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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
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    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.

Rossi has rod removed from leg

February 6th, 2012

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Rossi has rod removed from leg

Valentino Rossi has undergone surgery to remove the metal rod that was placed in his right tibia when he broke his leg in 2010. The Mugello practice crash nearly two years ago forced Rossi to miss several races, ending his 2010 title bid.

Hayden set for shoulder surgery

February 5th, 2012

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Hayden set for shoulder surgery

Nicky Hayden will undergo surgery on Monday to try and resolve the shoulder problem that hampered him in pre-season testing at Sepang this week.

Ducati buoyed by test results

February 5th, 2012

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Ducati buoyed by test results

Ducati technical chief Filippo Preziosi says the results of the first winter test proved that the team is on the right track with the major changes it has made for 2012. After failing to win a race in 2011 – despite recruiting seven-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi to lead its line-up – Ducati has had a total rethink of its bike concept with the GP12. Rossi was between 0.7 and 1.2 seconds off the pace during the test at Sepang this week, in line with Ducati’s hopes for the new bike’s first proper run, and Preziosi said the results had vindicated the team’s changes.

Pedrosa: 1000cc bikes ‘demanding’

February 2nd, 2012

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Pedrosa: 1000cc bikes ‘demanding’

Dani Pedrosa has described Honda’s new RCV 213V as “the most physically demanding” MotoGP bike he has ridden. The 26-year-old Spaniard made the assessment after winding up third quickest on the final day of testing at Sepang, leaving him behind his world champion team-mate Casey Stoner and Yamaha’s Jorge Loreno. Pedrosa has won races on both 990 and 800cc machinery in MotoGP since his debut in grand prix racing’s premier class in 2006, but the Spaniard believes that doing so on the new for 2012 1000cc bike will be even more difficult.

Hayden sidelined by shoulder pain

February 1st, 2012

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Hayden sidelined by shoulder pain

Nicky Hayden could only manage 16 laps of running on the second day of MotoGP winter testing at Sepang today before pain from his injured shoulder forced the Ducati rider to pull out. The American broke his left scapula and fractured two ribs when he fell while training shortly after Christmas. Although he managed 33 laps on the opening day of testing yesterday, today proved harder still

Stoner fastest on day two at Sepang

February 1st, 2012

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Stoner fastest on day two at Sepang

Casey Stoner shrugged off his Tuesday back problem to set the fastest time of the second day of MotoGP winter testing at Sepang. The reigning world champion had been forced to skip day one when he hurt his back while warming up before going out for the first time.

Rossi: New Ducati a big improvement

January 31st, 2012

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Rossi: New Ducati a big improvement

Valentino Rossi believes Ducati has taken a big step forward with its 2012 bike after an encouraging first day of testing at Sepang. Following Ducati’s tough 2011 season, team boss Vito Guareschi had said that he would be satisfied just to get the GP12 within a second of the pace in the Malaysian tests this week, but Rossi was 0.7 seconds off pacesetter Jorge Lorenzo’s Yamaha on day one – and felt significant improvements had been made to the bike

Lorenzo ecstatic with start to testing

January 31st, 2012

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Lorenzo ecstatic with start to testing

Jorge Lorenzo was delighted to commence his 2012 MotoGP campaign with the fastest time on the opening day of pre-season testing at Sepang – particularly as it marked the first time he had been on track since suffering a severe hand injury at Philip Island last October. The Yamaha number one was quickest by 0.3 seconds over Honda’s Dani Pedrosa in Malaysia today, while Pedrosa’s reigning champion team-mate Casey Stoner was sidelined with back pain after injuring himself as he warmed up to go out. Lorenzo needed reconstructive surgery on a finger after his crash in Australia, and had sat out the last three grands prix of 2011 plus post-season testing, so to be quickest on his comeback today was particularly satisfying.

Stoner hopes to make up for lost time

January 31st, 2012

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Stoner hopes to make up for lost time

Casey Stoner is optimistic that having to sit out the first day of Sepang testing with back pain will not prove too costly. The reigning MotoGP champion missed all of today’s session in Malaysia – the opening day of 2012 pre-season preparations – having pulled back muscles while warming up.

