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Legge to test next week

Katherine Legge will reportedly test Minardi's 2005 car next Tuesday and Wednesday. Following the announcement last month that the 25-year-old Briton, who races in Toyota Atlantic (US), would get a shot at Vallelunga, she told the 'Globe and Mail' newspaper that her F1 debut would likely be two half-days.

Legge will be the first woman since Giovanna Amati in 1992 to drive a modern grand prix car. "When someone offers you an F1 test," she said, "nobody in their right mind would say no."

The newspaper wrote that Legge has been training hard for the Minardi test, and today sports a 'muscle bound' physique. She added: "I'm serious, but I'm not expecting anything out of it. I don't have any delusions about racing in F1 next year."

Her principal backer is Kevin Kalkhoven, co-owner of the Champ Car series and also Cosworth -- Minardi's engine supplier. Legge will also test a Kalkhoven-owned Champ Car in December.

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