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Katherine Legge

F1: Louise Goodman says women?s influence is growing
2008-05-07 20:55:00
One of the most discussion-provoking things we have ever posted on this site was a comment that we?d like to see more female drivers participating in motorsport. It's still a hot topic in 2008 - and one that ITV F1 journalist Louise Goodman has tackled in her latest Q&A column for the broadcaster's website.

By: Brits on Pole

Champ Car / IndyCar: what the merger means for the Brits
2008-03-08 00:03:00
Seven British drivers lined up for the start of the American open wheel season last year, the final campaign to see the sport split between IndyCar and Champ Car. Now, with the first unified season on the horizon, we look at their prospects for 2008.

By: Brits on Pole

Legge gears up for tin-top racing
2008-03-04 14:19:00
Katherine Legge is looking forward to making a new start as a factory driver for Audi in the DTM racing series, after describing her 2007 champ car season as "kind of a disaster, to be honest".

By: Brits on Pole

Legge takes part in Stars of Karting event
2007-12-02 00:21:00
Champ car racer Katherine Legge is to drive in a prestigious karting event as part of a team that also includes a drag racer and a karting and NASCAR legend.

By: Brits on Pole

Champ Car: ?Speedy Dan? promotes road safety
2007-11-20 15:14:00
In the US, the holiday season starts with Thanksgiving weekend - and Champ Car's resident Brits are getting into the spirit with a road safety campaign which aims to cut road deaths during the festive period.

By: Brits on Pole

Champ Car: Wilson does enough on bad day for Brits
2007-11-12 03:05:00
None of the three Brits running in the final race of the 2007 Champ Car season were happy with how their afternoon went - but Justin Wilson had the consolation that his only rival for second place in the championship had an even worse time of it.

By: Brits on Pole

Champ Car: Wilson?s season hangs in the balance
2007-11-11 12:56:00
Justin Wilson spent the whole of the two Champ Car Mexican Grand Prix qualifying sessions in with a shout of pole - but ended up having to settle for fifth.

By: Brits on Pole

Champ Car: season showdown looms in Mexico City
2007-11-08 00:36:00
With the title safely in the pocket of the departing Sebastien Bourdais, most of the attention at the season-ending Champ Car Mexican Grand Prix will be on whether Justin Wilson or Robert Doornbos can secure the runner-up spot.

By: Brits on Pole

Katherine Legge 2005 Long Beach Win
2007-04-09 04:47:00
Footage from Katherine Legge's historic win in the 2005 Atlantic Long Beach race

By: Grandprix Live Racing

Followup: Katherine Legge crash
2006-10-01 05:21:05
As followup to my earlier post on the Katherine Legge crash, the video is now available on YouTube.

By: Driving: thats what its all about!

Katherine Legge crash - Ford Press Release
2006-09-27 10:57:05
BRUISED BRIT SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED Katherine Legge Elkhart Lake, Wis. — One moment, Katherine Legge was sailing toward possibly her best finish of the season. The next, she was sailing into the concrete wall, into the air, into the catch fencing and thousands were praying for her life. Somehow, though, the plucky 26-year-old Brit survived the spectacular and frightening crash Sunday in the waning laps of the Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America — and could even laugh about it less than an hour after it happened. Legge appeared to escape with only bumps and bruises from an accident that looked deadly. Running a solid sixth with just five laps to go, all hell broke loose for Legge when the rear wing element flew off her No. 20 Bell Micro-PKV Racing Ford-Cosworth/Lola as she went through The Kink, one of the high-speed areas of the four-mile Road America circuit. Likely traveling at more than 170 mph, Legge suddenly and without warning had no rear downforce as she raced...

By: Driving: thats what its all about!