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  • David Phillips
    Editor and Chief
    David Phillips is a long-time contributor to print and electronic publications in the U.S. and abroad, including Racer, Autosport, AutoWeek, Motor Sport and SPEEDtv.com, oversees the daily updating of news stories and assigns, edits and contributes feature material for inRacingNews.com.
  • Chris Hall
    iRacing.com Series Writer
    Chris Hall has been writing since the nineties and moved into motorsports reporting in 2005, covering series such as ALMS, British GT, FIA GT, Le Mans and 2CV racing for Full Throttle magazine, Motorsport.com, The-Paddock.net, GTGateway.com, L' Endurance and, of course, inRacingNews. During 2008 and 2009, he worked with the RSS Performance Porsche Carrera Cup Team (and former British GT(C) champions) as a data engineer for a variety of drivers and models of 997s.
  • Jameson Spies
    Contributing Writer
    19 years old, Jameson Spies lives in Quartz Hill, California. He grew-up surrounded by racing. His mother raced late models throughout Southern California while his father built and setup the car. Not surprisingly, Jameson began racing go-karts at the age of 13, and is now racing Spec Trucks at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. He has a passion about all forms of racing and hopes to make a career out of it.
  • Jason Lofing
    iRacing.com Series Writer
    Jason is 21 years old and was born and raised in Elk Grove. California. A big time NASCAR fan, he hasn’t missed a race on Sunday in years. Lofing is also a huge San Fransisco Giants fan and tries to take in at least a couple games a year. Other than sim racing, his biggest (and far more expensive!) hobby is photography. Although he is rather new to sim racing, Lofing has already accomplished some pretty impressive results, qualifying for the 2011 iRacing Oval Pro Series in Season 1, 2011, winning the inaugural Landon Cassill Qualifying Challenge and finishing runner-up in the second one.
  • Ray Bryden
    Technical contributor
    Ray grew up in Nova Scotia, which means he’s a hockey nut, but in Nova Scotia’s two non-winter months he had to find other diversions, which meant watching F1 racing on weekends with his dad and brothers. Without the resources to get started in racing, he gravitated to computer versions of racing – first Atari games like Pole Position, followed by PC racing games like Indianapolis 500: The Simulation. Dozens of others came and went, until Grand Prix Legends came along and he decided sim-racing was his official hobby. Years were spent enjoying this both offline and online until a few years of fatherhood took priority. When free-time reappeared he heard about iRacing and signed up in 2008 and became so involved in the service that he wrote one of the first books on the subject of sim-racing, iRacing Paddock. When not writing for inRacingNews.com, his main occupation is as a research associate with Saint-Gobain working on advanced ceramic materials.
  • Patrick Atherton
    Contributing Writer
    Patrick Atherton, originally from Adelaide in the state of South Australia, currently resides just outside of Melbourne, Victoria with wife of 17 years and 3 kids. A business manager by profession, but also dabbles with blogging, cartooning and fine art, having been published both as a writer in a short-lived South Australian motorsport yearbook and later as a cartoonist in a niche trade magazine. At the age of 19 he competed in club circuit events in an Austin Healey Sprite, later indulging in sprint karts between 1994 and 2000. Following the move to the State of Victoria he raced Road Race Karts (“Superkarts” as they are known in Australia) in the popular Rotax class, competing at Phillip Island, Oran Park, Mallala, Wakefield Park, Eastern Creek, Calder Park, Sandown and Winton. It was during this time he met former Australian F2 champion and inventor of Australia’s first, and most prolific race simulator rig, Jon Crooke. This culminated in an introduction to Papyrus’ legendary NR2003 simulation, and the subsequent sim racing addiction which brought him to iRacing.
  • Tim Terry
    Contributing Writer
    Tim Terry, aka the voice of Maritime stock car racing, fell in love with sim racing in 2004 after he joined the Sim Racing Network crew as a pit reporter. From October 2004 to SRNtv’s closure in June 2007, he’s covered prestigious races and leagues such as the Online 500, FLM Fall 400, Real Racing Online and the DMP Racing League – each as the lead broadcaster for the company. At the same time the wheels started to turn in another direction as he began announcing stock car racing locally. Terry became the assistant announcer at Scotia Speedworld in May 2007 and took over full duties in May 2009 when long-time voice Mike Kaplan retired from the track. Terry also became the series voice of the Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour in ’09 and continues to hold down both posts in 2011. He has also announced races for the Pro All Stars Series, Atlantic Open Wheel and Maritime League of Legends tours and has called races at six different Atlantic Canadian tracks. Terry can be heard online at WebRacingNetwork.com, RLMtv.com and OLRtv.com covering sim races. He also makes occasional appearances on PSRtv.com. In addition to inRacingNews, his articles and columns can be read on ScotiaSpeedworld.ca, MaritimeProStockTour.com and his own website at timterryonline.com.
  • David Allen
    Contributing Writer
    North Carolina born and raised with over 15 years of computer/IT experience, I combine two of my biggest hobbies -- racing and technology -- here at inRacingNews. In my spare time I run a Nascar fan site and cure my own need for speed riding atvs. If it involves technology or racing I'll be there, but combine the two and I'll be looking a front row seat. Stop by and say hello anytime!
  • Allen Krier
    Contributing Writer
    Allen was born in West Palm Beach, Florida but grew up in Atlanta and attended Georgia College and State University where he received a BS in Information Systems. Currently a resident of Albany, GA, he started sim racing in 2008 while in college when iRacing was first released to the public. Since then, Krier has been a two time iRacing Pro Series driver (2009 and 2010), picking up one Pro Series win at Daytona in ‘09. Besides sim racing, Allen’s other hobbies include RC Car racing as well as “attending and watching any sporting event that I can including going to the local dirt track.

