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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.

Elias gets 2011 chassis for Barcelona

May 31st, 2011

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Elias gets 2011 chassis for Barcelona

Toni Elias will get a 2011 chassis for this weekend’s Grand Prix of Catalunya, hoping it helps him take a step forward after a difficult start of the season. The reigning Moto2 champion has struggled to get the best out of his Honda, with traction issues having hindered his chances of good results in recent races

Pirelli making no predictions for Canada

May 31st, 2011

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Pirelli making no predictions for Canada

Pirelli’s motorsport boss Paul Hembery says it is impossible to predict how tyres will behave during the Canadian Grand Prix next week. With the Montreal circuit being a mixture of street circuit and permanent road course, Hembery believes there is no way to make a prediction about the performance of the rubber, although he reckons the degradation will not be as aggressive as many people expect. The tyre manufacturer will take to Canada the same compounds it used at Monaco, the soft and the super soft

WSR not expecting boost from rules

May 31st, 2011

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WSR not expecting boost from rules

BTCC team boss Dick Bennetts does not believe the latest rules adjustments will help his BMW squad compete at the front.

Boullier says Heidfeld must improve

May 31st, 2011

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Boullier says Heidfeld must improve

Renault team boss Eric Boullier says Nick Heidfeld needs to raise his game following a series of disappointing races this season. Although the German started the season strongly with a podium in the second race of the year, he has struggled to match the pace of team-mate Vitaly Petrov in qualifying, something that has hindered his chances of better results on Sunday.

Dec 11 finale ‘totally unacceptable’

May 31st, 2011

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Dec 11 finale ‘totally unacceptable’

Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn says a season finale on December 11 is “totally unacceptable” and revealed that the teams have told Bernie Ecclestone as much. Ecclestone is considering moving the Indian Grand Prix back to December 11 in order to accommodate the return of the Bahrain Grand Prix to the calendar, having ruled out a December 4 date because of logistics.

Renault: Lotus tie-up stronger than ever

May 31st, 2011

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Renault: Lotus tie-up stronger than ever

Renault says its partnership with Group Lotus, which includes title sponsorship, is more solid then ever – despite rival Team Lotus being allowed to keep its name. Group Lotus had tried to stop Team Lotus from using the ‘Lotus’ name in F1, but the High Court did not accept its claims

Alonso: Silverstone title crunch point

May 30th, 2011

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Alonso: Silverstone title crunch point

Fernando Alonso reckons the British Grand Prix in July will be the key indicator of whether Ferrari has any chance of fighting for this year’s world championship. After falling 74 points behind leader Sebastian Vettel as the reigning champion took his fifth win of the year in Monaco yesterday, Alonso expressed concern that his world title hopes were looking remote. In his column on Ferrari’s website, Alonso said that verdict was influenced by his initial disappointment at losing a race he was confident he could have won

Hirvonen keen to stop Loeb escaping

May 30th, 2011

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Hirvonen keen to stop Loeb escaping

Mikko Hirvonen says he needs to turn the tables on Sebastien Loeb quickly if he is to have any hope of staying in contention for this year’s World Rally Championship title. The Ford driver won the season-opener in Sweden, but has seen every rally since fall to either Loeb or his Citroen team-mate Sebastien Ogier. Hirvonen remains second in the standings, and is only 13 points behind Loeb

Simoncelli summoned by officials

May 30th, 2011

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Simoncelli summoned by officials

Marco Simoncelli has been summoned to a meeting with MotoGP race direction at Catalunya this weekend to discuss his clash with Dani Pedrosa at the French Grand Prix. Pedrosa suffered a broken collarbone when he fell while dicing with Simoncelli at Le Mans

Peugeot eyes more wins for Neuville

May 30th, 2011

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Peugeot eyes more wins for Neuville

Peugeot believes Thierry Neuville can now be regarded as a contender for victory on every Intercontinental Rally Challenge round after his breakthrough win in Corsica. Kronos’ 22-year-old rising star moved into second place in the IRC standings by following up his Canarias podium with a maiden win on round three.

