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February 2012

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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
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    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.

Hulkenberg stays on top at Barcelona

February 22nd, 2012

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Hulkenberg stays on top at Barcelona

Nico Hulkenberg’s morning efforts were enough to ensure Force India topped the second day of pre-season testing. With the sun at its zenith in the afternoon, teams opted to pursue long-run programmes rather than chase outright times, and there was therefore little change to the morning’s order

Force India says F1 costs still too high

February 22nd, 2012

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Force India says F1 costs still too high

Formula 1 must do much more to bring down costs in the future, says Force India’s deputy team principal Robert Fernley, if the sport is to remain sustainable.

Campos Racing confirms 2012 line-up

February 22nd, 2012

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Campos Racing has signed Max Snegirev and Giuseppe Cipriani to race in the 2012 Auto GP World Series. Russian Snegirev and Italian Cipriani will join Argentinean Facu Regalia, who had already been announced earlier this year. Snegirev, 24, tested for the team at Estoril this week and moves to Auto GP from Formula 2

Hulkenberg sets early Barcelona pace

February 22nd, 2012

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Hulkenberg sets early Barcelona pace

Nico Hulkenberg put Force India on top of the timesheets on the second morning of pre-season testing at Barcelona, setting the fastest time of the week so far at the Catalan circuit. Tyre compounds proved decisive as the conditions improved on a morning also notable for the absence of Lotus – the team having elected to abandon the test after discovering chassis problems on the opening day . Hulkenberg had been near the front for the majority of the session, but he moved well clear in the final 30 minutes when he switched to Pirelli’s super soft compound and clocked a 1m22.608s

Jackson expects to fight for title

February 22nd, 2012

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Jackson expects to fight for title

British Touring Car race winner Mat Jackson believes he can fight for the 2012 title after being confirmed at Motorbase Performance for a third season.

Ricciardo upbeat about new Toro Rosso

February 22nd, 2012

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Ricciardo upbeat about new Toro Rosso

Daniel Ricciardo is confident Scuderia Toro Rosso has produced a car that will enable it to move up the order in 2012. After some positive early indications from the new STR7 during the first tests at Jerez and Barcelona, Ricciardo feels that the team can achieve its ambition of finishing in the top seven teams this year

New Honda gets maiden test run

February 22nd, 2012

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New Honda gets maiden test run

Honda’s new Civic British Touring Car hit the track for the first time at Brands Hatch on Tuesday. Defending champion Matt Neal, who will again be partnered at the Team Dynamics-run Honda Racing squad by Gordon Shedden this year, completed around 50 laps of the Indy circuit in the NGTC-spec machine, which is, like its predecessor, powered by a Neil Brown-prepared turbo engine. Team principal Steve Neal told AUTOSPORT: “It was more of a shakedown than a proper test.

Brawn: Teams will regret FOTA split

February 22nd, 2012

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Brawn: Teams will regret FOTA split

Ross Brawn believes the decision by four of his rivals to quit the Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA) was short-sighted, and fears all the sport’s competitors may live to regret it. With Ferrari, Red Bull Racing, Sauber and Scuderia Toro Rosso all having quit FOTA in the wake of ongoing wrangling over a Resource Restriction Agreement, there have been questions raised about the future of the organisation. However, the remaining members of FOTA are wholly committed to it, and Brawn says he hopes that circumstances do not play out – such as in imminent talks over a new Concorde Agreement – where teams wish they had stuck together.

Smith joins Motorbase line-up

February 22nd, 2012

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Smith joins Motorbase line-up

British Touring Car squad Motorbase Performance has signed Aron Smith to complete its three-car line-up for this season. Smith, who made his BTCC debut with Triple Eight Engineering at Knockhill last year, will drive alongside Motorbase regulars Mat Jackson and Liam Griffin.

Muller on top at Estoril test

February 21st, 2012

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Muller on top at Estoril test

Nico Muller topped the timesheets for Trident Racing on the opening day of GP3 testing at Estoril on Tuesday. The 19-year-old Swiss, who has yet to secure a race deal for the coming season, lapped the Portuguese circuit in 1m31.285s with just 15 minutes of the afternoon session remaining, knocking Mitch Evans off the top spot by just 0.015s. Evans had set the fastest time during the morning session, despite the MW Arden driver completing only seven laps before the lunch break.

Vettel impressed by McLaren pace

February 21st, 2012

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Vettel impressed by McLaren pace

Sebastian Vettel has singled out McLaren as the rival team that he thinks is in the best shape at the start of the second pre-season test at Barcelona in Spain. The double world champion made clear that while it is still too early to divine a pecking order from what had taken place so far in testing, he felt that McLaren appeared to have got an early handle on its MP4-27. “I think McLaren looked very strong today,” Vettel told reporters after ending the session fastest of all with a time of 1m23.265s – some 0.3s quicker than Hamilton managed

Analysis: What’s wrong with the Lotus

February 21st, 2012

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Analysis: What’s wrong with the Lotus

AUTOSPORT’s technical correspondent Gary Anderson suspects that an engine mount problem could be behind Lotus’s decision to abandon the Barcelona test.

Senna: Work needed on slower corners

February 21st, 2012

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Senna: Work needed on slower corners

Bruno Senna believes Williams has to improve its consistency on slow corners following his first day of testing at Barcelona.

Brawn: Red Bull still the team to beat

February 21st, 2012

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Brawn: Red Bull still the team to beat

Red Bull will still be the team to beat in 2012 – that is the view of Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn, whose team publicly unveiled its new W03 challenger to the world at the beginning of the first day’s testing at Barcelona. Brawn insisted that it was still too early to say whether the new car will move Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg closer to the front of the field this season, but said that he expected Red Bull to be there whatever the order.

Gronholm confirms GRC presence

February 21st, 2012

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Gronholm confirms GRC presence

Double World Rally Champion Marcus Gronholm has been confirmed alongside British driver David Binks as part of a two-car Best Buy Racing team in the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship. Gronholm, who won three GRC rounds last season, will drive a Ford Fiesta prepared by Olsbergs Motor Sport Evolution on every round of this year’s series

Lotus pulls out of Barcelona test

February 21st, 2012

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Lotus pulls out of Barcelona test

Lotus has pulled out of the Barcelona test with immediate effect as a result of the problems it encountered with its chassis this morning. The team has decided to abandon running in order to fully understand the problem with the chassis that manifested itself on chassis 2, which ran for the first time today.

Schumacher pleased with car potential

February 21st, 2012

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Schumacher pleased with car potential

Michael Schumacher is positive about the potential of the new Mercedes W03 after his first day of public running on Tuesday.

Hulkenberg surprised by car balance

February 21st, 2012

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Hulkenberg surprised by car balance

Nico Hulkenberg has been pleasantly surprised how well-balanced his new Force India has felt around the Barcelona circuit, after an encouraging first day’s running this week.

Monster reveals Block’s liveries

February 21st, 2012

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Monster reveals Block’s liveries

Monster World Rally Team has released pictures of two of the three cars which will be used in Ken Block’s motorsport programme this season. The two cars pictured will be used on selected North American rallies – starting with this week’s 100 Acre Wood Rally America round in Missouri

Vettel quickest on first day at Barcelona

February 21st, 2012

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Vettel quickest on first day at Barcelona

Sebastian Vettel put Red Bull on top of the first day of pre-season testing at Barcelona. The German had risen to the top of the timesheets shortly before lunch, displacing compatriot and Force India pilot Nico Hulkenberg. With warmer track conditions not as conducive to chasing times, many teams opted for longer run programmes, but Vettel was able to slightly better his time to end the day with a 1m23.265s