Katherine Legge

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Katherine Legge

Legge in 2009, as a DTM driver
Nationality United Kingdom British
Born 12 July 1980 (1980-07-12) (age 31)
Guildford (England)
2012 IndyCar Series
Debut season 2012
Current team Dragon Racing
Previous series
2001–2004
2003
2005
2006–2007
2008–2010		 Formula Renault UK
British F3
Atlantic Championship
Champ Car World Series
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Katherine Legge (play /ˈlɛɡ/ leg; born 12 July 1980 in Guildford, Surrey, UK)[1] is a British auto racing driver, currently racing in the IndyCar Series with Dragon Racing.

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[edit] Racing career

[edit] Early racing and Atlantics

Prior to joining the Toyota Atlantic series, she raced in several developmental open-wheel series in Britain, including Formula Three, Formula Renault and Formula Ford. In 2000 she was the first woman to achieve a pole in a Zetec race. In 2001 she beat Kimi Räikkönen's lap record and achieved a pole, and she was the first woman to receive the BRDC's "Rising Star" accolade. She received the 2005 RACER Magazine "Most Promising Road Racer of The Year" award, a title that had been awarded every year since 2002 to A. J. Allmendinger. Other drivers that have won the award include Räikkönen, Jenson Button, Cristiano da Matta, Alex Barron, Giancarlo Fisichella, Greg Moore, and Gil de Ferran.

Legge made history in November 2005 when she became the first woman to test a Formula One car since Sarah Fisher in 2002 [2] on the second and third days (22 and 23 November) of the Minardi team's final testing session at Vallelunga near Rome. After she crashed after 2 laps on her first run on the track, it was decided to postpone the test until the following day, on which she completed 27 laps with a best lap time of 1 min 21.176 sec.[3] She was also the first woman to test an A1 Grand Prix car, on 9–11 December 2005 with A1 Team Great Britain.[4]

In 2005, Legge competed in the Toyota Atlantic Championship with Polestar Motor Racing. She won the series opener at Long Beach in her first career Atlantic start. In doing so, she became the first woman to win a developmental open-wheel race in North America. Legge went on to win her second and third races of the season at Edmonton and San Jose. She finished the season 3rd in the championship with three wins and five podiums. She also received the Toyota Atlantic BBS Rising Star 2005 Award.

[edit] Champ Car

In the 2005–2006 off-season, Legge tested a Champ Car once for the Rocketsports Racing and twice for PKV Racing. In February 2006, it was announced that she would drive for PKV Racing in the 2006 Champ Car season. In June, she became the first woman to lead a lap in series history, leading 12 laps at Milwaukee.[5] Legge suffered a violent accident at the 2006 Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America when the rear wing of her car broke; she was able to walk away from the car unharmed.[6][7]

Legge drove for Dale Coyne Racing in 2007, and her best result in the series was sixth place, twice.

[edit] DTM

Legge on the Hockenheimring 2009

In 2008, Legge moved to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series, driving for Colin Kolles' Futurecom TME Audi team. For 2009 and 2010 she raced for the Abt Sportsline team, who were the 2008 champions. For 2009 she was the only one of the 5 drivers in the Abt Sportline team using the previous year's car.

[edit] Return to the US

In January 2012, Legge signed with Dragon Racing in the IndyCar Series, alongside Frenchman Sébastien Bourdais.[8] Legge reached a two year agreement with sponsor Truecar as part of their Women Empowered campaign.[9]

[edit] Personal

Legge is engaged to former DTM driver Peter Terting.[10]

[edit] Motorsports career results

[edit] Complete British Formula Three results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2003 Team SYR Dallara F303 Opel Spiess DON
1
 DON
2
 SNE
1
 SNE
2
 CRO
1
 CRO
2
 KNO
1
 KNO
2
 SIL
1
 SIL
2
 CAS
1
 CAS
2
 OUL
1
19		 OUL
2
Ret		 ROC
1
16		 ROC
2
Ret		 THR
1
 THR
2
 SPA
1
 SPA
2
 DON
1
 DON
2
 BRH
1
 BRH
2
 32nd 0

