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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.

De la Rosa: HRT move not a step back

December 13th, 2011

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De la Rosa: HRT move not a step back

Pedro de la Rosa says moving to the HRT team is not a step back, although he concedes it will be a huge challenge getting the Spanish squad closer to the midfield. De la Rosa, who has McLaren’s reserve driver, will return to racing next year after securing a two-year contract with HRT

Fernandes: F1 must promote itself better

December 13th, 2011

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Fernandes: F1 must promote itself better

Tony Fernandes believes Formula 1 needs to do more to promote itself better in new markets if it is to grow its fan base in the future. Amid an expansion of the F1 calendar outside of Europe – with India and South Korea having been added in the past two years, and Russia coming in 2014 – grand prix racing is facing the challenge of attracting new spectators if the events are to be a success

Senna would accept third driver role

December 13th, 2011

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Senna would accept third driver role

Bruno Senna is willing to take a third driver role to remain in Formula 1 next season after missing out on a Lotus drive to Romain Grosjean. The Brazilian’s priority is to land one of the remaining race seats for 2012, but in order to stay in F1 he would consider taking a reserve seat provided it included running in free practice. “To take a third driver place it would have to be a similar type of role to what certain people had this year with driving on Fridays,” Senna told AUTOSPORT.

Webber expects no issues with ’12 tyres

December 13th, 2011

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Webber expects no issues with ’12 tyres

Mark Webber is certain that there will be no repeat of the troubles that he suffered adapting to Pirelli tyres in 2011 next year. The Australian struggled with tyre degradation during the first part of the year in particular. But he has declared himself to be comfortable with the 2012 development rubber, after sampling the tyres in Brazil and Abu Dhabi

Team accepts Raikkonen needs time

December 12th, 2011

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Kimi Raikkonen will be given all the time he needs to get back up to speed in Formula 1, with his new bosses adamant that there is no expectation on him to deliver straightaway. With Michael Schumacher having shown since he came back the difficulties that even top-line drivers can face getting dialled back into F1, Raikkonen has been assured that Renault – which will be renamed after sponsor Lotus next year – will be patient with him. Group Lotus CEO Dany Bahar said on Monday that Raikkonen’s two-year absence from F1 will not make it easy for him to produce results immediately – and underlined that all the outfit was looking for was consistent improvement.

Lotus: Driver choice shows intent

December 12th, 2011

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Group Lotus CEO Dany Bahar says Renault has delivered proof of its resolve to get back to the front in Formula 1 after opting for talent over sponsorship in its driver choice for 2012. On the back of the bold decisions to lure Kimi Raikkonen back to F1, and sign Romain Grosjean at the expense of Vitaly Petrov, Bahar believes the soon-to-be-called Lotus outfit has shown how committed it is to success

Boullier: Grosjean proved himself

December 12th, 2011

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Boullier: Grosjean proved himself

Renault team boss Eric Boullier said Romain Grosjean earned his return to the squad’s Formula 1 line-up by achieving every goal set out for him this season. Grosjean had previously raced for Renault in F1 in the second half of the 2009 season, as the team was embroiled in the Singapore race-fixing controversy, but did not impress and lost his drive at the end of the year.

HRT insists it will build its own car

December 12th, 2011

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HRT insists it will build its own car

HRT has moved to deny suggestions that the monocoque for its 2012 car will be built by an offshoot of rival squad Caterham, currently Team Lotus.

Perez surprised by long recovery

December 12th, 2011

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Perez surprised by long recovery

Sergio Perez has admitted that it took until the middle of the summer for him to fully get over the effects of his Monaco Grand Prix qualifying accident. The Sauber driver crashed heavily at the chicane in Q3 in Monte Carlo, sustaining a concussion that ruled him out of the rest of the weekend.

