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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.

Rigon returns to Superleague

March 26th, 2010

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Rigon returns to Superleague

Davide Rigon will return to the Superleague Formula this year with the Azerti-run RSC Anderlecht team. The 23-year-old Italian took Beijing Gouan to the inaugural Superleague crown in 2008, but only contested a part-season with Olympiacos last year. “I’m very happy to be representing Anderlecht this year,” said Rigon, who also raced in GP2 with Trident in 2009

Maldonado fastest again at Paul Ricard

March 25th, 2010

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Maldonado fastest again at Paul Ricard

Pastor Maldonado continued with his domination of GP2 testing after topping the times for the third day in a row at Paul Ricard. The Venezuelan, onboard the Rapax car, clocked a best lap of 1:09.784 in the afternoon session to complete a hat trick of fastest times as the first test of the 2010 season came to an end. Rookie Jules Bianchi had another strong session in the ART car, the Frenchman finishing as second fastest after having led the way in the morning session

Thursday’s press conference – Australian Grand Prix

March 25th, 2010

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DRIVERS: Vitaly Petrov (Renault), Bruno SENNA (HRT), Jarno TRULLI (Lotus), Mark Webber (Red Bull). PRESS CONFERENCE Q. Bruno, how tough was Bahrain?

Maldonado stays on top at Paul Ricard

March 24th, 2010

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Maldonado stays on top at Paul Ricard

Pastor Maldonado maintained his strong form in the pre-season GP2 test at Paul Ricard by leading the way for a second consecutive day. The series returnee, who signed for the Rapax team earlier this week, overcame long-time Wednesday pacesetter Dani Clos (Racing Engineering) in the closing stages of the second session.

Meritus eyes main GP2 series for ’11

March 24th, 2010

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Meritus eyes main GP2 series for ’11

Meritus has confirmed that it is in talks to join the main GP2 Series field in Europe from 2011. The team has so far only competed in GP2 Asia, where every year it takes the place of Racing Engineering – the only one of the main GP2 squads not to participate in the winter mini-series. A long-time powerhouse on the Asian single seater scene, Meritus took its first GP2 victory with Luca Filippi in the recent Sakhir rounds, and with a space now available in the full GP2 championship due to the loss of Durango, it has an eye on joining its Asia rivals in Europe as well

Pastor Maldonado quickest at Paul Ricard

March 23rd, 2010

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Pastor Maldonado quickest at Paul Ricard

Pastor Maldonado finished on top of the times on the first day of official GP2 testing at the Paul Ricard circuit on Tuesday. As the sixth GP2 season officially kicked off, an early drizzle made things tricky for the 24 drivers on track in the morning, and the teams were forced to use wet-weather tyres for the first three hours. Only Trident’s new signing Johnny Cecotto braved to go out in slicks later in the morning session, the Venezuelan going quickest by some margin

Cecotto joins Trident for GP2 series

March 23rd, 2010

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Cecotto joins Trident for GP2 series

Johnny Cecotto has joined Trident Racing for the upcoming GP2 series, it was announced on Tuesday. The German, the son of former race driver Johnny Alberto Cecotto, made his debut with the team in the GP2 Asia series in Abu Dhabi

Coloni signs Arabadzhiev

March 22nd, 2010

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Coloni signs Arabadzhiev

Coloni Motorsport has signed Vladimir Arabadzhiev to partner Alberto Valerio in GP2 this year. The 26-year-old Bulgarian contested the recent GP2 Asia Series with Piquet GP/Rapax and will switch to Italian outfit Coloni for his main series debut. “I’m very happy to drive with Coloni, they have been in impressive shape in all the GP2 Asia races so I have good expectations for the coming season,” said Arabadzhiev

Ferrari Driver Academy drivers get F2008 test

March 20th, 2010

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Ferrari Driver Academy drivers get F2008 test

Ferrari Driver Academy members Jules Bianchi, Mirko Bortolotti and Daniel Zampieri had a day of testing in one of the team’s 2008 Formula 1 cars at Fiorano on Friday. The participants in Ferrari’s new driver development scheme will get five such tests during the year. All three had previous Ferrari F1 testing experience, with Bortolotti and Zampieri having tested in winter 2008 and 2009 respectively as part of the team’s tie-up with Italian Formula 3, where both won titles, and Bianchi running in last December’s young driver test session.