Post-qualifying car weights – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

October 31st, 2009

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From the 2009 season, the FIA is making public the weights of the cars, with their fuel load included, following Saturday’s qualifying session. Below is the weight of each car following qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, sorted by qualifying position.

Rain gives Johnson Talladega pole

October 31st, 2009

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Rain gives Johnson Talladega pole

Jimmie Johnson will start Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race from pole position after rain forced qualifying to be cancelled at Talladega Superspeedway. The points leader will start from the front of the field for the third time during the Chase, as NASCAR rules state that the grid is set according to the owner point standing when there is no qualifying session.

Raikkonen says 11th was the maximum

October 31st, 2009

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Raikkonen says 11th was the maximum

Eleventh place on the grid was the maximum that could have been achieved with the Ferrari F60, according to former world champion Kimi Raikkonen. The Finn missed out on a place in the Q3 top 10 shootout by just over six hundredths of a second, but believes that it was not possible to have broken into the front five rows. “Today we got the most out of the car, but we did not have the necessary performance to make it into Q3,” said Raikkonen.

Wickens frustrated by missed chance

October 31st, 2009

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Wickens frustrated by missed chance

Robert Wickens was disappointed to have missed out on the chance to secure second place in the Formula 2 championship in this afternoon’s race at Barcelona.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Saturday quotes: Red Bull

October 31st, 2009

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Sebastian Vettel – 2nd: “I think both Mark and were surprised by the gap to Lewis. He’s been quick all weekend and the McLaren seems to be generally very strong here. We could see in Q1 and Q2 that it would be difficult to match their pace, so think this was the maximum we could do today.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Saturday quotes: Ferrari

October 31st, 2009

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Kimi Raikkonen – 11th: “Today we got the most out of the car, but we did not have the necessary performance to make it into Q3. Already yesterday, we realized that it would be tough, so this result is definitely not a surprise. Tomorrow, we will try to do our best, but it’s certainly not going to be an easy race, even though we should definitely be more competitive in the race than in qualifying.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Saturday quotes: Brawn

October 31st, 2009

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Rubens Barrichello – 4th: “It was a good qualifying session for us today and I’m quite happy with fourth position and what we have achieved. The car is still very competitive but the Red Bulls and McLarens seem to be ahead of us here. It’s been challenging to get the right set-up throughout the weekend as the sessions are taking place in very different track and ambient conditions

Button frustrated by Q3 problems

October 31st, 2009

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Button frustrated by Q3 problems

