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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.

F-1 Notes: Team Lotus Back Next Year

September 28th, 2010

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F-1 Notes: Team Lotus Back Next Year

SINGAPORE — Team Lotus will be back in Formula One now that Tony Fernandes has bought the rights to run his team under the famous banner used by founder Colin Chapman.

Group Lotus announces ART deal

September 22nd, 2010

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Group Lotus announces ART deal

Lotus Cars has announced that it will enter into a partnership with multiple champion squad ART Grand Prix in GP2 and GP3 next year. The deal is with Group Lotus itself rather than Tony Fernandes’ Lotus Racing Formula 1 team, which is expected to switch to using the historic Team Lotus name – not owned by Group Lotus – from 2011.

Carlin eyes strong start in GP2

September 21st, 2010

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Carlin eyes strong start in GP2

Carlin is confident it will be competitive right from the start after securing a slot to be on the GP2 grid from next season. The multiple title-winning squad will make its GP2 debut in the Asia series, which kicks off later this year, before competing in the main championship in 2011. Eleven of the current Formula 1 drivers have driven for Carlin in the past, including Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg

Carlin and Air Asia to join GP2 grid

September 21st, 2010

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Carlin and Air Asia to join GP2 grid

Two new teams will join the GP2 grid next year, with Carlin and new Lotus F1-affiliated squad Team Air Asia being named among the 13-team line-up for the three-year cycle beginning in 2011. The addition of the two teams returns the series to a full grid of 26 cars, with one new entry taking the place left vacant by Durango following the Italian team’s withdrawal in late 2009, and the other replacing DPR, which will leave GP2 at the end of the current season. Multiple title-winning outfit Carlin’s entry comes off the back of its participation in this year’s inaugural GP3 Series, while Malaysia-based Team Air Asia is a new organisation owned by Lotus F1 team principal Tony Fernandes.

F-1 Notes: Ferrari Closing On Red Bull

September 14th, 2010

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F-1 Notes: Ferrari Closing On Red Bull

MONZA, Italy — That a Ferrari won the pole for the first time in 31 races is an interesting statistic, but more important is that The Reds fired an ominous warning shot at the Red Bulls. And Ferrari followed up on its pole Saturday with a win on Sunday.

Q and A: Maldonado on his title

September 12th, 2010

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Q and A: Maldonado on his title

Conducted and provided by GP2 press office. The newly-crowned champion discusses his season Q.

Maldonado secures title, Vietoris wins

September 12th, 2010

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Maldonado secures title, Vietoris wins

Christian Vietoris has taken a hard-fought win in today’s GP2 Series sprint race at Monza, while Pastor Maldonado managed to secure the championship despite completing less than two laps. Vietoris’ victory owed much to an extraordinary start from the third row to lead into the first corner, but from there the Racing Engineering driver had to withstand race-long pressure from DAMS’ Jerome d’Ambrosio. His life was made marginally easier when ART’s Sam Bird joined the fight, and indeed it was d’Ambrosio’s concerns about keeping Bird from taking second on the last lap that allowed Vietoris to cross the line with a lead of 1.0s.

Maldonado close to title as Bird wins

September 11th, 2010

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Maldonado close to title as Bird wins

Pastor Maldonado put one hand onto the 2010 GP2 Series champion’s trophy despite failing to finish a chaotic feature race at Monza today, while ART’s Sam Bird took a commanding race win. Bird’s role in the afternoon was relatively straightforward; the Briton capitalising on his front row start to pass polesitter and ART team-mate Jules Bianchi at the first corner, and cruising away unthreatened. But behind him, the opening laps were messy.

ART locks out front row at Monza

September 10th, 2010

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ART locks out front row at Monza

ART Grand Prix has locked out the front row for tomorrow’s GP2 feature race at Monza, with Jules Bianchi edging out team-mate Sam Bird in today’s qualifying session.