Lorenzo fastest as Stoner misses test

January 31st, 2012

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Jorge Lorenzo marked his return to the track after last year’s injury with the fastest time in the first pre-season MotoGP test at Sepang, while reigning champion Casey Stoner sat out the session with back pain. Stoner aggravated an old back injury while warming up before going out this morning

Stoner fears backlash from rivals

January 30th, 2012

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Stoner fears backlash from rivals

Casey Stoner believes that the humiliation of the defeats suffered by Yamaha and Ducati in 2011 will make both manufacturers far tougher to beat in the upcoming MotoGP season. The world champion, who was speaking at the launch of Honda’s RCV 213V in Kuala Lumpur, dominated last year’s title race, winning 10 times and scoring 90 points more than his closest rival, Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo. However, with sweeping rule changes having come into play over the winter, including an increase in engine capacity from 800 to 1000cc, Stoner said that he will need to be on top form to fend off the threat posed by the likes of Lorenzo and Ducati’s lead rider Valentino Rossi.

Pasini says MotoGP move a boost

January 30th, 2012

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Pasini says MotoGP move a boost

Mattia Pasini believes his move into MotoGP with the Speed Master team will allow him to recapture the form he showed in his 125cc career after tough seasons in 250cc and Moto2.

Ducati plays down test expectations

January 28th, 2012

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Ducati will be content just to be within 1.5 seconds of the pace in the first MotoGP test of 2012 next week, according to team boss Vito Guareschi. The Italian squad is starting from a clean sheet with its 2012 bike after a win-less ’11 season, and Guareschi warned that he is not expecting immediate results.

Pasini in Speed Master MotoGP move

January 28th, 2012

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Pasini in Speed Master MotoGP move

Mattia Pasini will step up to MotoGP with the Speed Master squad’s CRT programme this year. The seat had been earmarked for former factory Kawasaki MotoGP rider Anthony West, before the Australian announced yesterday that he had been unable to raise a sufficient budget. Pasini was a race winner in 125cc and 250cc, but the 26-year-old Italian has had two difficult seasons in Moto2 over the past two years

West loses Speed Master MotoGP seat

January 27th, 2012

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West loses Speed Master MotoGP seat

Anthony West has announced that he has been unable to find the funding to return to MotoGP with Speed Master and is now set to retire from racing. The former factory Kawasaki rider had been in line to join graduating Moto2 squad Speed Master to race its CRT bike in MotoGP this year, but announced on his Facebook page today that the deal had fallen through.

Stoner: Honda switch vindicated ability

January 24th, 2012

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Stoner: Honda switch vindicated ability

Casey Stoner says his dominance of the 2011 MotoGP championship with Honda – and Valentino Rossi’s struggles after replacing him at Ducati – have given him a credibility he never attained while riding for the Italian marque. Stoner won his first MotoGP crown with the Desmosedici in 2007 and was a race-winner in the subsequent three seasons, never finishing lower than fourth

Rossi is not fading yet, insists Lorenzo

January 23rd, 2012

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Rossi is not fading yet, insists Lorenzo

Valentino Rossi has not passed his peak and is still capable of returning to the forefront of MotoGP, insists his former team-mate Jorge Lorenzo. After leaving Yamaha for Ducati in 2011, Rossi endured his first ever win-less season at world championship level. But Lorenzo, who was Rossi’s Yamaha team-mate from 2008-10, dismissed any suggestion that the Italian seven-time MotoGP champion’s career was in decline

Lorenzo: CRT right future for MotoGP

January 22nd, 2012

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Lorenzo: CRT right future for MotoGP

Former MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo says he fully backs the sport’s move towards lower-cost and lower-technology regulations, despite 2011 title-winner Casey Stoner saying he would consider quitting the series over it. MotoGP commercial chief Carmelo Ezpeleta has openly admitted that he sees the new Claiming Rule Teams regulation – under which lower-budget bikes with an element of production technology are permitted – as the world championship’s future, prompting criticism from Stoner. But Lorenzo reckons Ezpeleta’s plans are exactly what MotoGP needs.

Stoner: MotoGP needs quick Ducati

January 21st, 2012

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Stoner: MotoGP needs quick Ducati

MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner hopes his former employer Ducati can produce a more consistent challenge in 2012 – especially with the number of works bikes at the front of the field shrinking. Ducati has not won a race since 2010, as Stoner’s Honda team and Yamaha dominated last season.

Sepang MotoGP test open to public

January 20th, 2012

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Sepang MotoGP test open to public

Sepang International Circuit has announced that the first MotoGP tests of 2012 will be open to the public. The MotoGP field will reconvene at the Malaysian track for the first test of the season on 31 January to 2 February, returning for the second test on 28 February to 1 March. The sessions will mark the first time the MotoGP riders have been out at Sepang since Marco Simoncelli lost his life in last October’s Malaysian Grand Prix.