[edit] American open–wheel racing results

(key)

[edit] Atlantic Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2005 Polestar Racing Group LBH
1		 MTY
5		 POR1
9		 POR2
3		 CLE1
16		 CLE2
5		 TOR
6		 EDM
1		 SJO
1		 DEN
17		 ROA
2		 MTL
4		 3rd 267

[edit] Champ Car

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2006 PKV Racing LBH
8		 HOU
14		 MTY
14		 MIL
6		 POR
13		 CLE
8		 TOR
14		 EDM
13		 SJO
12		 DEN
9		 MTL
13		 ROA
16		 SRF
15		 MXC
16		 16th 133
2007 Dale Coyne Racing LVG
6		 LBH
10		 HOU
16		 POR
17		 CLE
15		 MTT
11		 TOR
16		 EDM
16		 SJO
16		 ROA
15		 ZOL
11		 ASN
12		 SRF
15		 MXC
15		 15th 108

[edit] Complete DTM results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2008 Futurecom TME Audi A4 DTM 2006 HOC1
18		 OSC
17		 MUG
18		 LAU
15		 NOR
15		 ZAN
Ret		 NÜR
Ret		 BRH
19		 CAT
Ret		 FRA
16		 HOC2
Ret		 19th 0
2009 Abt Lady Power Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC1
12		 LAU
Ret		 NOR
12		 ZAN
Ret		 OSC
Ret		 NÜR
Ret		 BRH
15		 CAT
Ret		 DIJ
16		 HOC2
Ret		 18th 0
2010 Team Rosberg Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC1
14		 VAL
DNS		 LAU
14		 NOR
16		 NÜR
15		 ZAN
14		 BRH
14		 OSC
Ret		 HOC2
Ret		 ADR
15		 SHA
14		 18th 0

[edit] References

  1. ^ Associated Press (18 July 2005). "Look out, Danica! Woman wins race". NBC Sports. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/8607353/. Retrieved 6 June 2011. 
  2. ^ . 2005. http://www.lvmh.com/magazine/pg_mag_contenu.asp?int_id=49&archive=1&rubrique=ACTUALITE&srub=0&rub=1&str_theme_id=. Retrieved 12 September 2007. 
  3. ^ Staff writer (23 November 2005). "Katherine Legge impressively quick at Vallelunga". GPUpdate.net. http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/103841/katherine-legge-impressively-quick-at-vallelunga/. Retrieved 30 January 2011. 
  4. ^ Legge first lady driver to grace A1 Grand Prix
  5. ^ "PKV Racing's Katherine Legge back in a Champ Car following crash at Road America". Press release. PKV Racing. 29 September 2006. http://webapps.usp.net/bmrc/story05.cfm?Story_ID=61617. Retrieved 23 January 2012. 
  6. ^ "Allmendinger wins RA as Legge survives major crash". Crash.net. 24 September 2006. http://www.crash.net/feature_view~cid~3~id~10197.htm. Retrieved 12 September 2007. 
  7. ^ Associated Press (24 September 2006). "Allmendinger wins crash-marred Champ Car race; Legge escapes injury". USA Today, publishing AP material. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/champ/2006-09-24-road-america_x.htm. Retrieved 12 September 2007. 
  8. ^ Cavin, Curt (13 January 2012). "Dragon team will have Bourdais, Legge and Lotus engine". Indianapolis Star. http://www.indystar.com/article/20120113/SPORTS0107/201130350/Dragon-team-will-Bourdais-Legge-Lotus-engine. Retrieved 23 January 2012. 
  9. ^ "Katherine Legge Gains TrueCar INDYCAR Sponsorship". 17 January 2012. http://autoecommerce.org/katherine-legge-gains-truecar-indycar-sponsorship/. Retrieved 15 February 2012. 
  10. ^ 5 questions for Peter, Peter Terting, Retrieved 2011-09-19

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