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29 April, 2021
Growing up in Norway, it was watching Danica Patrick take the lead of the 2005 Indianapolis 500 that sparked a lifelong love of motorsport, and IndyCar in particular, for Ayla Agren.
The 27-year-old moved to America 10 years ago to pursue her dream of emulating Patrick and is now set to make her W Series debut when the season kicks off later this year.
Despite a global pandemic and spells without funding, Agren has been determined throughout and after nearly four years away from competitive racing, she will be driving on the Formula 1 undercard come June.
“When I started looking into IndyCar and the whole reason our eyes got open to it was due to Danica Patrick leading the Indy 500 that made the news to Norway,” she told GrandPrix247. “And my parents were like, hey, look at this.