KATHERINE LEGGE *
Emotion and elegance. Grit and grace. Strength and subtlety. It’s a finely poised balance forged through the crucible of world-class competition that very few can attain.
Katherine is on a legendary path, driven by passion – tempered by charm and character.
BECOMING THE FIRST
Worldwide auto racing features an exciting variety of machinery, sights and sounds. But there is one common thread of success across the entire spectrum of motorsports: First. First to the finish line. First in the starting lineup. First on the time sheets. First in the history books. And few active drivers in global racing have achieved more firsts than Katherine Legge. Driven to succeed at the top level, Katherine was the first woman to win a major open-wheel race in North America, taking the checkered flag first in three races in the Toyota Atlantic Championship in 2005. She was the first woman to compete full time in the Champ Car World Series, in 2006. And she also became the first woman to lead a lap in that series.
Katherine’s list of accomplishments also includes a full test in Formula One, the world’s most prestigious series. She has spent the last three seasons as an Audi factory driver in the DTM, the world’s top touring car series. Her versatile talent, which translates to any race car, has created broad international appeal with media and fans.
Now Katherine is bringing her passion and personality back to the United States with one goal: Becoming the first woman to regularly win major motorsports events and truly compete for a driver championship in a top-level racing series.
Katherine Legge has spent her entire career achieving a variety of firsts. Spend a few minutes with her, and you’ll quickly see how she can help your company, team or brand finish first in the race for success.
KATHERINE LEGGE *
BIRTHPLACE: GUILDFORD, SURREY, UK
BIRTHDAY: JULY 12
RESIDENCE: HASLEMERE, SURREY, UK
HONORS & AWARDS
• Female Driver Representative to the FIA
• First woman to receive the prestigious British Racing Drivers’ Club “Rising Stars” Honor
• RACER Magazine “Most Promising Road Racer of The Year” Award
• BWRDC Susan JP Jamieson Award
• Kathryn Nunn IPS Scholarship Winner
• BBS Rising Star Award
• Lord Wakefield Trophy–for outstanding services or performances to the sport
• Speed TV Performance Award
RACING PROFILE
• The first woman to win a major open wheel race in North America
• First woman to test an A1 Grand Prix car
• The first woman to win a pole in a British Formula Ford Zetec event
• Three wins, five podiums, and third place in the Championship in the Toyota Atlantics Series
• Six top-ten finishes in Champ Car (merged with INDYCAR) and a best finish of 6th at both
Long Beach and Milwaukee
• Audi factory driver in the DTM, the world’s top touring car series
• Competed in the Daytona 24-hour race in GRAND AM
• Full Formula One test with Minardi
• Pole position at Oulton Park in England in a Formula Renault car
• Quicker at Oulton park than the lap record set by
Formula One World Champion Kimi Raikkonen
• Numerous karting wins and championships
• Numerous “fastest laps” at all levels
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March 1st, 2011 at 2:56 am
very very nice website. i like . Good Luck
March 3rd, 2011 at 1:47 am
will u be in long beach with a ride? that would be right up ur ally, i hope u get a good quality ride to show what talent u really have! not that any one who has seen yiu race dosent already know! good luck mike
March 4th, 2011 at 5:22 am
Dear Katherine, Very cool new web site ! All the very best of British ! Kind regards, Justin Blyth
March 19th, 2011 at 8:07 am
Dear Mrs. Kind Katherine Legge
I and myLucas son would be happy to have some postcards original signed from You
We hopen to receive the cards here.
We thanks You for Your Courtesy and Gentility
All the best of You
Roy & Lucas Bologna
Glanstrasse 1b
66424 Homburg/Saar
Germany
March 23rd, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Please look on the Contact page for instructions. Thanks!!
March 28th, 2011 at 6:20 pm
Welcome back Katherine!
So glad your back, I’ve missed you. I’ve been a big fan since I first seen you at the “pink” weekend at RA.
Your kindness, professionalism and humility show in how you carry yourself, your attitude and your smile. I wish all professional athletes would take notice how you do things. They all could learn something.
If you don’t have anything going at the end of June, come back to Road America! I would love to see you in a stock car beating all the left-only turners!
Good Luck Katherine!!
PS – I have a bunch of hi-res photos of your pink car weekend. If you want them I’ll gladly sign them over to you. Just let me know.
Ben
April 30th, 2011 at 12:30 am
Katherine
This site is much different than the other one. I am glad I copied many of the photographs you had displayed on that site. I have them on my computer as a slide show on my desktop. I miss seeing you race at Road America. I’m one of your fans that was frustrated not being able to watch you race in Europe because those events are not televised here. Americans love to watch NASCAR race drivers run around in circles. BORING! Hopefully you’ll be back and will race again at my “backyard”, Road America… Love, David
May 5th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
I really like the KL logo….
January 12th, 2012 at 10:33 am
Congratulations, Katherine!! Speedtv reports a revived Dragon racing with Katherine alongside “Seabass” Bourdais! That is better than great news. Alongside the experience of Bourdais, Kat will have a chance to reach her potential and show what she’s got without nearly so steep a learning curve as she might otherwise face with a one-car team or less-experienced teammate.
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-bourdais-legge-set-to-form-two-car-dragon-racing-team
Katherine, can you confirm yet?
January 17th, 2012 at 8:10 am
[...] she will become a member of Dragon Racing and be sponsored by TrueCar. Legge has more than one accomplishment to her name. For instance, she became the first woman to get a victory in a major open-wheeled race [...]
January 31st, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Great news go show the world what us Brits can do, oh forgot you already did that one, hope you have a great year, you have nothing to prove anymore so just go out and enjoy yourself and claim a few podiums on the way.
Good luck.
A fellow Brit here in the US.