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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.

MW Arden signs Fumanelli for GP3

January 13th, 2012

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MW Arden signs Fumanelli for GP3

Spanish Formula 3 runner-up David Fumanelli will move to GP3 with MW Arden this season. The 19-year-old Italian has already tested for the team at Jerez, where he was an immediate frontrunner.

Werner completes BMW DTM line-up

January 13th, 2012

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Werner completes BMW DTM line-up

BMW has completed its DTM line-up by confirming that Dirk Werner will race the sixth of its new M3 machines this year. The 30-year-old German, has tested the car extensively since the summer and has been named alongside series champion Martin Tomczyk, Bruno Spengler, Andy Priaulx, Augusto Farfus and Joey Hand

Hand stays in ALMS alongside DTM

January 13th, 2012

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Hand stays in ALMS alongside DTM

Joey Hand will continue to race for BMW in the American Le Mans Series in 2012 alongside his move to the firm’s new DTM programme.

MotoGP reveals 2012 entry list

January 13th, 2012

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MotoGP reveals 2012 entry list

MotoGP has announced a 21-bike entry list for 2012, with Danilo Petrucci, Ivan Silva and Yonny Hernandez confirmed as riders for the final CRT bikes.

Trummer steps up to GP2 with Arden

January 13th, 2012

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Trummer steps up to GP2 with Arden

Simon Trummer will remain with Arden International this year as he steps up from GP3 to GP2 with the team. Trummer, 22, finished 18th in GP3 last year under the team’s MW Arden banner, a fourth placed finish at the Monza finale being the Swiss driver’s best result. He made his GP2 debut with Arden at the non-championship Abu Dhabi Grand Prix support event last November, and will now tackle the full series with the British squad.

Coronel staying with ROAL

January 13th, 2012

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Coronel staying with ROAL

Tom Coronel will remain with the ROAL BMW squad for this year’s World Touring Car Championship as the Italian team expands to two cars. The veteran Dutchman, who took a win at Suzuka on his way to fourth in last year’s championship, will be partnered by Alberto Cerqui, who won the Italian Superstars title with the team in 2011 and tested a BMW 320 TC before Christmas

Taylor joins Corvette for Le Mans

January 12th, 2012

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Taylor joins Corvette for Le Mans

Jordan Taylor will make his Le Mans 24 Hours debut with the factory Corvette Racing outfit this year.

Jackson joins AmD for BTCC

January 12th, 2012

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Jackson joins AmD for BTCC

Ollie Jackson will race for AmD Tuning in the British Touring Car Championship this year. Jackson, 27, made his BTCC debut at the tail end of 2011 with the Triple 8 Vauxhall squad, but will now race AmD’s Volkswagen Golf, which will again be powered by a Lehmann-prepared VW NGTC engine.

Chandhok joins JRM for WEC in 2012

January 12th, 2012

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Chandhok joins JRM for WEC in 2012

Karun Chandhok will compete in the World Endurance Championship in 2012 with the JRM Racing team, it has been announced. The Indian, who acted as Team Lotus’s reserve driver in Formula 1 during the 2011 season, will join the newly-launched series, which includes the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Sebring 12 Hours

Yokohama to supply F2 tyres

January 12th, 2012

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Yokohama to supply F2 tyres

Yokohama has become the official tyre supplier for the FIA Formula 2 Championship.

Tincknell moves from Fortec to Carlin

January 11th, 2012

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Tincknell moves from Fortec to Carlin

Harry Tincknell will switch from Fortec Motorsport to Carlin for a second season racing in British Formula 3 this year. Tincknell, 20, suffered a potentially career-ending injury to his right hand in a testing crash with Carlin at Spa last November.

Preziosi promises flexible Ducati

January 11th, 2012

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Preziosi promises flexible Ducati

Ducati Corse’s general manager Filippo Preziosi says a far more flexible approach – and a far more flexible bike – will be fundamental to the team’s ambitions for the 2012 season.

ART rebrands as Lotus GP

January 10th, 2012

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ART rebrands as Lotus GP

Leading GP2 and GP3 team ART will rebrand as Lotus GP from 2012, as it intensifies its relationship with the sportscar constructor. Lotus became ART’s title sponsor last year, with the squad’s cars running in green and yellow livery.

Title unlikely in 2012 admits Rossi

January 10th, 2012

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Title unlikely in 2012 admits Rossi

Valentino Rossi has played down Ducati’s chances of fighting for MotoGP title glory in 2012 – but is optimistic the Italian manufacturer will be closer to the front this year. After a difficult 2011 campaign, where neither Rossi nor team-mate Nicky Hayden won a race, Ducati is hoping that its new GP12 bike will deliver a good step forward in the forthcoming season

Rossi won’t hurry 2013 decision

January 10th, 2012

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Rossi won’t hurry 2013 decision

Valentino Rossi says he is not yet thinking too hard about his future beyond 2012, but would like to achieve success with Ducati before moving teams or retiring. The seven-time MotoGP champion failed to win a race in his first season with the Italian squad last year. Rossi said his preference was to continue in MotoGP beyond this season, and that ideally he hoped to take Ducati back to the top before leaving the sport

Hayden optimistic over test fitness

January 10th, 2012

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Hayden optimistic over test fitness

Nicky Hayden is hopeful that he will be fit for the first pre-season MotoGP test at Sepang, despite injuring himself recently in a motorcycle crash. The American broke his left scapula and fractured two ribs after falling from a bike in late December – in what was his first ride since recovering from a scaphoid injury he picked up in Valencia

Coloni signs Coletti and Onidi

January 9th, 2012

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Coloni signs Coletti and Onidi

Scuderia Coloni has signed Stefano Coletti and Fabio Onidi for the 2012 GP2 season, the team has announced.

Harvey stays with Carlin in British F3

January 9th, 2012

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Harvey stays with Carlin in British F3

Jack Harvey has set his sights on winning the 2012 British F3 title after confirming he will stay with title-winning squad Carlin for a second season in the championship.

Richards honoured at public service

January 9th, 2012

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Richards honoured at public service

V8 Supercar racer Jason Richards was honoured at a public memorial service at Sandown Raceway on Monday.

Dovizioso expected to be fit for test

January 8th, 2012

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Dovizioso expected to be fit for test

Andrea Dovizioso should “easily” be fit in time for the first 2012 MotoGP tests, says the surgeon who repaired his broken collarbone.