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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.

Q and A with Lotus’s James Allison

February 5th, 2012

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Conducted and provided by the Lotus press office Q. How different is 2012 likely to be from 2011? James Allison: If you casually flicked through the regulations you’d be forgiven for thinking that there aren’t many differences from last year, however nestling in there are some fairly profound changes.

Raikkonen: Motivation never an issue

February 5th, 2012

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Raikkonen: Motivation never an issue

Kimi Raikkonen insists motivation has never been an issue for him, and reckons he drove some of his best races during his last year in Formula 1. Raikkonen left the sport at the end of a difficult 2009 season and spent two years in the World Rally Championship. The Finn is now returning to Formula 1 with Lotus, and says people questioning his motivation are simply wrong.

Lotus reveals the E20

February 5th, 2012

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Lotus reveals the E20

Lotus has revealed its 2012 Formula 1 car, the E20. The Enstone based team chose to launch the machine in an online broadcast from its factory

Lotus aims for fourth in standings

February 5th, 2012

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Lotus team co-owner Gerard Lopez believes getting back into the top four in the Formula 1 constructors’ championship is a realistic initial step for the squad in 2012.

Raikkonen: Lotus can build winning car

February 5th, 2012

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Kimi Raikkonen is adamant Lotus is capable of building a winning car, as the team unveiled its 2012 challenger to the public on Sunday. The Finn, the 2007 world champion with Ferrari, is returning to grand prix racing with Lotus after having left the sport at the end of 2009 to compete in the World Rally Championship. Lotus, racing under the Renault name until last year, won its last race in the 2008 season with Fernando Alonso and has struggled to be competitive since

Lotus E20 launch broadcast

February 5th, 2012

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Lotus is revealing its 2012 Formula 1 car, the E20, in an online event broadcast on the team website and AUTOSPORT.com.

Alonso glad Ferrari went radical

February 5th, 2012

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Alonso glad Ferrari went radical

Fernando Alonso says he completely backs Ferrari’s decision to produce a radical 2012 Formula 1 design, and argued that the F2012 can still be considered beautiful. Ferrari’s 2012 contender – launched in Maranello on Friday – features a dramatic step in its nose, pull-rod front suspension, and major aerodynamic and packaging changes over its predecessor.

Follow F1 test action with AUTOSPORT

February 4th, 2012

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Follow F1 test action with AUTOSPORT

Formula 1 bursts back into life next week with a spate of car launches and the first test at Jerez getting underway. And AUTOSPORT will be there to bring you unrivalled coverage of all the events as they happen

Bianchi eyes non-F1 racing programme

February 4th, 2012

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Bianchi eyes non-F1 racing programme

Jules Bianchi is likely to keep racing alongside his Formula 1 reserve driver commitments with Force India this year. The Frenchman has competed in the F1 supporting GP2 series for the past two seasons, finishing third in 2010 and ’11.

Van der Garde gets Caterham test role

February 4th, 2012

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Van der Garde gets Caterham test role

Giedo van der Garde will be the Caterham Formula 1 team’s reserve driver for the 2012 season. The 26-year-old Dutchman has raced in GP2 since winning the 2008 Formula Renault 3.5 title, and was fifth in the ’11 GP2 standings.

Jerez running order revealed

February 3rd, 2012

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Formula 1′s first pre-season test will kick off with 11 teams at Jerez on Tuesday, with only Marussia not running. The Spanish circuit has issued a running order for the opening of the winter tests, with nine news cars set to run for the first time.

Key parts company with Sauber

February 3rd, 2012

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Key parts company with Sauber

Sauber technical director James Key is to leave the Swiss team to take up a role with one of its rivals. In a statement issued by the Hinwil-based outfit on Friday, Sauber said that the design and development of its 2012 car would now be led by the heads of department for its aerodynamic, design, performance and operations divisions

Winners meet McLaren pair at launch

February 3rd, 2012

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Winners meet McLaren pair at launch

AUTOSPORT competition winners Nick Howers and Wendy Linsley met Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton at the McLaren team’s 2012 launch event on Wednesday. The pair had won the chance to attend the unveiling of the McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 at the team’s Woking technical centre in a competition run at AUTOSPORT International in association with Hilton Hhonors. F1 team launches are traditionally closed to the public

Force India expects diffuser boost

February 3rd, 2012

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Force India expects diffuser boost

Force India will be one of the big beneficiaries of the decision to ban exhaust-blown diffusers in Formula 1, reckons the team’s technical chief Andrew Green. Although the Silverstone-based outfit finished sixth in last year’s constructors’ championship, Green felt it did not get properly on top of the exhaust-blowing technology so will lose far less from the ban than many rivals

‘Rebuilding complete’ says Force India

February 3rd, 2012

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‘Rebuilding complete’ says Force India

Force India’s deputy team principal Bob Fernley says the squad has completed its rebuilding phase and is now ready to try and chase Formula 1′s top outfits. The Silverstone-based team is commencing its fifth season in its Force India guise, and is aiming to improve on last year’s sixth-place finish in the constructors’ championship – when it came within four points of beating Renault to fifth. Force India launched its new VJM05 at Silverstone today, with a clear aim of breaking into the top five in the championship this season.

Force India: Young line-up not a gamble

February 3rd, 2012

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Force India: Young line-up not a gamble

Force India’s young driver policy has given it one of the most promising driver line-ups on the grid, according to deputy team principal Bob Fernley. The Silverstone-based team has given regular track time on grand prix weekends to its reserve drivers for the past two years, with both Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg converting those opportunities into race drives for the following season

Ferrari has taken more risks with F2012

February 3rd, 2012

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Ferrari has taken more risks with F2012

Ferrari has confessed to taking more risks with this year’s car than previous cars, after unveiling a fairly aggressive F2012 at Maranello on Friday. Although the most commented-on feature is its stepped nose, the most radical feature is that it is the first car in Formula 1 since Minardi in 2001 to feature front pull-rod suspension. Furthermore, the team has worked hard on its packaging at the sidepods and the rear of the car and try and make the aerodynamic gains it thinks it needs to get ahead of Red Bull Racing.

Ferrari defends ‘ugly’ car design

February 3rd, 2012

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Ferrari defends ‘ugly’ car design

Ferrari chief designer Nikolas Tombazis has defended the look of the new Ferrari amid widespread comments that its stepped nose makes the F2012 ‘ugly’.

Di Resta aims to keep momentum going

February 3rd, 2012

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Di Resta aims to keep momentum going

Paul di Resta believes it is key for Force India to carry its late-season momentum from 2011 into the start of the upcoming season. The Scot was speaking at the launch of the team’s VJM05 at Silverstone on Friday.