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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.
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    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
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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.

Rosberg takes commanding maiden win

April 15th, 2012

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Rosberg takes commanding maiden win

Nico Rosberg finally claimed his maiden Formula 1 race victory, and a first win for the modern incarnation of the factory Mercedes team, with a commanding drive in a thrilling Chinese Grand Prix.

Schumacher not angry with pit crew

April 15th, 2012

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Schumacher not angry with pit crew

Michael Schumacher said he was not angry with his Mercedes pit crew after having to retire from the Chinese Grand Prix, having been in the fight for his first victory since returning to Formula 1. The Mercedes driver was forced to stop his car on lap 15 after one of his mechanics failed to secure the right front tyre properly during his pitstop. Schumacher had run in second position behind team-mate Nico Rosberg in the early stages.

Tyre ‘sweet spot’ key for Mercedes

April 15th, 2012

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Tyre ‘sweet spot’ key for Mercedes

Ross Brawn says Mercedes’ hopes of capitalising on its qualifying form in the Chinese Grand Prix will depend on it getting its tyres into the right operating window. The team has locked out the front row of the grid at Shanghai with Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher, but its tyre struggles in Australia and Malaysia have led to questions about its chances over a full race distance

Schumacher resurgence ‘great for F1′

April 15th, 2012

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Schumacher resurgence ‘great for F1′

Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn says Michael Schumacher’s improved form in 2012 has come as no surprise, and believes the seven-time champion’s return to the front will boost Formula 1′s popularity. Schumacher’s F1 comeback has at times looked ill-advised, with the German legend yet to get on the podium for Mercedes and regularly beaten by team-mate Nico Rosberg

Vergne to start China from pitlane

April 15th, 2012

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Vergne to start China from pitlane

Jean-Eric Vergne will start from the pitlane for the Chinese Grand Prix after his Scuderia Toro Rosso team made changes to his car overnight. Following a disappointing qualifying performance, Toro Rosso changed the floor, barge board, floor to rear wing spacer, nose barge board, sidepod wing, T-tray, sidepod inlet and ballast

Kobayashi: Result not a total surprise

April 15th, 2012

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Kobayashi: Result not a total surprise

Kamui Kobayashi has admitted that Sauber’s performance in China this weekend has been more than expected – but he does not think it is a total surprise. The Japanese driver secured third place on the grid for the race at Shanghai and, with the Sauber known to be good on its tyres while doubts remain about the long-run pace of the Mercedes duo ahead of him, he could be in with a shout of a decent result. Speaking to AUTOSPORT about the performance, Kobayashi said: “For this week so far we have been quite positive.

Webber: RBR will stick to new exhaust

April 14th, 2012

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Webber: RBR will stick to new exhaust

Mark Webber expects Red Bull Racing to focus on the latest specification exhaust package in the long-term despite team-mate Sebastian Vettel reverting to the team’s original 2012 set-up for the Chinese Grand Prix. Red Bull decided to run one package on each car in China on Friday to gather comparative data, and Vettel opted to continue with the older version because even though it produces less downforce, it creates a more consistent balance

Mercedes, McLaren accept FIA decision

April 14th, 2012

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Mercedes, McLaren accept FIA decision

Both McLaren and Mercedes insist that they are satisfied with the FIA’s decision to go ahead with next week’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn and his opposite number at McLaren Martin Whitmarsh are both happy to accept the sport’s governing body’s assurances that the race will be safe. “It is very difficult for us,” said Brawn

Raikkonen disappointed with Lotus pace

April 14th, 2012

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Raikkonen disappointed with Lotus pace

Kimi Raikkonen admitted he was disappointed with the pace of his car during qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix. Although the Finn will start from a season-best fourth position, he said he was expecting his Lotus to be quicker after the promise of the first two races

Button wary of Kobayashi threat

April 14th, 2012

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Button wary of Kobayashi threat

Jenson Button has warned that Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi will be a factor in the Chinese Grand Prix. Kobayashi starts the race from third on the grid and his practice pace suggests that he can maintain that for into the race. While Button, who starts fifth, expects Mercedes to drop back despite Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher starting on the front row, he is less confident about being able to get ahead of the Sauber.

Maldonado and de la Rosa reprimanded

April 14th, 2012

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Maldonado and de la Rosa reprimanded

Pastor Maldonado and Pedro de la Rosa have been given reprimands for impeding other cars during qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix.

Schumacher finally happy at Shanghai

April 14th, 2012

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Schumacher finally happy at Shanghai

Michael Schumacher says he has finally got his hands on a car that allows him to enjoy the Shanghai circuit, after securing a spot on the front row for the Chinese Grand Prix. The seven-time champion will start alongside Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, and reckons the performance had changed his opinion of Shanghai

China Saturday quotes: Marussia

April 14th, 2012

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Timo Glock – 21st: “A very difficult Saturday for me today.

Post-qualifying press conference – China

April 14th, 2012

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TV UNILATERAL Q. Nico, sensational lap how do you feel about your first F1 pole?

Alonso: Title thoughts still far away

April 14th, 2012

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Alonso: Title thoughts still far away

Fernando Alonso is under no illusions that Ferrari will have to improve its car drastically in order to stay in contention for the championship.

Kobayashi not dreaming of victory

April 14th, 2012

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Kobayashi not dreaming of victory

Kamui Kobayashi insists that he is not dreaming of fighting for victory in the Chinese Grand Prix, and says his goal remains to score as many points as possible. Coming off the back of his Sauber team-mate Sergio Perez’s near-win in Malaysia, Kobayashi qualified in a strong fourth position at Shanghai, but will start from third due to a grid penalty for Lewis Hamilton – picked up following a gearbox change. The Japanese driver admitted he was delighted with the result, but insisted he is staying realistic for the race.

Rosberg celebrates ‘fantastic’ first pole

April 14th, 2012

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Rosberg celebrates ‘fantastic’ first pole

Nico Rosberg described taking his first Formula 1 pole position at his 111th attempt as ‘fantastic’. The 26-year-old German set the fastest time in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix – a 1m35.121s –which proved to be just under half a second faster than his nearest rival’s best in Q3. It was also Mercedes’ first pole position as a manufacturer team since Juan Manuel Fangio took the top spot for the 1955 Italian Grand Prix.

Vettel: No regrets on exhaust choice

April 14th, 2012

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Vettel: No regrets on exhaust choice

Sebastian Vettel said he has no regrets about his decision to stick with Red Bull’s old exhaust design, despite going out in Q2 for the first time in 43 races. The world champion decided to use the old exhaust layout for the weekend, while his team-mate Mark Webber opted for the latest?-specification unit

Hamilton ‘proud’ of Rosberg after pole

April 14th, 2012

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Hamilton ‘proud’ of Rosberg after pole

Lewis Hamilton has congratulated long-time rival Nico Rosberg on taking a maiden pole position in Formula 1. Rosberg and Hamilton have raced against each other for over a decade, dating back to their karting days, and the McLaren driver was delighted to have qualified alongside his old rival despite the gearbox penalty that will prevent them sharing the front row on Sunday. “Congratulations to Nico,” said Hamilton, who will start seventh.

Kovalainen wants Maldonado penalised

April 14th, 2012

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Heikki Kovalainen expects Pastor Maldonado to be penalised for blocking during the opening part of Chinese Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday. The Finn qualified 19th for Caterham, but believes he was delayed by the Williams driver, who he said weaved in front of him early in the session.