Toyota Atlantic frontrunner Katherine Legge has admitted that, despite being given the chance to try a Formula One Minardi next week, it is the upcoming test with Kevin Kalkhoven's PKV Racing Champ Car team that has the bigger bearing on her future. source: crash.net Writing in her first Crash.net column, Legge revealed that she was preparing hard for both outings, at Vallelunga and Sebring respectively, but insists that the second presents the greatest opportunity to further her career in the short term. "Both are massive, enormous," the 25-year old Briton admitted, "I don't really know what to do, but I'm training so hard at the moment. I don't want fitness to come into it. "Being female, that's what you get thrown in your face all the time. Are you fit enough to do it? Are you strong enough to do it? Women will never be able to drive a race car because it's too physical, you'll never take the g-forces, etc, etc... I am just making sure that that is not an issue. "Of course, jumping into a Formula One car is going to be a big jump, but people have done it before me and people will do it again. I just have to do a really solid professional job, do the very best I can and hope that I impress the right people. "However, I have no delusions about doing Formula One next year - which is where the Champ Car test comes in. I have to offer massive thanks and admiration to Kevin Kalkhoven for giving me the opportunity, because I have two days at Sebring in December where, really, they will be evaluating me to see if I do Champ Car or Atlantic next year. "If I do a good job, then I go Champ Car racing. That's a realistic possibility, whereas no-one's offering me a Formula One drive at the moment!"
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