Katherine Legge

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Katherine Legge
File:Indy500 KatherineLegge.JPG
Nationality United Kingdom British
Born (1980-07-12) 12 July 1980 (age 43)
Guildford, Surrey, England
Formula E career
Debut season 2014–15
Former teams Amlin Aguri
Starts 2
Championships 0
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 34th in 2014–15
Finished last season 34th
IndyCar Series career
11 races run over 2 years
Team(s) No. 6 (Dragon Racing)
Best finish 26th
First race 2012 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race 2013 Indianapolis 500 (Indy)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
Champ Car career
28 races run over 2 years
Years active 2006–2007
Team(s) PKV Racing (2006)
Dale Coyne Racing (2007)
Best finish 15th – 2007
First race 2006 Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach)
Last race 2007 Gran Premio Tecate (Mexico City)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of 27 May 2012.
Previous series
2001–2004
2003
2005
2006–2007
2008–2010
2012–2013		 Formula Renault UK
British Formula Three
Atlantic Championship
Champ Car
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
IndyCar Series

Katherine Legge (/ˈlɛɡ/ LEG; born 12 July 1980)[1] is a British auto racing driver. She is also featured in Richard Hammond's Crash Course.

Racing career

Early racing and Atlantics

Prior to joining the Toyota Atlantic series, Guildford-born Legge 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.

In November 2005, Legge became the first woman to test a Formula One car since Sarah Fisher in 2002, when she tested on the second and third days (22 and 23 November) of the Minardi team's final testing session at Vallelunga.[2] 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 1:21.176.[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.

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 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.

DTM

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Legge competing at the Hockenheimring, during the 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season.

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.

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] However, since the Lotus engines were shown to be uncompetitive, the team made a change to Chevrolet engines. But team owner Jay Penske could only procure one Chevrolet engine lease agreement for the team, so they could only enter one car per race after Indianapolis. Therefore, for the remainder of 2012, Dragon entered Bourdais at the road and street courses, and Legge at oval tracks, except for Sonoma Raceway where both drivers were able to compete.[10] Legge finished 26th in points, competing in ten of the 15 races, and had a best finish of ninth in the 2012 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships at Auto Club Speedway.

In 2013, Legge left IndyCar to join the DeltaWing program in the United SportsCar Championship. Legge competed in the 2014 and 2015 seasons for DeltaWing.

In May 2015, Legge announced her involvement with the Grace Autosport project to enter the 2016 Indianapolis 500 race. The team will be all-female and intends to help promote technology and engineering as a career path for young women. The team has confirmed it has the support of the FIA's Women in Motorsport Commission.[11]

Formula E

Legge signed for the Amlin Aguri team to compete in the inaugural season of the Formula E electric open-wheel series.[12] She raced in the first 2 rounds before being dropped in favour of Salvador Durán.

Personal

Legge is a member of the Women in Motorsport Commission of the FiA (Federation Internationale de l'Automobile).

Motorsports career results

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Legge during the 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season

Complete American open-wheel racing results

(key)

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
Years Teams Races Poles Wins Podiums
(Non-win)**		 Top 10s
(Non-podium)***		 Championships
1 1 12 0 3 2 5 0
** Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.
*** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

Champ Car

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2006 PKV Racing Lola B02/00 Ford XFE 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 Panoz DP01 Cosworth XFE 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
Years Teams Races Poles Wins Podiums
(Non-win)**		 Top 10s
(Non-podium)***		 Championships
2 2 28 0 0 0 6 0
** Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.
*** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

IndyCar Series

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points
2012 Lotus-Dragon Racing Dallara DW12 Lotus STP
23		 ALA
23		 LBH
19		 SAO
26		 26th 137
Dragon Racing Chevrolet INDY
22		 DET TXS
15		 MIL
18		 IOW
15		 TOR EDM MDO SNM
24		 BAL FON
9
2013 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda STP ALA LBH SAO INDY
26		 DET DET TXS MIL IOW POC TOR TOR MDO SNM BAL HOU HOU FON 37th 8
Years Teams Races Poles Wins Podiums
(Non-win)**		 Top 10s
(Non-podium)***		 Championships
2 2 11 0 0 0 1 0
** Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.
*** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

Indianapolis 500

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
2012 Dallara Chevrolet 30 22 Dragon Racing
2013 Dallara Honda 33 26 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2005–06 Great Britain GBR
SPR		 GBR
FEA		 GER
SPR		 GER
FEA		 POR
SPR		 POR
FEA		 AUS
SPR		 AUS
FEA		 MYS
SPR		 MYS
FEA		 UAE
SPR
PO		 UAE
FEA
PO		 RSA
SPR		 RSA
FEA		 IDN
SPR		 IDN
FEA		 MEX
SPR		 MEX
FEA		 USA
SPR		 USA
FEA		 CHN
SPR		 CHN
FEA		 3rd 97

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key) (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 HOC
18		 OSC
17		 MUG
18		 LAU
15		 NOR
15		 ZAN
16†		 NÜR
Ret		 BRH
19		 CAT
Ret		 LMS
16		 HOC
NC		 19th 0
2009 Abt Lady Power Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC
12		 LAU
Ret		 NOR
12		 ZAN
Ret		 OSC
17†		 NÜR
Ret		 BRH
15		 CAT
Ret		 DIJ
16		 HOC
17†		 18th 0
2010 Team Rosberg Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC
14		 VAL
DNS		 LAU
14		 NOR
16		 NÜR
15		 ZAN
14		 BRH
14		 OSC
Ret		 HOC
Ret		 ADR
15		 SHA
14		 18th 0
  • † — Retired, but was classified as she completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete Formula E 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 Pos Points
2014–15 Amlin Aguri Spark-Renault SRT 01E BEI
15		 PUT
15		 PDE BNA MIA LBH MON BER MOS LON LON 34th 0

United SportsCar Championship

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona

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