Bratt joins Formula 2 field

March 15th, 2010

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Will Bratt is the latest driver to join Formula 2 for the 2010 championship.

Vergne tops testing at Jerez

March 15th, 2010

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Red Bull junior driver Jean-Eric Vergne continued his formidable form by setting the fastest time over two days of Formula Renault 3.5 collective testing at Jerez. Four rookies monopolised the first four places, with Draco’s Nathanael Berthon 0.313s adrift in second, ahead of Stefano Coletti (Comtec Racing) and Daniel Zampieri (Pons Racing).

Ricci ends DPR’s victory drought

March 14th, 2010

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Giacomo Ricci took DPR’s first GP2 victory since the 2005 season as he led from start to finish in the Asia series finale at Sakhir.

Filippi gives Meritus first GP2 victory

March 13th, 2010

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Luca Filippi gave the Meritus team its first GP2 victory with a flawless performance in the Asia series feature race at Sakhir. Meritus and Filippi had won a GP2 Asia race together on the road in the inaugural championship’s Sentul event two years ago, but were later disqualified because incorrect tyres had been fitted. This time Filippi held the lead from pole position, and resisted race-long pressure from series champion Davide Valsecchi

Senna: To finish will feel like a podium

March 13th, 2010

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Senna: To finish will feel like a podium

Bruno Senna says finishing Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix will feel like a podium after qualifying 23rd for his Formula 1 debut with the Hispania Racing Team. The Brazilian, like his team-mate Karun Chandhok, had no opportunity to test prior to this weekend, and Senna admitted that getting to Bahrain and competing through the weekend was a major achievement in itself. “Obviously you can’t expect much performance from us,” the former GP2 Series race-winner told the BBC .

Filippi snatches late Sakhir pole

March 12th, 2010

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Filippi snatches late Sakhir pole

Luca Filippi claimed his first GP2 pole since the 2007 season with a late quick lap at Sakhir today. After a close early battle for the provisional top spot, it looked like Arden’s Charles Pic was set to repeat his Abu Dhabi pole position.

Turvey leads iSport 1-2 in practice

March 12th, 2010

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Turvey leads iSport 1-2 in practice

Oliver Turvey and Davide Valsecchi gave GP2 Asia champion squad iSport a one-two in the opening free practice session for the season finale in Bahrain this morning. Running on the revised circuit configuration for the first time, the duo were half a tenth apart at the top of the times, with Turvey just edging out his champion team-mate in the closing stages of the half hour session. Luiz Razia made an impressive return to GP2 by fighting for the top spot for Rapax

Razia to replace Zampieri at Rapax

March 10th, 2010

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Razia to replace Zampieri at Rapax

Luiz Razia will replace Daniel Zampieri at the Rapax team for the GP2 Asia Series finale in Bahrain this weekend. The 20-year-old Brazilian, who is a test and reserve driver for Virgin’s Formula 1 team, won last season’s finale at Bahrain. Zampieri, who has been signed up by Ferrari’s young driver academy, is hoping to enter Formula Renault 3.5 in 2010 and will miss this weekend’s GP2 finale to test at Barcelona this week.

Palmer to return to Formula 2

March 10th, 2010

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Palmer to return to Formula 2

Jolyon Palmer will return for a second season in Formula 2 this year.

Clos returns to Trident for Asia finale

March 10th, 2010

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Clos returns to Trident for Asia finale

Dani Clos is to return to Trident for the final round of the GP2 Asia season in Bahrain this weekend. The Spaniard had driven for the team in Abu Dhabi earlier this year, but Adrian Zaugg took the seat for the previous rounds at Sakhir last month, charging to eighth in the first race before colliding with Sergio Perez as they fought for the lead at the start of the sprint race.

Chandhok: Hispania can score in 2010

March 6th, 2010

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Chandhok: Hispania can score in 2010

Karun Chandhok is optimistic that the new Hispania team can score points this year despite its troubled build-up to the Formula 1 season. The squad was dramatically restructured in late February, with original founder Adrian Campos departing and Colin Kolles being drafted in to run the team by Jose Ramon Carabante, who had taken full control of the company. HRT launched its Dallara-built F1 car in Murcia on Thursday, but has been unable to test before the season opener in Bahrain next weekend