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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.

Maldonado tops wet practice at Spa

August 27th, 2010

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Maldonado tops wet practice at Spa

Pastor Maldonado set the quickest time in the wet first GP2 practice session at Spa on Friday. The championship leader, who won at Belgian circuit in 2008, was much faster than anyone else – second-placed Dani Clos the only driver within two seconds of his best time. Series returnee Alvaro Parente won here last year and went third fastest in his first session with Coloni.

Bianchi cleared to race at Spa

August 26th, 2010

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Bianchi cleared to race at Spa

Jules Bianchi will return to GP2 action at Spa this weekend, having recovered from the back injury he sustained in Hungary. The 21-year-old Ferrari Academy driver, who lies fourth in the championship, had surgery on his spine in Budapest after he spun and was hit by Ho-Pin Tung.

Parente rejoins GP2 with Coloni

August 25th, 2010

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Parente rejoins GP2 with Coloni

GP2 race winner Alvaro Parente is to return to the series with Coloni from this weekend’s Spa races. The 25-year-old Portuguese driver replaces Alberto Valerio in the team, for which he drove in last winter’s Asia series. “I know the team and I think that I’ll have the conditions to try to get some good results,” said Parente

Grosjean replaces Tung for Spa

August 24th, 2010

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Grosjean replaces Tung for Spa

Romain Grosjean will return to GP2 again for DAMS in Belgium this weekend as replacement for the injured Ho-Pin Tung. A back injury picked up by Tung in the Hungarian Grand Prix support event has sidelined him for Spa, and DAMS has recalled Grosjean following an earlier outing for the outfit in Germany.

Tung diagnosed with minor fracture

August 1st, 2010

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Tung diagnosed with minor fracture

Ho-Pin Tung has been diagnosed with a minor back fracture following his collision with Jules Bianchi at the start of the Hungaroring GP2 feature race. The DAMS driver hit Bianchi’s ART car head on after the latter had run wide and spun back across the track on the exit of the first corner

Ricci takes first GP2 main series win

August 1st, 2010

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Ricci takes first GP2 main series win

DPR’s Giacomo Ricci took his first victory in the GP2 main series in today’s sprint race at the Hungaroring.

Bianchi suffers back injuries

July 31st, 2010

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Bianchi suffers back injuries

ART GP2 driver and Ferrari Driving Academy member Jules Bianchi has been sidelined for what a Ferrari statement described as ‘quite a long time’ after suffering a back injury in today’s GP2 feature race at the Hungaroring. The Frenchman is recovering at Budapest’s AEK hospital after fracturing his second lumbar vertebra in an accident at the start of the race

Maldonado wins dramatic feature race

July 31st, 2010

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Maldonado wins dramatic feature race

Pastor Maldonado has triumphed in a dramatic GP2 Series feature race at the Hungaroring to take his fifth feature race victory in succession, extending his record.

Bird allowed to keep Hungary pole

July 30th, 2010

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Sam Bird will start tomorrow’s GP2 Series feature race in Hungary from pole position after a stewards’ investigation cleared the ART driver of having set his best lap under yellows. The Briton set his pole time late in the session just as marshals were finishing removing Jerome d’Ambrosio’s stranded car from the run-off area at the final corner. Yellow flags had been out since the Belgian spun and the affected section of the track was just returning to green when Bird came through, creating confusion over whether the lap would be allowed to stand.

Bird takes controversial GP2 pole

July 30th, 2010

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Bird takes controversial GP2 pole

Sam Bird set the fastest time in today’s GP2 Series qualifying session at the Hungaroring, but his claim to pole position for tomorrow’s feature race remains in doubt after speculation that the ART driver set his best time under yellows.

Addax one-two in GP2 practice

July 30th, 2010

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Barwa Addax locked out the top two places in today’s opening GP2 Series practice session at the Hungaroring, with Giedo van der Garde just edging out team-mate Sergio Perez to set the fastest time. The Dutchman’s 1m28.118s came in the middle of the session, and with the field failing to find any significant gains from their second set of tyres, the time stood. Perez fell short of van der Garde by just 0.053 seconds, with ART’s Sam Bird going third-fastest.

