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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.
  • David Ifeguni
    Contributing Writer
    I was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1988 and moved to Midland, Michigan when I was two years old. I stayed there until third grade when I moved to Farmington Hills, Michigan and now I currently live in Naperville, IL where I'm attending Metea Valley High School as a 9th grader. In the past, I have participated in soccer and this year I plan on joining swimming or water polo. My family includes my 15 year old sister, a 7 year old sister and my mom and dad. I have been writing since 6th grade and have participated in many writing contests in my school and have received several awards for writing.
    My fascination for motorsports began when I was nine. The first NASCAR race I watched on TV was the 2009 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, won by Kasey Kahne. My favorite NASCAR drivers are Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr, and Jimmie Johnson. I have watched all the races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series since 2010. I currently have three wins on iRacing, two of them in the Nationwide car at Daytona and one in the Street stocks at Charlotte. My favorite car and type of track on iRacing is the Nationwide Series (B Class) car and superspeedways.
  • Katier Scott
    Contributing Writer
    I am a veteran sim racer who first started racing way back in 1993 on the SPRTSIMS section of Compuserve with a league who can trace themselves all the way to the present. Within that league I act as Chief Steward and try to bring the unique viewpoint that this experience gives me into my articles.
    I have a BA (Hons) in Journalism and Editorial design and have been writing for seven years and currently cover the Lotus 79 CTC and Radical series alongside my freelance work. Living in the UK, as well as motorsports I love Photography, Arts and Crafts and reading.
  • Dylan Sharman
    Contributing Writer
    I was born in Adelaide and we moved-out for Angle Vale for a few years until I was about 7 years old, when we moved to the Barossa Valley where I live now. I'm 19 years old and currently traveling back and forth weekly as I'm studying for a Diploma of Furniture Design and Technology.

    I've always had a love for racing as my close family did some racing and we were always out at the local dirt track. I joined iRacing back in 2010 and slowly but surely got the hang of it as this is my first experience with sim racing and am loving it each time I race. I've won two SK Modified titles (almost had three in a row but finished P2 in 2011 S4), an inRacingNews Challenge championship (2012 S1 Mazda) and was also an AustralAsian Intel GT Series Finalist.
  • Nathan Aljoe
    Contributing Writer
    Nathan's passion for motorsport first began in the late 1980s, captivated by the season in which Aryton Senna won his first F1 title with McLaren. Over the years his interest widened to include the British Touring Car Championship, World Rally Championship, NASCAR and various other forms of motorsport. Nathan began sim-racing in the mid 1990s using games developed by Papyrus. He later moved onto SimBim simulations such as GTR, GTR2 and GTR Evolution and has most recently joined the iRacing community.

    When he's not working or sim racing, Nathan enjoys spending time and relaxing with his family. Other hobbies include going to festivals, tinkering with his car and doing up his house.
  • Austin Hartenfels
    Contributing Writer
    Born and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia, I have always had a serious passion for cars and motorsports. Hoping one day to become an automotive journalist for a magazine, I constantly crave the exciting competition that comes along with racing and sim-racing. Having participated in a mere test session in a Legends car at Old Dominion Speedway, I have not been able to get into any real-life competition . . . yet.

    As a sim racer, my interests date back to "GTR Evolution." My goal is to have fun and win some races. I made it to Oval Pro in 2010, but did not become very successful. I enjoy any mixed road racing competition and love racing the Silverados around almost any track.
  • Jordan Hightower
    Contributing Writer
    Jordan began sim-racing in 2005 with the NASCAR Racing 2003 Season sim and then joined the iRacing community in June of 2008. He hails from Fort Smith, Arkansas where he is currently enrolled at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith, after which he plans to attend the University of Arkansas to earn his MBA. Although he enjoys watching and playing basketball, most of Jordan's focus is on motorsports, particularly NASCAR: "Anything that burns gas and goes fast, I like."
  • Scott Kelly
    Contributing Writer
    Born and raised in the greater St. Louis, Missouri area, Scott Kelly has had a love for motorsports ever since his father did the right thing by introducing auto racing into his life. No longer able to quench his need for speed by spectating NASCAR races on TV and watching dirt track stars slide around local tracks, Kelly eventually picked-up sim racing in his teens, wheeling cars found in Ratbag Games' "Dirt Track Racing" and "World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars" while also becoming introduced into multiple Papyrus sim-racing series. Joining the iRacing ranks in late 2011, Kelly set his sights on the short track racing he was familiar with, focusing on the sprint car, while also driving the Legends and street stock in multiple iRacing.com leagues.

    Kelly brings not just his enthusiasm for racing to the highest-rated motorsports simulation, but also his B.A. degree in English; he covers the action seen in the iRacing.com Sprint Car Series, while also placing the spotlight on various leagues within the service. Enjoying his start to a career in motorsports journalism, Kelly also doesn't mind visiting victory lane from time-to-time.
  • Kenneth O'Keefe
    Contributing Writer
    Kenneth was born in Smithville, Ontario on December 23, 1994. A major racing fan, he enjoys competitive kart racing in the Rotax Max category at Mosport International Karting. Kenneth also tunes into Formula One and NASCAR races on those Sundays when he is not at the kart track.

