Legge: Everything that could, did.

Katherine Legge was left frustrated after her second Champ Car outing, having endured a string of problems throughout the two-hour night event at Reliant Park in Houston.

Already ruing a less than satisfying second qualifying session, and having had to have a precautionary suspension change after brushing the wall in warm-up, the Briton was faced with having to battle her way through the field, but was hampered by three very different obstacles.

"What a day, what a day," she sighed, "Everything that could have gone wrong, went wrong. They say bad things happen in threes and they were certainly right today. First, I had a knee pad get loose in the cockpit. Then, I had an electrical problem with the car and finally I got taken out of the race."

Legge was running 13th, having made up two places on her grid slot on good PKV strategy despite the electrical woes, when fellow Briton Dan Clarke sent the Bell Micro machine into the tyres with a mistimed lap 42 move. To make matters worse, the CTE-HVM driver was ten laps down on Legge at the time of the incident.

The impact with the tyre wall not only cost Legge time while the safety car extricated and restarted her, but also confined the PKV car to the pits for a further twelve laps while her crew set about replacing the rear wing which had been torn off. She eventually returned to the race 15 laps down, and back in 15th place, but made up one spot before the chequered flag fell.

"I really have to thank the Bell Micro/PKV Racing crew, as they did a fantastic job getting the car repaired," Legge admitted, "They are really a great bunch of guys and I appreciate their hard work and support.

"Obviously, I am very disappointed because we had a good car for this race and were moving up the field. The good thing is that we made a lot of progress this weekend and I am looking forward to making even more next weekend in Monterrey."