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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.

Zanardi eyes Daytona 24 Hours bid

January 31st, 2012

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Zanardi eyes Daytona 24 Hours bid

Alex Zanardi says he is keen to contest next year’s Daytona 24 Hours. The idea of the Italian competing in the round-the-clock race was first mooted in 2006, with Zanardi proposing the idea to leading Grand-Am team boss Chip Ganassi, with whom Zanardi won two Champ Car crowns in 1997 and ’98. Zanardi said the Daytona plan was resurrected when he attended the team’s 22nd birthday celebrations in Minneapolis

Lotus reshuffles management team

January 31st, 2012

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Lotus reshuffles management team

Lotus has boosted its management structure with the appointment of Thomas Mayer as its new chief operating officer. Mayer will take the position previously held by Patrick Louis, who steps up to the role of chief executive officer

Rossi: New Ducati a big improvement

January 31st, 2012

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Rossi: New Ducati a big improvement

Valentino Rossi believes Ducati has taken a big step forward with its 2012 bike after an encouraging first day of testing at Sepang. Following Ducati’s tough 2011 season, team boss Vito Guareschi had said that he would be satisfied just to get the GP12 within a second of the pace in the Malaysian tests this week, but Rossi was 0.7 seconds off pacesetter Jorge Lorenzo’s Yamaha on day one – and felt significant improvements had been made to the bike

Williams announces FW34 unveiling

January 31st, 2012

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Williams announces FW34 unveiling

Williams has announced that it will unveil its 2012 Formula 1 car – the FW34 – shortly before the start of pre-season testing at Jerez on 7 February. The team will not hold a formal launch event, instead taking the wraps off the car in a pitlane photocall just before the winter running commences

WRC Academy to continue for 2012

January 31st, 2012

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WRC Academy to continue for 2012

The FIA has confirmed the World Rally Championship Academy Cup will go ahead as planned this season – with M-Sport offering a full 2013 WRC season as a prize to the winner. There had been concerns for the WRC’s support series following the loss of promoter North One Sport earlier this month, but the governing body has confirmed a six-round Academy will begin on the Rally of Portugal in March.

Sutil ‘will take time’ after sentencing

January 31st, 2012

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Sutil ‘will take time’ after sentencing

Adrian Sutil says he will take time to reflect and consider his next career move after receiving a suspended sentence for assaulting Lotus team co-owner Eric Lux. Sutil was given an 18-month suspended sentence and a 200,000 euro fine – which will be given to charity – for injuring Lux in an incident in a Shanghai nightclub following last year’s Chinese Grand Prix. The 29-year-old German does not currently have a Formula 1 seat for 2012, having been replaced at Force India by Nico Hulkenberg and seen Bruno Senna taking the last major vacancy at Williams.

Lotus to badge LMP2 programme

January 31st, 2012

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Lotus to badge LMP2 programme

Lotus has confirmed that it will back Colin Kolles’ team’s World Endurance Championship LMP2 programme, as revealed by last week’s AUTOSPORT magazine . The Kolles-run Kodewa squad will campaign two Lola B12/80s under the Lotus title, with Lotus-badged V8s from Engine Developments, which is also building the sportscar-maker’s IndyCar engine. Lotus’s motorsport director Claudio Berro said the partnership was an ideal way for the group to take a step up the endurance racing ladder after returning to the GT class with the Evora last year.

Lorenzo ecstatic with start to testing

January 31st, 2012

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Lorenzo ecstatic with start to testing

Jorge Lorenzo was delighted to commence his 2012 MotoGP campaign with the fastest time on the opening day of pre-season testing at Sepang – particularly as it marked the first time he had been on track since suffering a severe hand injury at Philip Island last October. The Yamaha number one was quickest by 0.3 seconds over Honda’s Dani Pedrosa in Malaysia today, while Pedrosa’s reigning champion team-mate Casey Stoner was sidelined with back pain after injuring himself as he warmed up to go out. Lorenzo needed reconstructive surgery on a finger after his crash in Australia, and had sat out the last three grands prix of 2011 plus post-season testing, so to be quickest on his comeback today was particularly satisfying.

Argentina off WTCC calendar

January 31st, 2012

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Argentina off WTCC calendar

The World Touring Car Championship has amended its 2012 calendar, dropping Argentina’s provisional round, scheduled for July 8, and replacing it with an event in Europe on April 29.

Stoner hopes to make up for lost time

January 31st, 2012

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Stoner hopes to make up for lost time

Casey Stoner is optimistic that having to sit out the first day of Sepang testing with back pain will not prove too costly. The reigning MotoGP champion missed all of today’s session in Malaysia – the opening day of 2012 pre-season preparations – having pulled back muscles while warming up.

