Katherine Legge, F.Renault Pole at Oulton

Barry Pomfret · 20 Apr 2002, 15:51 (Ref:265711)

A few months ago there was a heated and sometimes downright abusive discussion on this forum debating the driving skills of Katherine. As one of the few people who stuck up for her and commented in a positive way I was pleased to see on Ceefax that she has taken pole position for this weekends race. Congratulations Katherine!

Sato san · 20 Apr 2002, 16:03 (Ref:265715)

Well anyone who knocked her speed better get ready , as its HUMPLE PIE TIME !!! , good result for Katherine , i think she beat Danny Watts for pole and he joins her on the front row .

Spinner · 20 Apr 2002, 16:48 (Ref:265729)

That was a fantastic effort, well done.

Perfect girlfriend material aswell!!!
A bird who can drive............FAST!

Jonny Apex · 20 Apr 2002, 17:01 (Ref:265744)

Her pole lap is also the fastest ever for a FR around Oulton.

Absolutely fantastic! Her dad was almost in tears when she came into parc ferme and who can blame him!

Well said B Pomfret.

BeerMonster · 20 Apr 2002, 17:18 (Ref:265757)

Excellent news for Katherine, hope she goes really well in the race tomorrow

Irv the Swerve · 20 Apr 2002, 18:14 (Ref:265778)

fantastic performance. Well done Katherine.

Rob29 · 20 Apr 2002, 20:14 (Ref:265853)

Wow! and I joined her fan club yesterday!!

Russfeld · 20 Apr 2002, 20:26 (Ref:265858)

What happened in that session? Im a little surprised she suddenly found the speed for pole.

paulzinho · 20 Apr 2002, 21:57 (Ref:265934)

Wow, well done Katherine!! Anyone got the full results?

B/Mark · 21 Apr 2002, 13:20 (Ref:266322)

All available on www.mst-group.co.uk . She had plenty of laps in the 19's and clearly deserved her pole.
She had a monster shunt at Spa in FF and it knocked her confidence for a while, but is great to see her back and competetive.

BeerMonster · 21 Apr 2002, 13:34 (Ref:266335)

It seems Katherine cracked under pressure, after a bad start she went off at Island hairpin

A real shame. Have to wait for the next round to see if she can get on the pace again.

Sato san · 21 Apr 2002, 13:36 (Ref:266338)

well , unfortunatly Katherine has just spun out of the race at the Island hairpin at oultoj Park . So i suppose all those Katherine Knockers can start again now.
What a pity , a win in Renualts would have really drawn some good attention to her , and judging by her qualifing performance yesterday , she deserves some good press at the momennt .

B/Mark · 21 Apr 2002, 13:39 (Ref:266341)

I think that was her first pole. It's tough the first time to keep control of the nerves, and no surprise she missed the start. Keep it going Katherine!

hysen · 21 Apr 2002, 14:06 (Ref:266377)

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Originally posted by B/Mark
I think that was her first pole. It's tough the first time to keep control of the nerves, and no surprise she missed the start. Keep it going Katherine!

From what i can remeber she had a pole in Junior FFord two years ago and didn't finish that race either.

kbudden · 21 Apr 2002, 19:23 (Ref:266656)

Katherine went off at Island hairpin after losing her nose cone and front wing in a collision with Ryan Sharp during the restart after the safety car laps - it's a shame that she didn't do better today but let's not forget that there were some well established names who couldn't come close to her time yesterday - all in all a fantastic performance and from here the only way is up

hysen · 21 Apr 2002, 19:30 (Ref:266663)

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Originally posted by kbudden
all in all a fantastic performance and from here the only way is up

Fantastic? I think thats stretching it a bit, after all theres no points for not finishing.

B/Mark · 21 Apr 2002, 20:01 (Ref:266694)

Don't be a party pooper Hysen. Do you have any idea how hard it is to get pole in something as competetive as Renault. She deserves all our praise support and encouragement.

hysen · 21 Apr 2002, 20:08 (Ref:266705)

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Originally posted by B/Mark
Don't be a party pooper Hysen. Do you have any idea how hard it is to get pole in something as competetive as Renault. She deserves all our praise support and encouragement.

I understand how difficult it is and praise her for getting pole position, although I still don't know how! I don't see why we should all support her though, after all she did mess up badly in the race, i suppose the only saving grace is that unlike usual she did not take anyone off with her.

kbudden · 21 Apr 2002, 20:27 (Ref:266719)

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Originally posted by hysen

although I still don't know how!

There were many who were surprised by Katherine's turn of speed yesterday - but anyone who looked at the results from sessions 1 and 3 of Wednesday's tests should really not be that surprised.

I was referring to her qualifying performance as fantastic - not her race today - although I still believe she could have finished third had it not been for her collision with Ryan.

Mackmot · 21 Apr 2002, 20:49 (Ref:266736)

Katherine has had pole before at Brands in a Kent county race in 2000 she drove well against Luke Hines and Charles Hollings but got nuged off in a racing incdent with Hines (usual formula ford stuff really)

sgrok · 22 Apr 2002, 00:53 (Ref:266902)

Well, I have to admit that despite not rating Ms Legge at all until yesterday, I was very impressed with her pole achievement and awaited the race with bated breath...

I'm sure I wasn't the only one to slap a hand to my forehead and say 'Doh!' when she jumped the start, and I'm afraid she lived up to her reputation by then going off minus a nosecone.

I had been expecting her to block Danny throughout the race and cross the line victoriously.

It is a shame she couldn't follow through from that pole, but I'm sure she'll have more opportunities this year to make up for it with a good Fortec car underneath her. And now she has experience of sitting at the front of a grid with thirty-odd angry men (and another bird) sitting behind her - I bet she'll never make the same mistake again!

Interestingly - where was the Mclaren wonderboy this weekend?

Sato san · 22 Apr 2002, 07:40 (Ref:267035)

If she can still be fast at the next few rounds , she will have to put it down to experience .

Rennen · 16 May 2002, 20:56 (Ref:288357)

Ah! the girl featured in this weeks 'Beano' who's going to get to Formula One!...dream on! It's a fact girls don't have the phyisical strength or the stamina to drive an F1. It ain't gunna happen lass!

Paul Rayner · 16 May 2002, 21:15 (Ref:288372)

As the article said, she's not the only one to think that way. In National Formula Ford and Renault there are about 80 drivers competing this year, all wanting to get to F1, but probably only about three of them will get there. You won't get to F1 without the belief that you can do it, so why blame Katherine for saying that?

kbudden · 16 May 2002, 21:41 (Ref:288387)

Hear, hear - well said Paul

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