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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.

Filippi claims Auto GP pole at Imola

May 22nd, 2010

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Filippi claims Auto GP pole at Imola

Luca Filippi stormed to pole position for race one of the second Auto GP event at Imola.

Buurman leads Magny-Cours Superleague practice

May 22nd, 2010

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While its sworn rivals Inter prepare for tonight’s Champions’ League final with Bayern Munich, AC Milan fans could take some solace in the fact that its Superleague Formula car, driven by Yelmer Buurman, topped this morning’s free practice session ahead of round three at Magny-Cours in France. Buurman, a podium finisher here in GP2, lapped the former French Grand Prix venue in 1m25.881s, 0.7 seconds clear of Roma’s Julien Jousse – the top Frenchman of the five home drivers present this weekend. Alvaro Parente was third fastest for Porto, a fraction slower than Jousse, as was fourth-placed Sebastien Bourdais of Olympique Lyonnais, who suffered an overshoot at the 180 corner late on in the second session

D’Ambrosio claims first GP2 victory at Monaco

May 15th, 2010

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Jerome D’Ambrosio took his first GP2 victory in the Monaco sprint race. The DAMS driver led all the way from pole, but his early efforts to build a lead were dashed when Coloni’s Alberto Valerio and Arden’s Rodolfo Gonzalez crashed simultaneously at different parts of the circuit and prompted a safety car. That brought D’Ambrosio back within range of Giedo van der Garde, and he had the Addax car in his mirrors for virtually the rest of the race, finally crossing the line just 0.3 seconds clear.

Bird penalised for cutting chicane

May 15th, 2010

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Bird penalised for cutting chicane

ART Grand Prix’s Sam Bird has been penalised for cutting the chicane in yesterday’s GP2 feature race in Monaco. The Briton, who dropped from sixth to 15th in the race due to a problem during his pitstop, had 25 seconds added to his time, meaning that he will now start today’s sprint race from 18th on the grid

Perez secures maiden GP2 win at Monaco

May 14th, 2010

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Perez secures maiden GP2 win at Monaco

Sergio Perez has taken his first GP2 victory with a lights-to-flag performance in Monaco today.

Valsecchi penalised over Monaco GP2 crash

May 13th, 2010

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Valsecchi penalised over Monaco GP2 crash

Davide Valsecchi has been issued with a five-place grid penalty for tomorrow”s GP2 race in Monaco after being judged to have caused an avoidable accident at the end of qualifying this afternoon. The reigning GP2 Asia Series champion had just crossed the line to complete his final flying lap when he arrived at Ste Devote to find yellow flags out for the crashed car of Pastor Maldonado, who had lost control and hit the barriers moments earlier

Monaco Grand Prix Thursday quotes: HRT

May 13th, 2010

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Karun Chandhok – 23rd: “It felt really good to be back and drive an F1 car around the streets of Monaco. I really enjoy driving on this circuit. We managed to go through our program today quite successfully on both tyres.

Clos takes maiden pole in Monaco

May 13th, 2010

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Dani Clos will start tomorrow’s GP2 feature race in Monaco from pole position after coming out on top in a dramatic qualifying session this afternoon. On a track that was drying out after a wet start to the session, the Racing Engineering driver produced a late lap of 1m37.572s to edge out Barwa Addax’s Sergio Perez by just 0.033 seconds.

Maldonado fastest in first GP2 practice

May 13th, 2010

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Pastor Maldonado delivered on his reputation as a street race specialist by dominating today’s opening GP2 practice session in Monaco.

Monaco Grand Prix preview quotes: Williams

May 11th, 2010

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Rubens Barrichello: Monaco is a completely different track to Barcelona and has a completely different set of challenges to any of the other circuits we race on. It’s crucial to qualify well because it’s so difficult to overtake, so getting the car set-up correctly in practice is really important. The car needs to be well balanced and have good traction; because it’s a street circuit, you don’t get a lot of grip from the track

Leimer beats Razia to GP2 sprint win

May 9th, 2010

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Fabio Leimer survived a late push from Luiz Razia to win today’s GP2 Series sprint race at Barcelona.

Pic wins eventful GP2 season opener

May 8th, 2010

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Pic wins eventful GP2 season opener

Charles Pic has won an eventful opening race of the 2010 GP2 season at Barcelona this afternoon. The rookie Frenchman moved into first place when previous leader Sergio Perez (Barwa Addax) was delayed by a slow pitstop, and survived a brief challenge from DPR’s Giacomo Ricci to take Arden’s first win since Edoardo Mortara’s sprint race victory at the same circuit 12 months ago. Ricci’s second place was an equally memorable result for DPR, a team that scored precisely one point between 2007 and 2009, and has not won since the inaugural GP2 season in 2005

Portimao GP2 round called-off

May 8th, 2010

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GP2 organisers announced on Saturday that the Portimao round of this year’s championship has been cancelled. The Portuguese event was scheduled for the weekend of 19-20 June

Bianchi claims debut pole at Circuit de Catalunya

May 7th, 2010

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Jules Bianchi will start from pole for tomorrow’s GP2 Series season-opener in Barcelona after a strong performance in this afternoon’s qualifying session.

Rossi to race at Monaco in FR3.5

May 7th, 2010

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ART GP3 racer Alexander Rossi will make his Formula Renault 3.5 debut with Czech team ISR at Monaco next weekend. The American will take the seat vacated by the winner of the most recent event at Spa-Francorchamps, Esteban Guerrieri

Bird fastest in opening GP2 practice

May 7th, 2010

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GP2 Series rookies have taken the early bragging rights in the first official outing of the new season, with ART’s Sam Bird edging out Arden’s Charles Pic to top today’s practice session in Barcelona.

Briatore says F1 needs to be fixed

May 4th, 2010

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Briatore says F1 needs to be fixed

Formula 1 does not have a bright future if it continues as it is now, according to former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore. The Italian, who left Formula 1 following the 2008 Singapore GP scandal, says the sports needs fixing, especially to offer a better show and reduce costs for the teams. “F1 is very confused at the moment, there will surely be some changes.

Spanish Grand Prix preview quotes: Virgin Racing

May 3rd, 2010

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Timo Glock: The last few weeks haven’t exactly gone according to plan thanks to the Icelandic volcano, but what this has enabled us to do is draw a line under the disappointment of Shanghai and focus on better things ahead. We have taken a good hard look at the first four races and now have a very clear picture of where things have gone well for us and where we need to improve

Grosjean determined to return to F1

May 2nd, 2010

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Grosjean determined to return to F1

Former Renault Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean is still optimistic about his chances of getting back into grand prix racing even though he has switched to the new FIA GT1 World Championship this year. Grosjean had an unsuccessful half-season with Renault in F1 in 2009, stepping up from GP2 in the wake of Nelson Piquet’s dismissal, but struggling to make an impact with no testing, amid the team’s crisis following the Singapore scandal revelations, and with Renault focusing its development efforts on the 2010 car.

Aleshin takes lights to flag win at Spa

May 1st, 2010

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Mikhail Aleshin claimed his second Formula Renault 3.5 victory of the season with a convincing display from pole position at Spa-Francorchamps. The only man able to live with the Russian’s pace was Tech 1 Racing’s Brendon Hartley, but an enthralling battle for the lead ended when the Kiwi’s machine ground to a halt on lap 16.