We’re now five rounds into my first season in the DTM and, although my results don’t look great to the untrained eye, I think it’s been a good start overall.
Taking the Norisring out of the equation, because that was something of an anomaly for us, the general trend has been ‘getting better’. I've learned a lot and, up to the Lausitzring, it's been a steady progression, which has been good. I think the Norisring was difficult just because of the nature of the track, and the nature of our car on the track, but I'm really looking forward to Zandvoort now.
Of course, running in a 2006 car has been frustrating because, as a competitive person and a competitive driver, you want to be challenging and winning races, but I have to keep reminding myself that that's not the goal - well, it
is the goal, but it's not a realistic one.
I have Christijan Albers as my team-mate and, given a 2007 or 2008 car, I know that he would be challenging at the front of the field, so he's a really good yardstick to have at TME Futurecom. All I have to do is keep aiming at Christijan and I think that, if I can perform well against him, then people will notice that. I have to earn my stripes, do all the right things and earn the right to move up into a one-year old and a new car. That’s the realistic goal this season.
The feedback I’ve been getting has been good, and I really couldn't be happier with the team or with Audi. I'm so well supported that it's been a joy and a pleasure to work with them. I don't know how to describe it really, but it's really different to what I've been used to because it is such a family. You have all the tools there that you need to get the job done, and it's been very enlightening.
![Katherine Legge - Futurecom TME Audi A4 [pic credit: DTM Media]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/463000.jpg)