    O'Keefe has been sim-racing since 2005, starting on the Live For Speed simulator. After moving to iRacing in 2008, he was able to qualify for the NASCAR iRacing Pro Series (NiPS) in both 2011 and 2012. He will continue to compete and write about the iRacing.com Skip Barber Series throughout the coming year before taking another run at the NiPS in late 2013.
  • Chris Owens
    Contributing Writer
    I was born in Florence, South Carolina in 1989 and have lived here my entire life. I've been around racing since I was a young kid watching with my dad on Sundays. In 2009 and found my local track, Florence Motor Speedway and started working for them as a PR guy the same year. At the end of that season, I started writing for RACE22.com, a Late Model Stock Car news site. In 2010, I picked up my first DSLR camera and started shooting races. To this day, I've experienced some of the best races from behind the camera.

    I've been with the iRacing service since its public beta in 2008, back when the top oval car was the Late Model. I've been in over 500 races on the service with 70+ wins on both oval and road. My favorite car on the service is the Chevrolet Silverado. Darlington Raceway and Concord Speedway are my favorite tracks simply because everybody hates them.
  • George Wood
    Contributing Writer
    After beginning his racing career with go-karts at age seven, George then turned wrenches on street stocks until he could finally turn the wheel. Following the successes of his friends and family, George has since retired from real-world racing, where he is now a science and mathematics faculty member for several local community colleges. When George isn't grading laboratory reports or iRacing, he is performing at bluegrass festivals in the Northeast, making fishing lures, playing golf, and rooting for his beloved Baltimore Orioles.

Hamilton: Mercedes needs cool weather

April 22nd, 2013

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Hamilton: Mercedes needs cool weather

Lewis Hamilton believes that the cooler conditions of upcoming races in Europe will suit Mercedes, after the team struggled to look after its tyres in the Bahrain Grand Prix. Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn had said before the Sakhir event that if his outfit performed well in Bahrain then it would be quick everywhere because it was a track where it had struggled in 2012. But although Nico Rosberg took pole position, he and Hamilton were beset by tyre overheating issues throughout the weekend and found themselves unable to challenge for a podium.

Bianchi to replace Razia at Marussia

March 1st, 2013

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Bianchi to replace Razia at Marussia

Jules Bianchi will race for Marussia this season after the team was forced to terminate Luiz Razia’s contract, AUTOSPORT can reveal. The Frenchman will test for the team at Barcelona on Saturday and then complete half a day of running on Sunday. Although the deal is not believed to have been signed yet, Bianchi will make his debut in the Australian Grand Prix later this month.

Analysis: STR aims high with new car

February 4th, 2013

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Analysis: STR aims high with new car

The new Toro Rosso STR8 is set for major aerodynamic changes as the year progresses after the team focused on mechanical improvements with its launch-spec car. Technical director James Key admitted that the major differences between this year’s machine and its predecessor are currently on the mechanical side, but that some fundamental concepts are being worked on for introduction later in the season

Austin confirms BTCC line-up

January 10th, 2013

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Austin confirms BTCC line-up

British Touring Car team boss Rob Austin is targeting race wins after confirming a two-car assault on the series in 2013. Austin will again run rear-wheel-drive Audi A4s, with one-off 2012 backer Wix Filters becoming title sponsor

Hunter-Reay to switch to #1 for 2013

December 6th, 2012

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Hunter-Reay to switch to #1 for 2013

IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay will switch to #1 on his Andretti Autosport car for the 2013 season.

Lotus victory ‘proves team is serious’

November 5th, 2012

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Lotus victory ‘proves team is serious’

Lotus thinks the biggest positive that will come from Kimi Raikkonen’s triumph in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is in showing that the team is serious in its Formula 1 ambitions. With Lotus having been at the centre of a naming row and numerous doubts about its financial commitment in recent years, Raikkonen helped silence its critics with a victory last weekend

Schumacher: Results rely on car form

October 11th, 2012

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Schumacher: Results rely on car form

Michael Schumacher believes Mercedes will need to improve ‘significantly’ if he is to land another top result before he retires from Formula 1 at the end of the season. The seven-time world champion took the only podium finish since his comeback at Valencia earlier this year, while Nico Rosberg won the Chinese Grand Prix just five races before that. However, Mercedes has scored just 44 points in the races since Schumacher’s 155th podium, and the 43-year-old has not finished higher than sixth during that time.

