In Pictures: Danica Patrick turns heads in stylish outfits during European vacation

Danica Patrick, a former IndyCar and NASCAR driver, recently shared photos from her European vacation on Instagram. During a four-week trip, she travelled through Spain, France, and Italy.

Patrick, the only woman to win an IndyCar Series race, has over 900,000 followers on her Instagram page. This past month, she visited beautiful places like Barcelona, San Sebastián, Bordeaux, Lake Como, Perugia, and Positano. Her stylish outfits and exciting experiences have garnered a lot of attention online.

In a recent popular post that gained over 44,000 likes, she humorously wrote:

“Ate and drank all the way from Spain through France to Italy for a month… and lived to tell about it. Miraculously wearing the same jean size.”

Danica Patrick's European vacation also included her first visit to Barcelona with the crew at Sky Sports F1. A familiar face on F1 coverage for the past two years, Patrick also appeared in the sixth season of Netflix's "Drive to Survive."

In an earlier post, she can be seen having a great time in Spain's capital city. She reported trackside during practice along with other commentators like Jenson Button, Nico Rosberg, Natalie Pinkham, and Naomi Schiff, finding the experience both fun and educational.

However, Danica Patrick's role on Sky Sports F1 hasn't been universally popular with viewers. Some have criticized her performance as an analyst and activities outside of the sport. A past rumor about Danica Patrick being fired from Sky Sports which turned out to be false, left some fans disappointed.

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Danica Patrick for NASCAR's popularity

Danica Patrick has had a varied NASCAR career, earning some impressive milestones. Shes stands as one of the only 14 drivers to have led both the Indy 500 and Daytona 500, and holds the record for the best finishes by a woman in these races.

Before NASCAR, she was voted the most popular driver in IndyCar from 2005 to 2010. In a 2017 interview, she said that one can't be forced to become a fan. According to her, fans pick their favorites based on personal connections and history, not because of special offers. She believes races are too long for today’s shorter attention spans.

“People can’t keep their attention span long enough. So when you’re asking them to sit in front of a television for five or six hours, with pre-race and the race and everything, that’s a lot of time to expect someone to be attentive,” said Patrick. (In an interview with a founding reporter of SportsBusiness Journal last year)