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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.

Sky to show live GP2 and GP3

February 3rd, 2012

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Sky to show live GP2 and GP3

British broadcaster Sky Sports will show live coverage of all GP2 and GP3 races on its new-for-2012 F1 HD channel. Starting with the GP2 opener at Sepang on March 24-25, Sky will show both the feature and sprint races live featuring FOM’s world-feed commentary. The channel will also show coverage, analysis and discussion of the races in its weekly magazine show, presented by Georgie Thompson and Ted Kravitz

Kral completes Addax’s 2012 line-up

February 3rd, 2012

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Kral completes Addax’s 2012 line-up

Josef Kral will complete the Barwa Addax team line-up for the 2012 GP2 season, the Spanish squad announced on Friday. Kral finished in 15th position in last year’s championship with the Arden team, scoring 15 points including two podiums. The 21-year-old Czech driver will partner Johnny Cecotto during the 2012 season.

Cecotto switches to Addax

January 20th, 2012

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Cecotto switches to Addax

Johnny Cecotto Jr will move to Addax, the 2011 GP2 team champion, for this year’s campaign. Cecotto, who tested for Force India during Formula 1′s young driver tests at the end of 2011, has contested two full-seasons of GP2 – racing with Trident in 2010 and Ocean Racing last year. The Venezuelan said he hopes the switch to Addax will allow him to fight for the title in 2012

Valsecchi joins DAMS for 2012

January 19th, 2012

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Valsecchi joins DAMS for 2012

Former GP2 Asia champion Davide Valsecchi will move to DAMS – the team that took Romain Grosjean to the 2011 GP2 title – this season.

Trummer steps up to GP2 with Arden

January 13th, 2012

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Trummer steps up to GP2 with Arden

Simon Trummer will remain with Arden International this year as he steps up from GP3 to GP2 with the team. Trummer, 22, finished 18th in GP3 last year under the team’s MW Arden banner, a fourth placed finish at the Monza finale being the Swiss driver’s best result. He made his GP2 debut with Arden at the non-championship Abu Dhabi Grand Prix support event last November, and will now tackle the full series with the British squad.

ART rebrands as Lotus GP

January 10th, 2012

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ART rebrands as Lotus GP

Leading GP2 and GP3 team ART will rebrand as Lotus GP from 2012, as it intensifies its relationship with the sportscar constructor. Lotus became ART’s title sponsor last year, with the squad’s cars running in green and yellow livery.

Coloni signs Coletti and Onidi

January 9th, 2012

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Coloni signs Coletti and Onidi

Scuderia Coloni has signed Stefano Coletti and Fabio Onidi for the 2012 GP2 season, the team has announced.

DAMS: Grosjean proved team’s quality

January 1st, 2012

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DAMS: Grosjean proved team’s quality

DAMS team boss Jean Paul Driot believes that it took his team so long to win the GP2 championship because he has never wanted to take a risk on an under-funded driver. New Lotus-Renault Formula 1 signing Romain Grosjean dominated the 2011 GP2 season for DAMS, giving the French squad its first main series title since the category began in 2005. Driot feels that his team has always been capable of fighting for the championship, but it has always taken drivers with a budget to avoid any risk of financial troubles.

Rapax: Young driver line-up cost us

December 29th, 2011

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Rapax: Young driver line-up cost us

Former GP2 championship-winning team Rapax believes that its decision to take an inexperienced line-up in 2011 led to its fall down the grid. The Italian team won the championship in 2010 with Pastor Maldonado, who then graduated to Formula 1 with Williams.

Palmer switches to iSport for 2012

December 23rd, 2011

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Palmer switches to iSport for 2012

Jolyon Palmer will switch to iSport International for his second year of GP2 competition in 2012.

