Katherine Legge

Quick Facts

Full Name	Katherine Legge
Occupation	Racing Automobile Driver
Date Of Birth	Jul 12, 1980(1980-07-12)
Age	44
Birthplace	Guildford
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Cancer

Katherine Legge Biography

Katherine Legge is one of the most popular and richest Racing Automobile Driver who was born on July 12, 1980 in Guildford, England, United Kingdom. Katherine Legge (/’ LEG/l e g/lEG born on 12 July 1980) is a British professional auto racing driver who competes at the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy. She also appears as a character in the film Richard Hammond’s Crash Course.

She was awarded in 2005 the RACER magazine “Most Promising Road Racer of The Year” award the title had been given every in the past two years for A. J. Allmendinger. Other recipients include Raikkonen, Jenson Button, Cristiano da Matta, Alex Barron, Giancarlo Fisichella, Greg Moore, and Gil de Ferran.

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

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.

In the off-season of 2005-2006 Legge tried her hand at driving a Champ Car once for Rocketsports Racing and twice with PKV Racing. In February of 2006 it was announced she would be driving for PKV Racing for 2006. Champ Car season. In June she became the first female to be the first woman to lead a lap in the history of the series, completing 12 laps in Milwaukee. Legge was involved in a violent crash during the 2005 Grand Prix of Road America when the rear wing on her car snapped. She was able walk off the track unharmed.

Katherine Legge Net Worth

Katherine Legge is one of the richest Racing Automobile Driver from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Katherine Legge 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

prior to entering the Toyota Atlantic series, Guildford-born Legge was a competitor in several development open-wheel races in Britain such as Formula Three, Formula Renault and Formula Ford. She won the 2000 race and became the first female racer to get the position of a pole in the Zetec race. She broke Kimi Raikkonen’s lap record , and got a pole. Additionally, she was the first female to be awarded the BRDC’s “Rising Star” accolade.

The move of Legge into America United States came about in 2004 when, after running out of funds to fund the racing she had been involved in, she went to Cosworth’s UK Cosworth’s offices. Cosworth and refused to leave until she’d seen Cosworth manager Kevin Kalkhoven. Kalkhoven instructed his daughter to contact Legge to convince her to go home. After an exchange of words with Legge she then told Kalkhoven that she would like to meet her. Kalkhoven then gave her a ride in the initial three races of 2005’s Toyota Atlantic Championship with Polestar Motor Racing It was her first time on a full-time basis. She took the championship’s opening race in Long Beach in her first career Atlantic start. As a result it was the first female to win an open- wheel developmental race within North America. Legge took her third and second victories of the season in Edmonton as well as San Jose. She finished 3rd in the championship, with five podiums and three wins. She also won her Toyota Atlantic BBS Rising Star 2005 Award.

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. 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. She was also the first woman to test an A1 Grand Prix car, on 9–11 December 2005 with A1 Team Great Britain.

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Legge joined Michael Shank Racing in 2017 to drive an Acura NSX GT3 at the IMSA SportsCar Championship. In the 2019 24 Hours of Daytona Legge raced as part of an all-female team alongside Simona de Silvestro, Christina Nielsen and Ana Beatriz, having placed second in class the previous year. She was placed 15th in their class after Legge brushed a wall and damaged the car’s suspension.

Facts & Trivia

Katherine Ranked on the list of most popular Racing Automobile Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Katherine Legge celebrates birthday on July 12 of every year.

Is Katherine Legge still racing?

Katherine Legge will make her debut in the World Endurance Championship in 2021 with the Iron Lynx squad in the GTE Am class.

Who was Catherine Legge?

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Are there any female drivers in IMSA?

Women are more prominent at IMSA than ever , in and around the paddock on race weekends and doing their part behind the scenes to keep events running smoothly.

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How does IMSA racing work?

The cars are lined up based on qualifying results, with the fastest overall car starting from the pole position, the second fastest qualifier starting second, and continuing until the grid is complete.