Lindsey Vonn was once the world's fastest skier. At 41, can she do it again?

Once you have skied down mountains at speeds exceeding 80 mph, there are only so many ways to replace that feeling.

Once you have skied down mountains at speeds exceeding 80 mph, there are only so many ways to replace that feeling.

Since injuries led Lindsey Vonn to retire in 2018 after one of the most decorated and highest-profile careers in the history of American skiing, she tried investing, wrote a best-selling memoir and got into rodeo roping. Red Bull, one of her longtime sponsors, recruited her to drive for its Formula 1 team, she said.

Lewis Hamilton, her friend and a former Formula 1 champion, wasn't sure whether such a transition from snow to racetrack was possible, “but he’s like, ‘If anyone could do it, it would be you,’” she told NBC News.

The speed intrigued her. Less intriguing was a three-year commitment she said the offer to drive required.

“There’s a lot of other things I’d like to do in my life,” the 2010 Olympic gold medalist said.