Following on from yesterday’s
catch-up
on the DeltaWing project, news has come in this morning that Katherine Legge will now race the DeltaWing in partnership with Andy Meyrick.
Legge will replace Frenchman Olivier Pla, whose extended European racing schedule, including commitments to drive in the WEC and other GT series, has necessitated his departure from the team. The move will give DeltaWing Racing an all-British driver lineup. Legge, who was born in Haselmere, started her career in the UK, before moving to the States to take part in the Toyota Atlantic series. After progressing to the Champ Car series in 2006 and 2007, she then spent three years racing in the DTM series. She then returned to the US to race IndyCars in 2012, and this year she’s hoping to take her first steps in sportscar racing with the DeltaWing team.
Legge will partner Meyrick at Laguna Seca
The news follows Legge’s successful testing session in the DeltaWing earlier this month. “It was really exciting to get in the car for the first time,” she said. “Having driven lots of types of racing cars, I didn’t know what to expect, so I was very pleasantly surprised. It braked really well, it turned really positively, and it was really fast in a straight line – it drove like a really good racing car.”
There’s no word yet on whether Legge will continue to race with DeltaWing for the whole season; indeed, that may depend on whether the car will manage to overcome the recent reliability issues with its new Elan Motorsports powerplant following Nissan’s withdrawal of from the project earlier this year.