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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.
  • David Ifeguni
    Contributing Writer
    I was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1988 and moved to Midland, Michigan when I was two years old. I stayed there until third grade when I moved to Farmington Hills, Michigan and now I currently live in Naperville, IL where I'm attending Metea Valley High School as a 9th grader. In the past, I have participated in soccer and this year I plan on joining swimming or water polo. My family includes my 15 year old sister, a 7 year old sister and my mom and dad. I have been writing since 6th grade and have participated in many writing contests in my school and have received several awards for writing.
    My fascination for motorsports began when I was nine. The first NASCAR race I watched on TV was the 2009 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, won by Kasey Kahne. My favorite NASCAR drivers are Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr, and Jimmie Johnson. I have watched all the races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series since 2010. I currently have three wins on iRacing, two of them in the Nationwide car at Daytona and one in the Street stocks at Charlotte. My favorite car and type of track on iRacing is the Nationwide Series (B Class) car and superspeedways.
  • Katier Scott
    Contributing Writer
    I am a veteran sim racer who first started racing way back in 1993 on the SPRTSIMS section of Compuserve with a league who can trace themselves all the way to the present. Within that league I act as Chief Steward and try to bring the unique viewpoint that this experience gives me into my articles.
    I have a BA (Hons) in Journalism and Editorial design and have been writing for seven years and currently cover the Lotus 79 CTC and Radical series alongside my freelance work. Living in the UK, as well as motorsports I love Photography, Arts and Crafts and reading.
  • Dylan Sharman
    Contributing Writer
    I was born in Adelaide and we moved-out for Angle Vale for a few years until I was about 7 years old, when we moved to the Barossa Valley where I live now. I'm 19 years old and currently traveling back and forth weekly as I'm studying for a Diploma of Furniture Design and Technology.

    I've always had a love for racing as my close family did some racing and we were always out at the local dirt track. I joined iRacing back in 2010 and slowly but surely got the hang of it as this is my first experience with sim racing and am loving it each time I race. I've won two SK Modified titles (almost had three in a row but finished P2 in 2011 S4), an inRacingNews Challenge championship (2012 S1 Mazda) and was also an AustralAsian Intel GT Series Finalist.
  • Nathan Aljoe
    Contributing Writer
    Nathan's passion for motorsport first began in the late 1980s, captivated by the season in which Aryton Senna won his first F1 title with McLaren. Over the years his interest widened to include the British Touring Car Championship, World Rally Championship, NASCAR and various other forms of motorsport. Nathan began sim-racing in the mid 1990s using games developed by Papyrus. He later moved onto SimBim simulations such as GTR, GTR2 and GTR Evolution and has most recently joined the iRacing community.

    When he's not working or sim racing, Nathan enjoys spending time and relaxing with his family. Other hobbies include going to festivals, tinkering with his car and doing up his house.
  • Austin Hartenfels
    Contributing Writer
    Born and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia, I have always had a serious passion for cars and motorsports. Hoping one day to become an automotive journalist for a magazine, I constantly crave the exciting competition that comes along with racing and sim-racing. Having participated in a mere test session in a Legends car at Old Dominion Speedway, I have not been able to get into any real-life competition . . . yet.

    As a sim racer, my interests date back to "GTR Evolution." My goal is to have fun and win some races. I made it to Oval Pro in 2010, but did not become very successful. I enjoy any mixed road racing competition and love racing the Silverados around almost any track.
  • Jordan Hightower
    Contributing Writer
    Jordan began sim-racing in 2005 with the NASCAR Racing 2003 Season sim and then joined the iRacing community in June of 2008. He hails from Fort Smith, Arkansas where he is currently enrolled at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith, after which he plans to attend the University of Arkansas to earn his MBA. Although he enjoys watching and playing basketball, most of Jordan's focus is on motorsports, particularly NASCAR: "Anything that burns gas and goes fast, I like."
  • Scott Kelly
    Contributing Writer
    Born and raised in the greater St. Louis, Missouri area, Scott Kelly has had a love for motorsports ever since his father did the right thing by introducing auto racing into his life. No longer able to quench his need for speed by spectating NASCAR races on TV and watching dirt track stars slide around local tracks, Kelly eventually picked-up sim racing in his teens, wheeling cars found in Ratbag Games' "Dirt Track Racing" and "World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars" while also becoming introduced into multiple Papyrus sim-racing series. Joining the iRacing ranks in late 2011, Kelly set his sights on the short track racing he was familiar with, focusing on the sprint car, while also driving the Legends and street stock in multiple iRacing.com leagues.