Toro Rosso reveal set for 6 February

January 31st, 2012

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Toro Rosso reveal set for 6 February

Scuderia Toro Rosso will unveil its new 2012 car on February 6, the evening before its first test at Jerez in Spain next week. The STR7 is set to run for the first time on February 7, but the team has announced that it will pull the covers off the car in the Jerez pitlane on the day before. Daniel Ricciardo is set to give the new car its debut test outing, with the team also confirming on Monday that oil giant CEPSA will continue its sponsorship deal into this season

Sutil given suspended sentence

January 31st, 2012

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Sutil given suspended sentence

Adrian Sutil has been given an 18-month suspended sentence after being found guilty of bodily harm against Lotus team co-owner Eric Lux.

McLaren set for new car legality fight

January 31st, 2012

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McLaren set for new car legality fight

McLaren is bracing itself for a battle over the legality of its new MP4-27, AUTOSPORT can reveal. According to McLaren Applied Technologies managing director Geoff McGrath, the new car, which is launched tomorrow, will feature obvious design innovations which could potentially attract protests from rivals. These are the result of the team’s aim to be less conservative in the interpretation of the Formula 1 regulations than it has been in previous years

Lorenzo fastest as Stoner misses test

January 31st, 2012

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Jorge Lorenzo marked his return to the track after last year’s injury with the fastest time in the first pre-season MotoGP test at Sepang, while reigning champion Casey Stoner sat out the session with back pain. Stoner aggravated an old back injury while warming up before going out this morning

Barrichello keen on IndyCar move

January 31st, 2012

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Barrichello keen on IndyCar move

Rubens Barrichello is considering racing in the IndyCar Series following his maiden test run with KV Racing on Monday. The Formula 1 veteran completed 94 laps of the Sebring short course on the first day of a test, and he said that he now has to seriously consider if he wants to be on the grid for the IndyCar season opener in St Petersburg on March 25. “If you go purely from joy, it wouldn’t be a problem,” said the 39-year-old

Dalziel: Second hard to take

January 30th, 2012

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Dalziel: Second hard to take

Ryan Dalziel said it was “hard to take” finishing in second position at the Daytona 24 Hours after being on course to win for so much of the race. The 29-year-old Briton, who was bidding to add to his victory at the 2010 event, put his Starworks Riley-Ford on pole position and led large parts of the race with help from his co-drivers Allan McNish, Lucas Luhr, Enzo Potolicchio and Alex Popow. But a major trip through the dirt for Luhr dropped the car off the lead lap during the second half of the event and left the team relying on clever strategy around the caution periods to get back into a threatening position.

Rankings: Daytona win boosts Wilson

January 30th, 2012

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Rankings: Daytona win boosts Wilson

Justin Wilson made a glorious comeback from injury with a share of victory in the Daytona 24 Hours, and in the process ended a four-month slide down the Castrol EDGE Rankings. The Briton had not raced since suffering a compression fracture of his fifth vertebrae when he ran wide and over off-field bumps during an IndyCar practice session at Mid-Ohio last August. His injury resulted in a four month lay-off, half of which he spent wearing a back brace and being banned from exercise

Frijns graduates to FR3.5 with Fortec

January 30th, 2012

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Frijns graduates to FR3.5 with Fortec

Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup champion Robin Frijns will graduate to Formula Renault 3.5 with Fortec Motorsport. The Dutchman earned a 500,000 Euro scholarship for his 2011 championship success. Frijns tested with Fortec’s outgoing FR3.5 car at Motorland Aragon during the final test of 2011

McLaren dismisses PURE rumours

January 30th, 2012

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McLaren dismisses PURE rumours

McLaren has dismissed speculation that it is considering a tie-up with Craig Pollock’s PURE engine company in the future. The Woking-based team has been the subject of rumours for months that it could opt to change engine partners when Formula 1 switches to V6-turbo power-units from 2014. Although the team said last November that it was fully focused on ensuring future success with Mercedes-Benz, amid rumours linking it with Honda at the time, that has not stopped a number of reports in recent days suggesting that Pure is now being considered.

Barrichello makes IndyCar test debut

January 30th, 2012

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Barrichello makes IndyCar test debut

Rubens Barrichello got his first taste of an Indycar at Sebring on Monday as the Brazilian began his two-day test programme with KV Racing. The F1 veteran, whose last hope of racing in Formula 1 this year was dashed when Williams opted to sign Bruno Senna instead, took up the invite to try out an Indycar after conversations with close friend Tony Kanaan. Barrichello has no commitments beyond this week’s outing, but told a Brazilian newspaper over the weekend that a switch to the category could be a possibility.