First Legge: Doin' The Math.

Tuesday, 1st April 2008

Former Champ Car star looks ahead to her first season in the DTM series.

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Quite apart from the fact that we get to drive an Audi road car - I'll be so excited when I get the keys on my return to Europe - it's fantastic to be part of the 'team'. All the other drivers have been really supportive and really nice. We did the fitness camp a while back and that emphasised the team thing. It was a really supportive environment, where you could get the knowledge and advice of the guys who have been doing it for a while, and who have won championships, like 'Eki' [Mattias Ekström].

The training camp is pretty intense, and I really didn't know what to expect because I've never been to anything like it before. It was definitely a new experience, and I was lucky to have Oliver Jarvis there. We were team-mates for a couple of races in Formula Renault back in 2002 or 2003, and we were both 'newbies' at training camp - the 'first day at school' kids. We didn't know what to expect, and it was hard - but fun as well. It was a team-building experience as much as anything. They test us and show us where we are physically, and then give us the tools to be able to improve. It was one of the most worthwhile things that I've done, for sure.

As well as learning a new car, new team and new discipline, Brands Hatch is the only circuit on the schedule that I know, so I've got the DTM game for my PC. The only circuit it doesn't have on it is Mugello and we've just tested there, so I should be okay now. I've definitely been driving Oschersleben on it for a while now... I'll also try and get one of the guys to take me around the tracks before we go out and show me what they think so that I have a better idea in my head.

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Coming back to Brands Hatch will be the first time I'll have raced in Britain for quite a long time. I think 2003 was probably the last time I did so. I really like the long circuit there, and it's sort of my home track, having brought up in Haslemere in Surrey, so it'll be like going home a little bit. I got my first pole there, in Formula Ford, so I hope that's a good omen.