    Kelly brings not just his enthusiasm for racing to the highest-rated motorsports simulation, but also his B.A. degree in English; he covers the action seen in the iRacing.com Sprint Car Series, while also placing the spotlight on various leagues within the service. Enjoying his start to a career in motorsports journalism, Kelly also doesn't mind visiting victory lane from time-to-time.
  • Kenneth O'Keefe
    Contributing Writer
    Kenneth was born in Smithville, Ontario on December 23, 1994. A major racing fan, he enjoys competitive kart racing in the Rotax Max category at Mosport International Karting. Kenneth also tunes into Formula One and NASCAR races on those Sundays when he is not at the kart track.

    O'Keefe has been sim-racing since 2005, starting on the Live For Speed simulator. After moving to iRacing in 2008, he was able to qualify for the NASCAR iRacing Pro Series (NiPS) in both 2011 and 2012. He will continue to compete and write about the iRacing.com Skip Barber Series throughout the coming year before taking another run at the NiPS in late 2013.
  • Chris Owens
    Contributing Writer
    I was born in Florence, South Carolina in 1989 and have lived here my entire life. I've been around racing since I was a young kid watching with my dad on Sundays. In 2009 and found my local track, Florence Motor Speedway and started working for them as a PR guy the same year. At the end of that season, I started writing for RACE22.com, a Late Model Stock Car news site. In 2010, I picked up my first DSLR camera and started shooting races. To this day, I've experienced some of the best races from behind the camera.

    I've been with the iRacing service since its public beta in 2008, back when the top oval car was the Late Model. I've been in over 500 races on the service with 70+ wins on both oval and road. My favorite car on the service is the Chevrolet Silverado. Darlington Raceway and Concord Speedway are my favorite tracks simply because everybody hates them.
  • George Wood
    Contributing Writer
    After beginning his racing career with go-karts at age seven, George then turned wrenches on street stocks until he could finally turn the wheel. Following the successes of his friends and family, George has since retired from real-world racing, where he is now a science and mathematics faculty member for several local community colleges. When George isn't grading laboratory reports or iRacing, he is performing at bluegrass festivals in the Northeast, making fishing lures, playing golf, and rooting for his beloved Baltimore Orioles.

Massa says new chassis feels better

March 23rd, 2012

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Massa says new chassis feels better

Felipe Massa is convinced that his change of chassis for this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix has had a positive effect after the first day of free practice. Ferrari gave the Brazilian a new chassis for this weekend after Massa complained of his car feeling very strange during the Australian GP weekend. And after taking to the track at Sepang, he said he felt much happier with the F2012.

Grosjean tips Valsecchi for title fight

March 23rd, 2012

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Grosjean tips Valsecchi for title fight

Reigning GP2 champion Romain Grosjean has tipped his successor at the DAMS team, Davide Valsecchi, to fight for this year’s title.

Raikkonen frustrated by troubled Friday

March 23rd, 2012

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Raikkonen frustrated by troubled Friday

Kimi Raikkonen says his Lotus team has work to do overnight in Malaysia after a frustrating day of free practice at Sepang. Both Raikkonen and team-mate Romain Grosjean were comfortably in the top 10 in the first session of the day, but the Finn was only 15th in the afternoon with Grosjean dropping to ninth as the team struggled with tyre management.

Malaysia Friday quotes: Caterham

March 23rd, 2012

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Heikki Kovalainen – 21st: “I think today proved what we suspected, that managing tyre degradation is going to be critical to performance on Sunday. This morning we tried a couple of setup options that didn’t really work too well but we made some changes over lunch and straight away this afternoon the car felt better. I had more grip and was able to manage the tyres well over the second run we did so I think we’ve found some improvements where we wanted to today and have a base to work on tonight.” Vitaly Petrov – 19th: “We worked through the normal Friday runplans and for me it was a pretty good day.

