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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.
  • 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.

Tech 1 says Bianchi a huge boost

February 9th, 2012

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Tech 1 says Bianchi a huge boost

Tech 1 Racing team boss Simon Abadie believes Force India Formula 1 reserve driver Jules Bianchi’s GP2 experience will be a huge asset to the squad. It was announced this morning that Ferrari protege Bianchi would dovetail an FR3.5 programme with former champion team Tech 1 with his Force India duties.

Bianchi joins Tech 1 for FR3.5 season

February 9th, 2012

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Bianchi joins Tech 1 for FR3.5 season

Jules Bianchi will race in the Formula Renault 3.5 championship in 2012 with the Tech 1 team, the series has revealed. Bianchi was signed as Force India’s reserve driver for the 2012 season, and he will drive in at least nine Friday practice sessions with the Formula 1 team. The Frenchman’s manager Nicolas Todt had said, however, that Bianchi was looking for a non-F1 programme in order to continue racing this year

Lewis gets Prema Euro F3 seat

February 8th, 2012

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Michael Lewis will step up to the F3 Euro Series this year with Prema Powerteam. The 21-year-old American, who was the runner-up in last year’s Italian Formula 3 Championship for the team, will partner Euro Series veteran Daniel Juncadella, who was confirmed as the squad’s lead driver on Tuesday

Juncadella stays on in F3 Euro Series

February 7th, 2012

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Juncadella stays on in F3 Euro Series

Macau GP winner Daniel Juncadella will compete in the F3 Euro Series for a third straight season in 2012. The Spaniard took the biggest victory of his racing career at the Macau Grand Prix late last year after having finished in third place in the standings in the Euro Series.

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

Fantin, Jaafar to race for Carlin

February 3rd, 2012

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Fantin, Jaafar to race for Carlin

Pietro Fantin and Jazeman Jaafar have completed Carlin’s line-up for this year’s British Formula 3 Championship. The pair join Carlos Sainz Jr, Harry Tincknell and Jack Harvey in the team’s five-car line-up and are both aiming to give the Volkswagen-powered squad its eighth drivers’ title. Fantin (pictured), who finished eighth in last year’s championship with Hitech, said: “I’ve really enjoyed winter testing with Carlin so far.

P1 retains Grubmuller, Move

February 3rd, 2012

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P1 retains Grubmuller, Move

P1 Motorsport will retain its Formula Renault 3.5 driver line-up of Walter Grubmuller and Daniil Move for a second season in the championship. Grubmuller will embark on his third year with the British squad. The 23-year-old Austrian endured a tough 2011 season, in which he was ruled him out of three rounds through injuries sustained in an accident at the Nurburgring

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.

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

Costa seeking for drive after setback

January 26th, 2012

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Costa seeking for drive after setback

Formula Renault 3.5 race winner Albert Costa’s prospects of securing a drive in 2012 have suffered a setback in recent weeks owing to an off-track ‘managerial’ dispute. The Catalan, winner of the final race of 2011 and formerly an FIA Institute Academy young driver, expressed his frustration over the setback that has left him attempting to piece together a new deal from scratch.

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.

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.

Korjus retains Tech 1 FR3.5 seat

January 19th, 2012

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Korjus retains Tech 1 FR3.5 seat

Formula Renault 3.5 race winner Kevin Korjus has confirmed that he will remain with Tech 1 Racing for a second season in the category. The Gravity management-backed driver scored three wins in his rookie season with the Toulouse team last year, and participated in the Formula 1 young driver test in Abu Dhabi with Renault. “I will be back with Tech 1,” said the Estonian

Morini steps down from Draco helm

January 13th, 2012

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Italian single-seater stalwart Draco will start 2012 with a new team manager for the first time in 22 years, after Nadia Morini announced her decision to step down from the role. Simone Giglio will take the position at the former Formula Renault 3.5 champion team.

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.

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.

Tincknell moves from Fortec to Carlin

January 11th, 2012

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Tincknell moves from Fortec to Carlin

Harry Tincknell will switch from Fortec Motorsport to Carlin for a second season racing in British Formula 3 this year. Tincknell, 20, suffered a potentially career-ending injury to his right hand in a testing crash with Carlin at Spa last November.

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.