Red Bull ‘cannot afford’ retirements

September 9th, 2012

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Red Bull ‘cannot afford’ retirements

Red Bull boss Christian Horner says Red Bull cannot afford a repeat of the kind of mechanical problems that ruined Sebastian Vettel’s Italian Grand Prix if it is to win the world championship . Vettel retired from the Monza race with an alternator failure on lap 48 – the second time his car had been stopped this weekend with the issue following a similar problem in third practice

Sauber ‘falling short’ of expectations

September 7th, 2012

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Sauber ‘falling short’ of expectations

Sauber drivers Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi say their car’s performance is falling short of expectations at Monza after a troubled Friday practice .

Schumacher: Mercedes too slow

July 28th, 2012

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Schumacher: Mercedes too slow

Michael Schumacher said that Mercedes just has to accept that it will not be competitive in the Hungarian Grand Prix, after the team’s worst showing of the season in qualifying. Schumacher will start down in 17th position, four places behind his team-mate Nico Rosberg. Schumacher’s flying lap was compromised by dust left on track by Williams driver Pastor Maldonado, but the seven-time world champion said that he?

Webber wants F1 future beyond 2013

July 11th, 2012

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Webber wants F1 future beyond 2013

Mark Webber says he has no plans to retire from Formula 1 at the end of his contract with Red Bull Racing, having just extended his deal for another year. The Australian, who turns 36 in late August, secured a new one-year deal with Red Bull on Tuesday and will continue to drive for the squad he joined in 2007 at least until the end of 2013. Webber, however, insists that despite his age, he is not seeing next year as his last season in F1 and says he wants to continue racing after that.

HRT gives Clos British GP practice run

June 29th, 2012

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HRT gives Clos British GP practice run

Dani Clos will return to the cockpit of the HRT at Silverstone next week after the team announced he will take part in opening practice for the British Grand Prix.

Experienced Button not down over slump

June 23rd, 2012

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Experienced Button not down over slump

Jenson Button says his experience of Formula 1′s highs and lows through his 12-year career has helped him to prevent despondency creep in during his recent struggles. The McLaren driver has scored just two points in the last four races, and knows must turn around his situation if he is to keep himself in the world championship fight. But although Button’s difficulties stretched for four races, he says the numerous ups and downs he has experienced in the past meant he never let the troubles get blown out of proportion

Larbre ‘lucky’ to secure GTE Am win

June 17th, 2012

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Larbre ‘lucky’ to secure GTE Am win

Larbre Competition team manager Jack Leconte said that the #50 Chevrolet Corvette was lucky to win the Le Mans 24 Hours GTE Am category after the team had to pit on the last lap to change drivers.

Fisichella: Le Mans GTE win beats F1

June 17th, 2012

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Fisichella: Le Mans GTE win beats F1

Giancarlo Fisichella says realising his dream of winning at Le Mans outranks any of his three Formula 1 grand prix victories.

Gene steps in for Bernhard at Le Mans

June 1st, 2012

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Gene steps in for Bernhard at Le Mans

Marc Gene will replace Timo Bernhard in Audi’s Le Mans 24 Hours line-up after the team’s 2010 winner failed to regain his fitness in time following a testing accident at Sebring in March. Gene, who also won Le Mans alongside Alex Wurz and David Brabham driving for Audi’s former turbodiesel rival Peugeot in 2009, was drafted into Audi’s squad when it became clear Bernard would need a long recovery period for his vertebrae injury

Toyota resumes testing with hybrid

May 5th, 2012

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Toyota resumes testing with hybrid

Alex Wurz and Nicolas Lapierre completed 81 laps of testing with Toyota’s new TS030 chassis at Magny-Cours on Friday as the Japanese manufacturer resumed its hybrid development programme ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours. Toyota lost weeks of preparation after Lapierre’s testing accident at Paul Ricard last month and was also forced to miss its planned World Endurance Championship race debut at Spa this weekend, after the team’s only available monocoque was destroyed in the crash

Hamilton upbeat about long-run pace

April 13th, 2012

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Hamilton upbeat about long-run pace

Lewis Hamilton is upbeat about the long-run pace of his McLaren, which he hopes will make him a contender for victory in China despite a five-place grid penalty.

Raikkonen: Lotus has front-row pace

March 24th, 2012

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Raikkonen: Lotus has front-row pace

Kimi Raikkonen believes his Lotus had the potential to be inside the top two in qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix, had not made a mistake on his Q3 flying lap at Sepang. Raikkonen will start from 10th on the grid in Sunday’s race after the team was forced to change his car’s gearbox, but Raikkonen believes his pace was good enough to contend for pole; on paper, at least

Grosjean: New Lotus chassis felt strange

February 21st, 2012

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Grosjean: New Lotus chassis felt strange

Romain Grosjean has described the feel of his new Lotus chassis as “strange” after the team was forced to abandon today’s running. The Franco-Swiss driver completed only seven laps this morning on the shakedown of Lotus chassis number two. When the problem was detected the team decided to send it back to its Enstone base and fly out chassis one, which was used at Jerez, to build up for tomorrow