World champion Jenson Button said he was frustrated to be unable to fight for a place on the front row of the grid ahead of tomorrow’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Brawn driver, who secured his first F1 crown in the previous race in Brazil, had been very strong in the practice sessions, but then had to settle for fifth position in the grid-deciding segment. Button said his car’s handling had changed drastically in Q3, and was disappointed not to have achieved a better result.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Saturday quotes: Bridgestone

October 31st, 2009

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Hirohide Hamashima – Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development What was significant about today’s running? “Today was about further learning the track and it still has a few tricks.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Saturday quotes: Williams

October 31st, 2009

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Nico Rosberg, 9th: The session went okay, I think ninth was around the best we could get out of today, we are definitely struggling on the open sections of this circuit, but points are definitely possible here and very important for us this weekend.

Force India drivers blame lack of grip

October 31st, 2009

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Force India drivers blame lack of grip

Force India pairing Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi blamed a lack of grip for failing to make it through to Q2. Sutil and Liuzzi will start on the ninth row of the grid despite the Force India-Mercedes showing a promising turn of speed during free practice. “The car didn’t seem to have any grip at all, particularly on the rear, and there was just so much oversteer that I was just struggling to keep the car on the circuit,” said Sutil.

Rosberg aims to defend points position

October 31st, 2009

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Rosberg aims to defend points position

Nico Rosberg thinks both he and Williams should be able to hang on to their current championship positions in tomorrow’s season finale in Abu Dhabi after he put his car ninth on the grid.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Saturday quotes: McLaren

October 31st, 2009

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Lewis Hamilton – 1st: “My pole lap wasn’t too aggressive. I was very smooth, and it just kept getting better and better.

Kovalainen gets gearbox change penalty

October 31st, 2009

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Heikki Kovalainen will lose five places on the grid of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after needing a gearbox change after qualifying. The McLaren driver, quickest in yesterday’s practice, stopped on track with a mechanical problem during the second segment of qualifying and was unable to complete more than a flying run. As a result, he qualified down in 13th.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Saturday quotes: Force India

October 31st, 2009

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Adrian Sutil – 18th: A very short session with a lot of problems. The car didn’t seem to have any grip at all, particularly on the rear, and there was just so much oversteer that I was just struggling to keep the car on the circuit. I’m obviously very disappointed and we need to figure out what happened

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Saturday quotes: BMW

October 31st, 2009

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Robert Kubica – 7th: “Unfortunately I missed yesterday’s second free practice session. As a result I had no experience of the track conditions at this time of day. The conditions were completely different compared to the third free practice session

Kubica still ruing Friday’s problems

October 31st, 2009

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Kubica still ruing Friday’s problems

Robert Kubica was pleased with his effort in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but the Pole was still lamenting his lack of running in Friday practice. “Unfortunately I missed yesterday’s second free practice session,” said the BMW Sauber driver, who suffered an engine failure after just 13 laps in yesterday’s second practice

Trulli in confident mood for the race

October 31st, 2009

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Trulli in confident mood for the race

Jarno Trulli is looking forward to a hard-fought battle in what could be his final race for Toyota after qualifying sixth for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Italian, who is out of contract at the end of the season but still has an outside chance of remaining with the team he joined in late 2004, needs to finish at least fifth to have a chance of taking seventh in the championship ahead of Nico Rosberg. “The car feels strong and I think we are looking pretty good for the race, so I’m looking forward to the fight,” said Trulli.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Saturday quotes: Toyota

October 31st, 2009

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Jarno Trulli – 6th: “It was a difficult session because it was an extremely hard fight in hot conditions; the lap times were really close despite it being a long circuit. I felt I got it right in each session and I am happy with sixth place. It’s fun to be fighting at the front of the grid so it was a nice experience again for me.

Buemi eyes points finish after top ten

October 31st, 2009

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Buemi eyes points finish after top ten

Sebastien Buemi believes that ending the season with a points finish is possible after qualifying 10th for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Swiss, who scored his first points since April’s Chinese Grand Prix in Brazil two weeks ago, admitted that he was disappointed with the result despite it being only the fourth time he will start in the top 10 during his Formula 1 career. “I was hoping for a little bit better after finishing seventh in Q2, but I am happy with our fuel load which should allow us to be flexible in terms of race strategy,” said Buemi.