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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
    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.

Bacheta makes F2 move for 2012

January 20th, 2012

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Bacheta makes F2 move for 2012

Luciano Bacheta will embark upon a full Formula 2 campaign in 2012.

Yokohama to supply F2 tyres

January 12th, 2012

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Yokohama to supply F2 tyres

Yokohama has become the official tyre supplier for the FIA Formula 2 Championship.

Zanella ends Barcelona testing on top

December 14th, 2011

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Zanella ends Barcelona testing on top

2011 Formula 2 runner-up Christopher Zanella brought a successful season to a close by topping the second – and final – day of testing at Barcelona. The 22-year-old, a double race winner in this year’s championship, set his best time of 1m37.075s in the cooler morning conditions, and it remained unbeaten for the remainder of the day. Newcomer and German F3 graduate Markus Pommer came within 14 thousandths of deposing Zanella in the afternoon, but ultimately had to settle for second.

Monras quickest in Barcelona testing

December 13th, 2011

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Monras quickest in Barcelona testing

Miki Monras topped the opening day of Formula 2 winter testing at Barcelona on Tuesday. The 19-year-old Spaniard, who was fourth in this year’s championship, set the morning pace in 1m35.950s, which remained the benchmark for the rest of the day and was 0.142s quicker than another series regular, Mihai Marinescu. “I really enjoyed the test day,” said Monras.

McKenzie joins F2 test list

December 12th, 2011

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McKenzie joins F2 test list

Former British Formula 3 race winner Daniel McKenzie is among the additions to the line-up for this week’s Formula 2 test at Barcelona, which takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday. McKenzie raced in Formula Renault 3.5 with Comtec this year, but did not score any points

Malvern added to F2 test line-up

December 9th, 2011

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Malvern added to F2 test line-up

Scott Malvern is the latest driver to confirm his participation in next week’s Formula 2 test at Barcelona. Malvern, 22, has been awarded a place at the test as part of his prize for winning the British Formula Ford Championship this year, and is keen on a move into the series in 2012.

GP circuits for Formula 2 in 2012

December 7th, 2011

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GP circuits for Formula 2 in 2012

Formula 2 will visit five current grand prix venues in its fourth season of competition, after an eight-event calendar was approved by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. The 2012 schedule will also feature two new races, with the series set for maiden visits to Paul Ricard in July and the Hungaroring in September. It will open, as was the case this year, with Silverstone in April, before moving on to the Algarve – where F2 raced in 2010 – the Nurburgring, Spa-Francorchamps and Brands Hatch.

Fontana joins Barcelona F2 test

December 2nd, 2011

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Fontana joins Barcelona F2 test

Alex Fontana will take part in Formula 2′s official winter test at Barcelona later this month. The 19-year-old Swiss driver, who won the European F3 Open this year, has never driven an F2 car before “Formula Two is certainly one of my possible options for next year but we will have to see how the test goes,” Fontana said

Steele to test F2 car at Barcelona

December 1st, 2011

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Steele to test F2 car at Barcelona

British driver Aaron Steele will take part in the official Formula 2 test at Barcelona later this month. Steele, 22, a former McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award finalist, will test as part of his prize for winning the MSV F3 Cup this year

Bortolotti victorious in finale

October 30th, 2011

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Bortolotti victorious in finale

Mirko Bortolotti delivered a fitting finale to a crushing season by cruising to victory in the final Formula 2 race of the year in Barcelona. Once again no-one was able to live with the Italian’s consistency, and an advantage which had passed the two second mark on only the fourth lap was eventually extended to a winning margin of just over eight seconds

Bortolotti on pole for final race

October 30th, 2011

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Bortolotti on pole for final race

Mirko Bortolotti continued his imperious form at Barcelona to take pole position – his third straight and ninth of the season – for the final Formula 2 race of the year.

Bortolotti romps to race one win

October 29th, 2011

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Bortolotti romps to race one win

Mirko Bortolotti romped to his sixth win of the season with a lights to flag victory in the opening race at Barcelona. Only Miki Monras could live with Bortolotti, but even his challenge faded late on in the wake of the Italian’s punishing pace and consistency

Bortolotti on pole for race one

October 29th, 2011

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Bortolotti on pole for race one

Mirko Bortolotti secured his eighth pole position of the season with an inspired strategy in first qualifying at Barcelona. The Italian opted to sit out the opening minutes of qualifying, instead choosing to emerge on fresh rubber as the rest of the field headed to the pits for a tyre change. Bortolotti made full use of the resulting clean air, dropping down to a 1m37.874s which was unbeaten for the remainder of the session.

Hegewald tops second practice

October 28th, 2011

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Hegewald tops second practice

Tobias Hegewald edged out newly crowned champion Mirko Bortolotti to set the pace in mixed conditions in the second practice session in Barcelona.

Monras fastest in wet Barcelona FP1

October 28th, 2011

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Monras fastest in wet Barcelona FP1

Silverstone race-winner Miki Monras set the pace in first practice for the Formula 2 finale at Catalunya this weekend. The 19-year-old Spaniard made the most of the wet conditions to top the session by half a second with a of 2m02.568s, ahead of new champion Mirko Bortolotti and Jack Clarke. Early session pacesetter Mikkel Mac was fourth fastest ahead of Kelvin Snoeks, Tobias Hegewald and Benjamin Lariche

F2 announces two Spanish tests

October 20th, 2011

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F2 announces two Spanish tests

The Formula 2 championship has announced that two winter tests will be held before the end of the year in Spain. The series will visit Jerez on November 28-29 and then Barcelona on December 13-14 in an attempt to allow prospective drivers for the 2012 season to try out the Williams-built cars.

Bortolotti clinches F2 title with win

October 2nd, 2011

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Bortolotti clinches F2 title with win

Mirko Bortolotti won the 2011 Formula 2 Championship with a commanding victory in the second race of the weekend at Monza.

Marinescu claims maiden win

October 1st, 2011

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Marinescu claims maiden win

Mihai Marinescu claimed his first ever F2 win at Monza, while Mirko Bortolotti all but wrapped up the 2011 title by finishing runner-up. Starting from pole, the Romanian lost the lead to Alex Brundle on the run down to the first corner but retook it one lap later heading into Turn 1 and from then on was never seriously challenged. “I’ve done a lot of things differently since Austria, starting with the preparation for the weekend itself and then a different approach to the whole weekend,” Marinescu said.

Marinescu beats Brundle to pole

October 1st, 2011

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Marinescu beats Brundle to pole

Mihai Marinescu edged out Alex Brundle to secure his first pole position of the season at Monza. Having finished second fastest in both practice sessions, the Romanian built upon his strong opening to set a 1m40.071s, which was enough to earn him his best qualifying result of the year. “I’m very happy about it and very pleased that it’s happened right here at Monza which is a very special place for me,” Marinescu said.

Bortolotti stays on top in FP2

September 30th, 2011

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Bortolotti stays on top in FP2

Mirko Bortolotti kept up his impressive start to his home weekend at Monza by setting the pace once again in second practice.