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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.

Hungary Saturday quotes: Mercedes

July 31st, 2010

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Nico Rosberg – 6th: “I’m pleased to be starting from sixth place as we didn’t think we would be that far forward today, so it’s an unexpected and pleasant surprise. We are a long way from the front which is a concern but we took everything that we could from today and I am happy with our performance.

De la Rosa hails Sauber’s progress

July 31st, 2010

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De la Rosa hails Sauber’s progress

Pedro de la Rosa praised his Sauber team for its progress this season following a strong showing in qualifying in Hungary. “I am happy with my performance but, more importantly, I am very proud of the team,” said de la Rosa after qualifying in ninth position, the second time in three races the Spaniard has reached Q3. “The car was really good

Hungary Saturday quotes: Williams

July 31st, 2010

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Nico Hulkenberg – 10th: Reaching Q3 was good today as everybody is very aware how closely bunched the field is behind the front few teams, but as always, it is human nature to feel that more could have been possible.

Hungary Saturday quotes: Sauber

July 31st, 2010

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Pedro de la Rosa – 9th: “I am happy with my performance but, more importantly, I am very proud of the team. The car was really good. My position proves how much progress the guys from Hinwil have made with the car, especially to make it quicker in slow corners.

Latvala claims superb home victory

July 31st, 2010

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Latvala claims superb home victory

Jari-Matti Latvala claimed the biggest win of his World Rally Championship career by holding the Citroens to earn victory in his home event Rally Finland. Latvala became Ford’s only hope after his team-mate Mikko Hirvonen – who had set a spectacular early pace – had an enormous crash on Friday morning. Hirvonen’s accident had put Petter Solberg (Solberg Citroen) into the lead for a while, but by the middle of day one Latvala had pulled ahead

Hungary Saturday quotes: Renault

July 31st, 2010

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Vitaly Petrov – 7th: I think we did a good job today and I’m very happy to reach Q3 and to be starting seventh ahead of Robert because you first goal is always to be ahead of your teammate. We knew that the car would be quite good here and I have been very happy with the balance during the whole weekend. But the guys in front are still very strong so we know that we need to keep pushing to catch them.

Hungary Saturday quotes: HRT

July 31st, 2010

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Sakon Yamamoto – 24th: “I am quite happy with this result for the team, which worked really hard and provided me a good car.

Hamilton shocked by Red Bull speed

July 31st, 2010

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Hamilton shocked by Red Bull speed

Lewis Hamilton admitted he was mystified by the pace of the Red Bull Racing team after a dominant display in qualifying in Hungary. The McLaren driver finished over over 1.5 seconds off pole-setter Sebastian Vettel, as Red Bull proved untouchable around the Hungaroring circuit. “For us it’s not case of a tenth or two here and there.

Hungary Saturday quotes: Force India

July 31st, 2010

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Adrian Sutil – 13th: I am quite happy about the qualifying performance today. We’re very close to the top ten, which we didn’t think we would be after this morning. We struggled to make the soft tyres work again and in the end went out in qualifying not really having a clear picture on performance, so 13th position is a good result

Hungary Saturday quotes: Bridgestone

July 31st, 2010

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Hirohide Hamashima – Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development What was significant about today’s running? “This morning the track surface was not as good as it was at the end of yesterday’s running due to rain overnight and oil on track from the support category. At the start of qualifying the track surface was reasonable, and it continued to improve to the extent that we saw record-breaking pace today.

Hungary Saturday quotes: McLaren

July 31st, 2010

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Lewis Hamilton – 5th: “I’m happy with today’s result. I was relieved to get into Q3 – it was very close – and I feel I pulled every last drop out of the car. So I’m satisfied with the job we did today

Hungary Saturday quotes: Lotus

July 31st, 2010

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Heikki Kovalainen – 20th: “I think we got as much out of the car as we could today. Considering the time I lost yesterday it felt like the maximum this afternoon.

Button blames grip for poor showing

July 31st, 2010

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Button blames grip for poor showing

Jenson Button blamed his poor Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying performance on a lack of grip from his McLaren. The world champion failed to make it into Q3 and will start Sunday’s race from 11th place on the grid after lapping more than 1.7 seconds off the pace of the dominant Red Bulls in Q2. “In practice the car was working really well, but in qualifying I just couldn’t find a balance,” he said

Huff takes first pole of 2010 at Brno

July 31st, 2010

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Huff takes first pole of 2010 at Brno

Rob Huff claimed his first pole position of the World Touring Car season at Brno on Saturday. The Chevrolet driver hooked up his lone effort in Q2 to set a time three tenths of a second quicker than anyone else.

Petrov happy to outqualify Kubica

July 31st, 2010

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Petrov happy to outqualify Kubica

Vitaly Petrov was happy to finally outqualify Renault team-mate Robert Kubica ahead of tomorrow’s Hungarian Grand Prix. The Russian rookie was the only driver yet to outqualify his team-mate this season, but he put an end to that on Saturday after his strongest qualifying performance yet. Petrov will start from seventh position, right ahead of his Polish team-mate.

Alonso pins hopes on strong start

July 31st, 2010

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Alonso pins hopes on strong start

Fernando Alonso is pinning his hopes of troubling Red Bull Racing on a good start in tomorrow’s Hungarian Grand Prix. The Red Bull team has been dominant so far this weekend, and secured a front-row lockout on Saturday, with Alonso over a whole second behind pole-setter Sebastian Vettel.

Vettel praises ‘wonderful’ Red Bull car

July 31st, 2010

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Vettel praises ‘wonderful’ Red Bull car

Sebastian Vettel was full of praise for his ‘wonderful car’ after the Red Bull driver secured his fourth straight pole position in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Webber concedes Vettel deserved pole

July 31st, 2010

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Webber concedes Vettel deserved pole

Mark Webber conceded Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel deserved pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix after the German secured his seventh pole of the year. Webber was unable to match the pace of Vettel today, the German finishing nearly four tenths of a second ahead to clinch his fourth consecutive pole. The Australian admitted it was simply not his day.

Buurman leads Superleague practice

July 31st, 2010

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Superleague Formula points leader Yelmer Buurman of AC Milan topped the times in the two free practice sessions ahead of qualifying for round seven at Brands Hatch in England. In the morning’s first session, held in damp but drying conditions, Buurman topped the times despite a brief gravelly off at Paddock Hill Bend. He was two tenths quicker than John Martin, who was quick in A1GP here, and Chris van der Drift, a winner at Brands in Formula Master in 2008

Hungary Saturday quotes: Toro Rosso

July 31st, 2010

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Sebastien Buemi – 15th: “I would say the car worked well and the balance was quite good, even if I did not feel so comfortable in the car up until now. At least I finished in front of my team-mate, having been behind him most of the weekend, which is every driver’s first target