Di Resta frustrated with himself

May 30th, 2011

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Di Resta frustrated with himself

Paul di Resta said he was going to be very hard on himself over his Monaco Grand Prix tangle with Jaime Alguersuari, as he encountered the first blip of his so far fairly trouble-free Formula 1 career. The Scot only finished 12th in Monte Carlo after getting a penalty for his move on the Toro Rosso. Di Resta later had a similar tangle with Jerome d’Ambrosio’s Virgin.

Perez expects to race in Canada

May 30th, 2011

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Perez expects to race in Canada

Sergio Perez says he feels in good shape after leaving hospital following his Monaco accident, and is optimistic he will be fit for the Canadian Grand Prix in a fortnight. The Sauber driver sustained concussion and bruising when he had a high-speed, side-on impact with the barriers at the chicane in Q3, and spent two nights in Princess Grace hospital under observation. “I feel okay

Petrov sure he’ll be fine for Montreal

May 30th, 2011

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Petrov sure he’ll be fine for Montreal

Vitaly Petrov is confident he will be fully fit for the Canadian Grand Prix, having escaped serious injury in his crash at the end of the Monaco race. Petrov initially feared he had broken a leg when he hit the Swimming Pool barriers with six laps to go

Perez leaves Monaco hospital

May 30th, 2011

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Perez leaves Monaco hospital

Sergio Perez has left hospital after his violent accident in Monaco Grand Prix qualifying. The Sauber driver was kept in for a second night of observation and further checks last night, having sustained concussion in the Q3 crash. Perez lost control of his Sauber on the exit of the tunnel and hit the right-hand guard rail before slamming side-on into the barriers in the middle of the chicane

Lotus expects further step in Canada

May 30th, 2011

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Lotus expects further step in Canada

Lotus technical chief Mike Gascoyne thinks his team can take a further step closer to the midfield group ahead in the Canadian Grand Prix. Although Lotus has been more competitive in 2011 than in its debut season, it has yet to make enough progress to achieve its aim of regular Q2 appearances and fighting for points.

Rosberg keen to forget Monaco

May 30th, 2011

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Rosberg keen to forget Monaco

Nico Rosberg says he just wants to forget his Monaco Grand Prix weekend after an event he thought would bring him a podium finish ended with a lowly 11th place. The Mercedes driver had been competitive in practice, and qualified seventh despite a massive accident on Saturday morning

Rankings: Battle for second hots up

May 30th, 2011

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Rankings: Battle for second hots up

A hectic weekend of action has brought the battle for second place in the Castrol EDGE Rankings to the boil. Mark Webber has held the runner-up spot since September last year, but his three closest pursuers have all cut the gap as a result of events in the Monaco Grand Prix and on Rally Argentina.

Hamilton: Stewards accepted apology

May 30th, 2011

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Hamilton: Stewards accepted apology

Lewis Hamilton is confident that the Monaco Grand Prix stewards accepted his explanation of his outburst against their decisions at the end of yesterday’s race. In a BBC interview immediately after the event – in which he had been penalised for collisions with both Felipe Massa and Pastor Maldonado – Hamilton described the stewards’ decisions as a “frickin’ joke”, and when asked if he had an explanation for why he had received the punishments, sarcastically replied: “Maybe it’s because I’m black.

Manager bullish over Kubica’s progress

May 30th, 2011

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Manager bullish over Kubica’s progress

Robert Kubica’s manager Daniele Morelli has echoed Renault team boss Eric Boullier’s assertion that the Pole’s recovery is going well enough that he could race again this year.

Williams sure recovery has begun

May 30th, 2011

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Williams sure recovery has begun

Williams is showing signs of recovering from its early season slump after the team scored its first points of the season in Monaco on Sunday, according to Rubens Barrichello and Patrick Head. With the Brazilian finishing ninth in the street race, and his team-mate Pastor Maldonado running sixth in the late stages before he was taken out in an accident with Lewis Hamilton, Barrichello admitted that he was encouraged by the team’s performance