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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
    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.

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

Frijns graduates to FR3.5 with Fortec

January 30th, 2012

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Frijns graduates to FR3.5 with Fortec

Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup champion Robin Frijns will graduate to Formula Renault 3.5 with Fortec Motorsport. The Dutchman earned a 500,000 Euro scholarship for his 2011 championship success. Frijns tested with Fortec’s outgoing FR3.5 car at Motorland Aragon during the final test of 2011

Wood eyes regular points with Vectra

January 30th, 2012

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Wood eyes regular points with Vectra

British Touring Car racer Lea Wood is aiming for regular points finishes after acquiring the ex-Andrew Jordan Vauxhall Vectra for this season.

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.

BMW reveals first DTM livery

January 30th, 2012

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BMW reveals first DTM livery

BMW has unveiled the first of the liveries it will run during its DTM campaign this year. One of the six M3 DTMs will run in the green and blue colours of its backer Castrol EDGE, rather than the traditional BMW corporate livery of the past 20 years. DTM champion Martin Tomczyk and long-time Mercedes driver Bruno Spengler have joined BMW for the coming season to partner long-time factory drivers Andy Priaulx, Augusto Farfus, Joey Hand and Dirk Muller, all of whom are switching over from GT racing.

Ordonez joins Greaves for Le Mans

January 30th, 2012

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Ordonez joins Greaves for Le Mans

Lucas Ordonez has joined Greaves Motorsport for this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours and Le Mans Series. The 26-year-old Spaniard will drive one of Greaves’ Nissan-engined Zytek prototypes as the British squad bids to win the LMS and repeat its LMP2 class victory at Le Mans. Ordonez, a graduate of the Playstation GT Academy, will share the Zytek with Martin and Alex Brundle at Le Mans, while Tom Kimber-Smith and Brundle Jr will be his co-drivers in the LMS.

Q and A with Nicolas Lapierre

January 30th, 2012

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Q and A with Nicolas Lapierre

Nicolas Lapierre starts 2012 as a factory race driver for the first time in his career.

Bamboo to run works-spec Cruzes

January 30th, 2012

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Bamboo to run works-spec Cruzes

Bamboo Engineering has revealed that it will run two Chevrolet Cruzes in identical specification to the works cars fielded by RML in the World Touring Car Championship this year. The British team has run Chevrolets in some form since running an old Lacetti in the British Touring Car Championship in 2009

Lapierre: Toyota was a better option

January 30th, 2012

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Lapierre: Toyota was a better option

Nicolas Lapierre says he felt Toyota was a better option for his sportscar career than a potential Peugeot seat even before the French manufacturer withdrew from Le Mans racing. Lapierre won last year’s Sebring 12 Hours in an ORECA-run Peugeot, and admitted that he had talks with Peugeot over joining its works team. But he was ultimately announced as part of the driving strength for Toyota’s return to sportscars’ top class.

Francois Migault dies aged 67

January 29th, 2012

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Francois Migault dies aged 67

Former Formula 1 and Le Mans racer Francois Migault has died at the age of 67.

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

Toyota wraps up first TS030 test

January 27th, 2012

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Toyota wraps up first TS030 test

Toyota completed on Friday its first full test with the new TS030 Hybrid car that will compete in the Le Mans 24 Hours this year.

Neal: MG programme boosts BTCC

January 27th, 2012

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Reigning British Touring Car champion Matt Neal has welcomed the competition MG’s return will bring to the series. Neal took his third BTCC title last year with Honda Racing, which is currently building its first NGTC-specification Civics. He praised rival Jason Plato, MG and Triple Eight for the programme, which was announced earlier this week

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.

IRC chiefs praise Ireland route

January 27th, 2012

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IRC chiefs praise Ireland route

IRC motorsport development manager Jean-Pierre Nicolas has praised the organisers of the Circuit of Ireland Rally after completing his route survey this week.

Pirelli announces GP3 prize fund

January 27th, 2012

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Pirelli announces GP3 prize fund

The 2012 GP3 Series champion will receive a 200,000 euro prize from tyre supplier Pirelli if they graduate to GP2 for 2013, the series has announced. The champion driver will also drive in a GP2 development test during the winter

Ireland bosses want ‘big’ event

January 27th, 2012

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Ireland bosses want ‘big’ event

Circuit of Ireland Rally director Bobby Willis has vowed to bring Ireland’s oldest and most famous motorsport event back to life when it runs as an Intercontinental Rally Challenge round in April. The April 6-7 event was officially launched in Belfast on Thursday, with confirmation that the rally will start with a stage around the shipyards from which the Titanic was launched 100 years ago in April. After what’s certain to be a huge crowd-pleaser in front of the famous Harland and Wolff cranes, the crews will face a further 15 stages centred around Armagh

Costa seeking for drive after setback

January 26th, 2012

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Costa seeking for drive after setback

Formula Renault 3.5 race winner Albert Costa’s prospects of securing a drive in 2012 have suffered a setback in recent weeks owing to an off-track ‘managerial’ dispute. The Catalan, winner of the final race of 2011 and formerly an FIA Institute Academy young driver, expressed his frustration over the setback that has left him attempting to piece together a new deal from scratch.