Perez wins Hockenheim sprint race

July 25th, 2010

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Perez wins Hockenheim sprint race

Sergio Perez took his third win of the season in today’s GP2 Series sprint race at Hockenheim, while points leader Pastor Maldonado was eliminated in a late crash. Perez’s victory came fairly easily, the Addax driver picking off Trident’s Adrian Zaugg and iSport’s Oliver Turvey to take the lead on lap 10, and then building a gap that had grown to 6.3s by the time he took the flag

Maldonado wins again in Germany

July 24th, 2010

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Pastor Maldonado extended his GP2 Series points lead by claiming his fourth victory of the season in today’s feature race at Hockenheim.

Chilton and Gonzalez get penalties

July 23rd, 2010

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Chilton and Gonzalez get penalties

Ocean Racing Technology’s Max Chilton and Arden’s Rodolfo Gonzalez have both been given grid penalties for tomorrow’s GP2 Series feature race at Hockenheim. Chilton will start from 18th after being demoted three places for setting his fastest qualifying time under yellow flags, while Gonzalez will start from the back of the grid after being docked 10 places for restarting after receiving mechanical assistance

Pic tops wet GP2 qualifying

July 23rd, 2010

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Arden rookie Charles Pic will start tomorrow’s GP2 Series feature race from pole after topping an eventful wet qualifying session at Hockenheim. A restart with four and a half minutes remaining made for a frantic end to the session, with provisional polesitter Adrian Zaugg of Trident seeing his time bettered by Pastor Maldonado (Rapax), iSport’s Oliver Turvey and finally Pic in the last minute, with the Frenchman’s 1m41.638s putting him 0.268 seconds clear of series leader Maldonado. Turvey held on to third and will start alongside Addax’s Sergio Perez, who vaulted up from 20th in the final moments, with Zaugg, Racing Engineering’s Dani Clos, Rapax’s Luiz Razia and Super Nova’s Marcus Ericsson completing the top eight.

Clos tops practice in Germany

July 23rd, 2010

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Clos tops practice in Germany

Racing Engineering’s Dani Clos has topped the times in today’s GP2 Series practice session at Hockenheim. On a track still drying out from heavy rains earlier in the morning, the Spaniard was one of several drivers to find improvements in the final minute of the session, finishing up with a 1m36.351s effort that left him 0.119s clear of ART’s Jules Bianchi. Clos’s team-mate Christian Vietoris made it up to third at the final moment to put him ahead of Sam Bird, while series returnee Romain Grosjean marked the start of his cameo appearance with DAMS by going fifth quickest.

Grosjean returns to GP2 in Germany

July 20th, 2010

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Grosjean returns to GP2 in Germany

Romain Grosjean is to make a surprise return to GP2 with DAMS for this weekend’s Hockenheim races. The former Renault grand prix driver replaces Jerome d’Ambrosio, who is being stood down for one event only as his management company Gravity seeks to improve his performances. The Belgian won the Monaco sprint race but has otherwise struggled for speed this year

Perez dominates Silverstone sprint

July 11th, 2010

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Sergio Perez got his season back on track with a crushing win for Addax in the GP2 Series sprint race at Silverstone. The Mexican passed Davide Valsecchi and his iSport team-mate Oliver Turvey in the opening phase of the race and immediately left the rest of the field behind, routinely posting laps more than a second quicker than his rivals to finally cross the line with a margin of 15.7 seconds

Maldonado takes commanding victory

July 10th, 2010

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Pastor Maldonado’s run of good form continued with an emphatic win in today’s GP2 Series feature race at Silverstone. The Rapax driver jumped polesitter Jules Bianchi (ART) at the start and never looked threatened from there on, gradually extending his advantage to win by 10.1 seconds.

Bianchi takes Silverstone pole

July 9th, 2010

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Bianchi takes Silverstone pole

Jules Bianchi topped a close-fought GP2 qualifying session at Silverstone to claim pole for tomorrow’s feature race. Seven different drivers took turns up front, but Bianchi (ART) finally secured the honours with a best lap of 1m39.189s, enough to put him 0.136 seconds clear of Pastor Maldonado (Rapax).