Leal joins Trident for 2012 GP2 season

December 20th, 2011

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Leal joins Trident for 2012 GP2 season

Julian Leal will compete with the Trident Racing team in the 2012 GP2 series, the outfit has announced. The Colombian will join Stephane Richelmi to form the driver line-up for the Italian squad in the 2012 championship. Leal, 21, raced with the team in the final GP2 event of the year in Abu Dhabi last month

GP2 announces expanded calendar

December 16th, 2011

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GP2 announces expanded calendar

GP2 will make its debut on the Singapore street circuit as part of its expanded 2012 calendar. With the championship dropping its winter Asia series in favour of adding more non-European rounds to the main schedule, the 2012 GP2 calendar will feature a record 24 races across 12 events. The season kicks off as part of the Malaysian Grand Prix bill – the first time that the main GP2 series has raced at former GP2 Asia venue Sepang – before back to back events at Sakhir, the first supporting the Bahrain GP, the second a standalone meeting one week later

Melker to race with Ocean in 2012

December 14th, 2011

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Melker to race with Ocean in 2012

Nigel Melker will race in the GP2 series full time with the Ocean Racing team next year, the Dutch driver has announced. Melker made his GP2 debut this year with DAMS, when he raced in the non-championship event in Abu Dhabi

Trident signs Richelmi for GP2 2012

December 12th, 2011

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Trident signs Richelmi for GP2 2012

Trident Racing has announced that Stephane Richelmi will return for the 2012 GP2 season after driving for the team in the 2011 championship finale at Monza and the standalone Abu Dhabi event. The 21-year-old from Monaco raced in Formula Renault 3.5 with Draco this year and had joined GP2 late in the season as a stand-in for the injured Stefano Coletti.

AirAsia team becomes Caterham

November 27th, 2011

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AirAsia team becomes Caterham

Tony Fernandes’ GP2 team will officially become Caterham Racing next year as part of the rebranding associated with his Formula 1 team’s name switch. With the Lotus brand transferring to the current Renault F1 team in 2012 after the end of the row over its use, the present Team Lotus F1 outfit will become Team Caterham, and all associated businesses will also be brought under the Caterham title umbrella.

Coloni wants Coletti to lead line-up

November 25th, 2011

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Coloni wants Coletti to lead line-up

Scuderia Coloni has targeted signing GP2 race-winner Stefano Coletti to lead its 2012 driver line-up. The Italian team enjoyed a stunning second half to the 2011 season, as it propelled veteran driver Luca Filippi to second in the championship behind Romain Grosjean

Pirelli prize goes to Calado

November 13th, 2011

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Pirelli prize goes to Calado

James Calado, who claimed victory in the Abu Dhabi sprint race on his GP2 debut, has been presented with a cheque for 15,000 euros by Pirelli for winning the tyre manufacturer’s GP3 Award. Pirelli, which supplies tyres for both series, put up a the prize for the best GP3 graduate competing in this weekend’s non-championship GP2 event.

Calado wins on first GP2 weekend

November 13th, 2011

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Calado wins on first GP2 weekend

James Calado crowned his debut weekend in GP2 with victory for ART in the Abu Dhabi sprint race. This year’s GP3 runner-up started from reversed grid pole position for the second race of the non-championship event after finishing eighth in yesterday’s feature race, and kept the lead at the start, opening a 1.1 second gap over Antonio Felix da Costa (Ocean) on the first lap.

Trummer sent to back of grid

November 12th, 2011

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Trummer sent to back of grid

Simon Trummer will start the second Yas Marina GP2 race from the back of the grid after being blamed for a collision during Saturday’s opener. The Arden driver, who was making his first race appearance in a GP2 car, was battling with the Addax car of Jake Rosenzweig for 17th place, but collided with the American in an incident that put both out. While Trummer was set to start race two from 23rd, stewards decided that he had caused an avoidable collision and gave him a 10-place penalty, dropping him to 26th and last.

Leimer dominates first GP2 race

November 12th, 2011

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Leimer dominates first GP2 race

Fabio Leimer claimed his maiden GP2 feature race victory with a dominant drive in Abu Dhabi. The Swiss driver, who switched from Rapax to Racing Engineering for this weekend, converted pole position into the lead at the start, establishing an advantage of almost two seconds by the end of the first lap.