Red Bull wants more wing talks

March 23rd, 2012

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Red Bull wants more wing talks

Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner believes that rival teams still want further clarification on the legality on the rear wing being used by Mercedes. Despite confirmation from the FIA that the DRS activated F-duct device on the F1 W03 is legal , Horner said at Sepang today that he and other team bosses are still looking to “resolve” the matter.

Malaysia Friday quotes: Marussia

March 23rd, 2012

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Timo Glock – 20th: “Today has been a pretty good day for us I have to say. This is one of the toughest Fridays of the season for the whole team and they did a great job. Our programme meant we had to do a lot of work on the car and the guys were constantly on the ‘go’.

Red Bull against FIA policing of RRA

March 23rd, 2012

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Red Bull against FIA policing of RRA

Red Bull boss Christian Horner believes it would be wrong for Formula 1 to have the FIA policing the Resource Restriction Agreement. As reported by AUTOSPORT last week , most Formula 1 teams signed a letter to FIA president Jean Todt asking the ruling body to step in following the breakdown of talks between the top teams on the future of the RRA

Ferrari says it has confidence in Massa

March 23rd, 2012

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Ferrari says it has confidence in Massa

Stefano Domenicali is confident that both Felipe Massa and Ferrari can find improve after troubled starts to 2012. Amid speculation over Felipe Massa’s seat at the team – following poor performances in 2011 and in Australia last weekend – Domenicali said it was important to retain confidence in the Brazilian. He explained that Alonso and Massa had been on different programmes in second practice, the primary reason why they were more than a second and 10 places apart at the session’s close.

Valsecchi starts GP2 2012 with pole

March 23rd, 2012

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Valsecchi starts GP2 2012 with pole

Davide Valsecchi took pole position for the GP2 season opener in Malaysia as DAMS picked up where it left off with Romain Grosjean in 2011. The Italian, who has taken the seat vacated by reigning champion Grosjean following the Frenchman’s graduation to Formula 1, moved to the lead of the times early in the session and was never headed. His position at the top came under threat from Arden’s Luiz Razia in the closing stages, but the Brazilian came across the line 0.060 seconds shy of pole after being delayed by Fabrizio Crestani in the final corner.

Mercedes downplays pole aspirations

March 23rd, 2012

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Mercedes downplays pole aspirations

Mercedes duo Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg believe pole position will be out of their reach in Malaysia despite finishing inside the top four in second practice. The pair also said it is still too early to assess their car’s long-run performance despite devoting much of second practice to working on race pace. The Sepang circuit’s long straights is expected to play to Mercedes’s strengths – an belief borne out as Schumacher finished second and Rosberg fourth in second practice

Malaysian GP in quotes

March 23rd, 2012

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New for this year, AUTOSPORT’s grand prix in quotes collects all the press release comments from the drivers and teams through the race weekend, so you now have a one-stop place to come and find out what all the players are saying, when they’re saying it. Thursday previews Red Bull – quotes McLaren – quotes Ferrari – quotes Mercedes – quotes Lotus – quotes Force India – quotes Sauber – quotes Toro Rosso – quotes Williams – quotes Caterham – quotes HRT – quotes Marussia – quotes Pre-weekend press conference Friday quotes Red Bull – quotes McLaren – quotes Ferrari – quotes Mercedes – quotes Lotus – quotes Force India – quotes Sauber – quotes Toro Rosso – quotes Williams – quotes Caterham – quotes HRT – quotes Marussia – quotes Pirelli – quotes FIA Press conference Saturday quotes Red Bull – quotes McLaren – quotes Ferrari – quotes Mercedes – quotes Lotus – quotes Force India – quotes Sauber – quotes Toro Rosso – quotes Williams – quotes Caterham – quotes HRT – quotes Marussia – quotes Pirelli – quotes FIA press conference Sunday quotes Red Bull – quotes McLaren – quotes Ferrari – quotes Mercedes – quotes Lotus – quotes Force India – quotes Sauber – quotes Toro Rosso – quotes Williams – quotes Caterham – quotes HRT – quotes Marussia – quotes Pirelli – quotes FIA press conference