New GP2 car a challenge for teams

September 10th, 2010

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New GP2 car a challenge for teams

GP2 teams will face new challenges in learning to get the most out of the third-generation car that will race from 2011, according to series technical director Didier Perrin. The GP2/11, which was revealed to the teams and media for the first time at Monza yesterday evening, takes several obvious aerodynamic cues from the current generation of F1 cars, but Perrin said that the enlarged diffuser will have a particularly big impact on set-up

Van der Garde tops first practice

September 10th, 2010

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Van der Garde tops first practice

Giedo van der Garde has opened this weekend’s GP2 round at Monza by topping this morning’s free practice session.

Hartley joins GP2 with Coloni

September 8th, 2010

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Hartley joins GP2 with Coloni

Former Red Bull Formula 1 test driver Brendon Hartley is to make his GP2 debut with Coloni at Monza this weekend and will stay on for Abu Dhabi season finale. The New Zealander was dropped from Red Bull’s young driver scheme earlier this year, losing his Formula Renault 3.5 drive with Tech 1 in the process. But he will now return to single-seater racing to complete the GP2 season for Coloni, getting his first taste of the car in Friday practice in Italy.

Grosjean stays at DAMS, joins Gravity

September 8th, 2010

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Grosjean stays at DAMS, joins Gravity

Romain Grosjean will stay on with DAMS for the Monza GP2 races, and has signed up with Renault Formula 1 team co-owner Gerard Lopez’s Gravity Sport Management organisation. Former GP2 title contender Grosjean initially returned to the series at Gravity’s invitation when he replaced the company’s Jerome D’Ambrosio at DAMS for Hockenheim following some poor results for the Belgian. He was called-up again for Spa after DAMS’ other driver Ho-Pin Tung sustained back injuries at the Hungaroring, and with Tung not yet fit to return, Grosjean will race in Italy as well.

Piscopo joins Trident for Monza

September 8th, 2010

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Piscopo joins Trident for Monza

Auto GP championship leader Edoardo Piscopo will race in GP2 at Monza this weekend, replacing Johnny Cecotto Jr at Trident Racing.

Parente retains Coloni drive

September 3rd, 2010

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Parente retains Coloni drive

Alvaro Parente will stay on at Coloni for the GP2 races at Monza next weekend. The 25-year-old Portuguese took Alberto Valerio’s seat at the team for the round at Spa last weekend and finished on the podium in both races. Following the strong showing, where he was the highest-scoring driver across both races, the team has decided to keep him in the car in Italy

Perez storms to Spa victory

August 29th, 2010

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Perez storms to Spa victory

Mexico’s Sergio Perez made up for yesterday’s disappointment by taking victory in today’s reverse-grid GP2 race at Spa-Francorchamps.

Clos to miss Spa sprint race

August 28th, 2010

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Clos to miss Spa sprint race

Dani Clos will miss Sunday’s GP2 sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps after suffering a compressed vertebrae in an opening lap crash in the feature race. The Spaniard ran into the back of Sam Bird’s ART car exiting La Source on the opening lap and was a passenger as his Racing Engineering machine was launched into the air

Maldonado hangs on to win at Spa

August 28th, 2010

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Maldonado hangs on to win at Spa

Pastor Maldonado took yet another feature race victory at Spa-Francorchamps today, although he only just managed to hang on under heavy pressure from Alvaro Parente at the end. The Rapax driver was struggling with his car and almost certainly would not have held off Coloni stand-in Parente for another lap.

Herck penalty gives D’Ambrosio pole

August 27th, 2010

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Herck penalty gives D’Ambrosio pole

Michael Herck has lost his first GP2 pole having been adjudged to have gone too fast under yellow flags in Spa qualifying today. The Belgian DPR driver had topped qualifying for his home race in a chaotic session delayed by heavy rain and interrupted by a string of red flags for accidents. But he has been given a three-place penalty for the yellow flag infringement so falls to fourth on the grid, with countryman Jerome D’Ambrosio (DAMS) now becoming the Belgian on pole

Herck claims pole in chaos at Spa

August 27th, 2010

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Herck claims pole in chaos at Spa

Michael Herck claimed pole position for Saturday’s GP2 feature race at Spa-Francorchamps after coming out on top in a chaotic qualifying session on Friday afternoon. Qualifying was halted no less than four times, first due to a flooded track and then due to a variety of accidents. The 30-minute session thus took over an hour to complete.