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Kat Impey in BRSCC Formula 3 championship at
Brands Hatch
Katharine Impey took to the third row in qualifying
at the Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival weekend,
in the final round of the BRSCC Formula 3
championship. The Formula Ford Festival weekend is
an annual highlight of the motor racing calendar
held at the end of the British racing season at the
Kent circuit.
For the third time this year Impey raced with
the Milton Keynes-based team Lanan Racing,
currently one of the top teams in the
championship.
Impey once again managed to emulate her
podium-winning achievements with a third place
finish in the second race, which was an excellent
result for Impey, whose enrolment on the Motor
Sports Association (MSA) Academy’s Advanced
Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE)
programme marks her out as one of the UK’ s
most promising young drivers.
For most of Saturday’ s qualifying session,
Impey was running in second position in the
difficult damp conditions, but was eventually
squeezed out to fifth in the final stages as the
track started to dry, with Lanan team-mate Alex
Craven taking third.
Impey made a good start in the first race on
Saturday, pushing hard in fifth position and
chasing down fourth place Mark Harrison, whose
defensive driving was holding Impey up and backing
them both into the chasing pack. Impey got a good
run on Harrison out of the final corner,
slipstreaming him down the pit straight before
pulling out and making a gutsy move around the
outside of Harrison at Paddock Hill bend.
Impey, now up to fourth place, started to pull a
gap on Harrison and with little time remaining
pushed hard to close the gap to the top three. When
the chequered flag fell Impey’ s more
experienced Team-mate Craven took the win with
Impey finishing in a creditable fourth place.
After the race she said: “ I felt very
strong, one of the quickest cars on the track. Mark
Harrison’ s excellent defensive driving meant
it took me a good few laps before I managed to make
a successful pass. It was a great battle but it
meant it didn’ t leave me much time to reduce
the gap to the leaders.”
In Sunday’ s race Impey made another good
start which instantly moved her up to third
position, however reigning champion Chris Needham
soon got the run on her and Impey found herself
demoted back to fourth.
With Louis Hamilton-Smith chasing hard behind
her Impey knew she had her work cut out. She
defended courageously but slipped back to fifth
place while the leading pack continued to push each
other hard. Fortunately for Impey both Needham and
Craven made crucial mistakes promoting her up to
third position, which is where she took the
chequered flag.
“ It was a good weekend overall and my pace
in the damp conditions was very promising,”
she said.
“ I have learned so much working with Lanan
Racing over the three race meetings in which I have
been run by them. I would like to continue with
Lanan Racing for next season but it is dependent on
raising sponsorship over the winter
break.”
Impey would like to thank all of the support
from her current sponsors, SWAT, Tyger design and
print, Oakingham Construction, family and
friends.
Results
Kat started her racing career like many of
todays top drivers in karts. At the age of 13 she
was racing a 4 stroke Prokart at her local kart
club in Camberley, and quickly moved up to a 2
stroke Tonykart Extreme Rotax. In only her first
competitive season Kat took second place in the
Junior Rotax Championship and gained many wins and
podium finishes in other national races around the
country.
Kat's second season in
karts saw her compete in the national BRDC "Stars
of Tomorrow" series (which was televised in 60
countries worldwide). Her goal in this prestigious
championship was to be the top girl on the track,
which to her great delight she achieved, beating
most of the lads into the bargain! All in all a
remarkable start to her national racing
career.
2004 was a very
significant year for Kat, it saw her progress into
the highly competitive world of single seater
racing in a national series with rounds at all of
the country's top circuits including Brands Hatch,
Oulton Park and the home of British motorsport,
Silverstone. The car chosen for this next phase of
her career was the nimble and blisteringly fast
Jedi. Kat went on to compete in every round of the
2004 Formula Jedi Challenge, finishing in the
points in every race and finishing the season an
overall 4th in class. A remarkable achievement for
a newcomer to single seater racing.
In 2005, budget
restrictions meant that Kat only competed in a few
rounds of the championship, but remained
competitive with fastest laps and podium
finishes.
In 2006 Kat once
again competed in the Formula Jedi Challenge, with
the intention of lifting the championship winner's
trophy at the end of her third season. With race
wins and fastest laps and finishing on the podium
in every race entered, it looked achievable;
however an engine blow up ended the season early.
2007 saw Kat move
up to the very competitive 1000cc class in Formula
Jedi in a brand new car. She finished 4th out of 34
cars in the opening race, however in the second
race after a cracking start, (dicing for 3rd
position) was involved in an accident and the
resulting injuries ended her season. Returning in
2008, Kat entered selective rounds of the Formula
Jedi and Monoposto championships, taking three race
wins and two class lap records.
2009
Kat’s main focus in
2009 was to compete in the highly prestigious
National Monoposto championship, which was
sponsored by Track and Race Cars magazine. Kat
achieved pole positions, finished on the podium in
every race completed, she broke four lap records,
won races and overall finished third in the
championship standings. The series was featured in
the magazine every month, covering each
round.
2010
In 2010 Kat will compete
in the BRSCC F3 Cardinus Championship. This is
recognised as a crucial stepping stone for young
talented drivers in to National British F3 and is
an ideal training ground. Win in F3 and you are
marked as a driver to watch.
Around the world, no other
race series has produced as many Grand Prix winners
and World Champions as Formula 3. However it is not
just in Formula One that F3 drivers excel. The F3
Roll of Honour includes winners of the US ChampCar
and IndyCar, FIA Formula 3000, Indy 500 and Le Mans
24 Hours titles. This series will act as a
promotional springboard and gain Kat plenty of
recognition
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