Vettel: Red Bull closer on race pace

March 23rd, 2012

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Vettel: Red Bull closer on race pace

World champion Sebastian Vettel believes Red Bull may be closer to McLaren in terms of race pace in this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix. The German, however, admitted he was not entirely pleased with his car yet after finishing down in 10th position in this afternoon’s practice at Sepang

Hamilton stays on top in second practice

March 23rd, 2012

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Hamilton stays on top in second practice

Lewis Hamilton completed a perfect day’s work as he continued to lead the way after the second free practice session at Sepang on Friday. The 2008 world champion appeared to have put the disappointment of Melbourne behind him as he ended the day more than 0.3s ahead of the chasing pack, his leading pursuers Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button. Hamilton dominated for much of the session as the two McLarens and the two Mercedes vied at the top of the times.

Yamaha: MotoGP future tensions easing

March 23rd, 2012

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Yamaha racing boss Lin Jarvis says the MotoGP manufacturers and commercial rights-holder Carmelo Ezpeleta are now finding more common ground over the future shape of the world championship. There have been tensions over the rules for 2013 and beyond in recent months, with the manufacturers sceptical about Ezpeleta’s Claiming Rule Teams system and reportedly offering a commitment to provide cheaper customer MotoGP bikes as an alternative. But Jarvis said the impasse between the two factions was easing.

Palmer fastest in first GP2 practice

March 23rd, 2012

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Jolyon Palmer set the pace in the opening practice session for the 2012 GP2 Series at Sepang, ahead of Davide Valsecchi and Max Chilton. The Briton, driving for the iSport International squad this season, set his 1m46.678s best time two thirds of the way through the 30 minute session on the medium compound Pirelli tyres.

Lorenzo happy to spend career at Yamaha

March 23rd, 2012

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Jorge Lorenzo says he would be happy to spend his entire MotoGP career at Yamaha – but admits that it needs to deliver a more competitive bike in 2012. The 2010 MotoGP title-winner has only driven for the works Yamaha team in MotoGP so far, stepping up to its second seat alongside Valentino Rossi in 2008 after winning two 250cc championships.

Sauber not expecting to lose Perez

March 23rd, 2012

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Sauber not expecting to lose Perez

Sauber is not concerned about fresh speculation linking its driver Sergio Perez with a move to Ferrari – perhaps as soon as this year. With Felipe Massa’s early-season struggles already placing question marks about his future, and Perez being part of Ferrari’s young driver programme, it is logical to suggest that the Mexican would be a target if the Italian team decided it needed to change its drivers.

Mercedes queries Renault engine maps

March 23rd, 2012

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Mercedes queries Renault engine maps

Mercedes-Benz has sought clarification from the FIA on the behaviour of Red Bull Racing’s Renault engines – amid suspicions that the reigning champion could be doing something trick with its mapping. AUTOSPORT understands that Mercedes-Benz has presented the FIA with audio analysis of Red Bull Racing’s car on track – which has led it to believe the team may be cutting more cylinders than is allowed when the drivers are off throttle. Under the current regulations, teams can cut up to four cylinders on engine over-run used when the cars are slowing down

Hamilton quickest in first practice

March 23rd, 2012

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Hamilton quickest in first practice

Lewis Hamilton continued McLaren’s strong form by setting the fastest time in the opening free practice session ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang. The Briton topped the morning by half a second over world champion Sebastian Vettel’s Red Bull, with the two Mercedes next up. Melbourne winner Jenson Button was hampered by an oil leak and was back in ninth for McLaren.

Spies: 1000cc will suit me better

March 23rd, 2012

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Ben Spies believes the change to 1000cc bikes in MotoGP this year will help him be “better in every way” than he was in 2011. The American took his maiden MotoGP race win at Assen in his first season on the factory Yamaha, but ended the campaign 84 points behind team-mate Jorge Lorenzo as he took fifth in the standings.