Ecclestone: Hamilton badly influenced

December 12th, 2011

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Ecclestone: Hamilton badly influenced

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has labelled Lewis Hamilton’s decision to choose a management company more accustomed to dealing with show business than motor racing as a ‘disaster’ – after suggesting the former world champion would probably have been better off keeping close ties with his father Anthony. Hamilton endured a challenging 2011 campaign, where issues in his personal life, and a number of incidents on the track, left him out-classed by McLaren team-mate Jenson Button

Webber targets drivers for Challenge

December 12th, 2011

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Webber targets drivers for Challenge

Mark Webber has targeted a number of top drivers for upcoming editions of his charity adventure race, the Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge. The 2011 edition of the event, which featured former V8 Supercar champion Rick Kelly among the entrants, ended on Sunday, having raised money for the Save the Tassie Devil appeal and the Whitelion youth charity Red Bull driver Webber, who took part in the first day of competition, was himself a regular competitor in the event – which features cycling, kayaking and trekking – in the past, while fellow grand prix winner Heikki Kovalainen has also taken part. Webber now wants drivers from Formula 1 and sportscars to compete in the event in the future.

Vettel says focus on even better 2012

December 11th, 2011

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Vettel says focus on even better 2012

Sebastian Vettel says he is already moving on from his ultra-successful 2011 Formula 1 season and keen to ensure he and Red Bull Racing can be even better in 2012. The German wrapped up this year’s world championship with a 122-point cushion, having taken 11 race victories and 15 poles. But as he celebrated the achievement in Red Bull’s Home Run event in Milton Keynes this weekend, Vettel said he was starting to put 2011 in the past and focus on next year’s car

Webber: Results not age key to future

December 11th, 2011

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Webber: Results not age key to future

Mark Webber says his decision on when to retire from Formula 1 will not be based on his age, but on whether he is still delivering results. The 35-year-old Australian signed a new one-year deal with Red Bull Racing during the summer

Red Bull enjoys hometown celebration

December 10th, 2011

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Red Bull enjoys hometown celebration

Red Bull estimated that a crowd of 60,000 spectators turned out for its Home Run championship celebration in its Milton Keynes hometown today. Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber took to the streets in their Formula 1 cars, joined by David Coulthard in a NASCAR Red Bull Toyota and Red Bull stunt rider Chris Pfeiffer. “It’s great to be here in Milton Keynes which is where the cars are built and everyone from the factory works,” said Vettel

Raikkonen unhurt in snow mobile fall

December 10th, 2011

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Raikkonen unhurt in snow mobile fall

Renault says Kimi Raikkonen did not suffer any serious harm when he crashed in a snow mobile race in Austria today. The Formula 1 returnee was reported to have fallen on an early run in the event and suffered pain from his left wrist, ruling him out of the rest of the weekend.

RBR ‘still committed to cost controls’

December 10th, 2011

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RBR ‘still committed to cost controls’

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says his squad remains committed to cost control regulations despite withdrawing from the Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA) amid the impasse over the Resource Restriction Agreement (RRA).

Red Bull sure of making first test

December 10th, 2011

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Red Bull sure of making first test

Adrian Newey is confident that Red Bull Racing is on target to make the first pre-season test on February 7 with its 2012 car. Mercedes recently confirmed that it would be missing the opening test, but the Red Bull chief technical officer expects his team to be ready. “The schedule is to make the first test,” he said when asked about progress on the RB8 by AUTOSPORT

Ecclestone hopes Bahrain goes ahead

December 10th, 2011

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Ecclestone hopes Bahrain goes ahead

Bernie Ecclestone says he still hopes there are no obstacles to next year’s Bahrain Grand Prix going ahead – but has left the door open to calling the race off if there is clear evidence of atrocities taking place in the nation. The Gulf event was first postponed, then cancelled, this season due to the political situation in Bahrain during the spring. This week the FIA World Motor Sport Council approved a 2012 calendar featuring Sakhir as round four on 22 April, but there have been concerns over continuing unrest in the country

BBC wins FIA broadcaster award

December 9th, 2011

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BBC wins FIA broadcaster award

The BBC was presented with the broadcaster of the year award at the FIA Prize Giving Gala in New Delhi. The accolade came at the end of the last season in which the United Kingdom broadcaster will show the entire season live. From 2012, the BBC will share its UK Formula 1 rights with Sky Sports

Vettel crowned at FIA Gala

December 9th, 2011

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Vettel crowned at FIA Gala

Sebastian Vettel collected the Formula 1 world champion’s trophy for a second straight year at today’s FIA Prize Giving Gala in New Delhi’s Kingdom of Dreams.