Fiona Leggate
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Fiona Leggate | |
|---|---|
 Fiona Leggate, Croft BTCC meeting, 2005 |
|
| 2007 BTCC driver | |
| Nationality |  |
| Nickname | {{{Nickname}}} |
| Car # | 82 |
| Team | Kartworld |
| Car | MG ZS |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Debut season | 2005 |
| Best championship result | 16th (2005) |
| 2005 position | 21st (3 points) |
| edit | |
Fiona Leggate is a British auto racing driver, born on May 28, 1980 in Lincolnshire.
Fiona had been interested in motorsport since her childhood, influenced by her father Malcolm Leggate who had a 19-year career in saloon car racing.
After competing in showjumping and dressage events she switched her attention from horseriding to horsepower, entering and winning a competition to drive with ex-British Rally Champion Gwyndaf Evans.
This led to her spending 2003 and 2004 contesting various championships including Britcar and the MG X-power trophy, and in July 2004 she set a world record for the most races contested in one day.[1]
Fiona entered the BTCC in 2005, joining halfway through the season in a Vauxhall Astra Coupé acquired from the championship-winning works team 888, but converted to run on bio-ethanol fuel and run by the Leamington Spa based Tech-Speed team. She scored 12 points including a 5th place at Silverstone, gaining much publicity for the envionmentally-friendly fuel.
For 2006 Fiona once again raced in the BTCC in the same car running on bio-ethanol, with new sponsorship from Vauxhall dealer Thurlby Motors as well as continuing support from the Energy Efficient Motorsport (EEMS) scheme. Her best results in the first half of the season were a trio of 10th places. She missed the races at round 6 due to a cracked engine cylinder.[2] After also missing round 8, she has now withdrawn from the series[3], her replacement being Paul O'Neill for the remaining two rounds of the series[4].
She also competed in non-clashing Britcar Production S1 championship races including the Silverstone 24 hours, in an MG ZR. She was partnered once by MG racer Paul White in March at Silverstone and then Rob Oldaker in June at Brands Hatch. Fiona and Rob were then Joined by MG Trophy racer Ben Jacques and Italian BMW racer Umberto Nacamuli for the 24 hour race. Sadly the car retired with Engine failure with only a few hours to go. She also competed in the Mini Challenge, drivng at Thruxton (Retirng from race 2) and Spa, although she missed race two there due to an engine electronics failure.
As well as this she also raced another MG ZR in two endurance races at the MGCC Silverstone meeting in June. She was partnered in Race 1 by Regular driver Rob Oldaker and by Mark Stacey for the second race. The car retired from the second race with Head Gasket failure.
She is racing in the BTCC again in 2007 with the Kartworld team using an Ex WSR MG ZS fueled once again with bio-ethanol. She will also be racing in the EERC Prodcution S1 championship with the same MG ZR that she used in 2006. There are also plans to enter the Britcar 24 hour race once again.
[edit] References
- ^ MG XPower Girl Sets World Record on 80th Anniversary Weekend. Retrieved on September 10, 2006.
- ^ Engine damage in qualifying means no starts in Sunday's races. Retrieved on September 10, 2006.
- ^ Leggate ends campaign early. Retrieved on September 10, 2006.
- ^ O'Neill is back!
[edit] External links
| Drivers | Neal | Plato | Chilton | Turkington | Collard | G. Smith | Giovanardi | Proctor | Thompson | Bell | Marsh | Murray | Leason | Kaye | A. Jones | Turner | Howell | Hughes | O'Neill | Dowling | Stockton | Shedden | Pinkney | M. Smith | Jordan | M. Jones | Leggate | Kizilirmak |
|---|---|
| Teams | VXR | SEAT | RAC | Halfords | Fast-Tec | Geoff Steel | Farécla | Quest | Daniels | Synchro | Xero | Kartworld | BTC | Motorbase | InFront | Eurotech | Forward | Tech-Speed |
| Circuits | Brands Hatch | Mondello | Oulton | Thruxton | Croft | Donington | Snetterton | Knockhill | Silverstone |
