox Sports with a high-profile name for Sunday May 24 and moves Patrick away from the F1 weekends where she had been seen across several US stops. For viewers, the change is simple: she will be on the Indianapolis 500 pre-race show instead of the Sky Sports F1 lineup this year.
