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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.

Mercedes: holding up rivals not enough

May 17th, 2013

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Mercedes: holding up rivals not enough

Mercedes says it cannot rely Monaco’s lack of overtaking opportunities to make up for its race-day tyre issues. The Brackley-based team has impressed with its single-lap form this year, securing pole position at the last three races. However, it has struggled with its longer-run pace and both Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton have endured frustrating slumps down the order in races.

Mercedes ‘cannot get carried away’

April 2nd, 2013

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Mercedes ‘cannot get carried away’

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has warned that his team must keep its feet firmly on the ground despite admitting its strong start to the season has raised expectations.

Mercedes hails Rosberg’s team spirit

March 28th, 2013

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Mercedes hails Rosberg’s team spirit

Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff has praised Nico Rosberg for setting aside his personal interests for the good of the team in the Malaysian Grand Prix. The German was asked to hold ground behind Lewis Hamilton at Sepang in order to secure a three-four finish for the Brackley-based squad. Hamilton admitted afterward that Rosberg had deserved his podium spot

Button impressed by Mercedes

March 2nd, 2013

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Button impressed by Mercedes

Jenson Button has singled out Mercedes as the team that has impressed him the most in pre-season testing. Amid a growing view in the F1 paddock that Mercedes has made a major step forward with its W04 to rejoin the battle at the front of the field, Button too has no doubts about the form of his Brackley-based rivals. When asked about which other teams look fast right now, Button said: “I can’t tell anything from the tests so far

Perez shrugs off McLaren tech changes

March 1st, 2013

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Perez shrugs off McLaren tech changes

Sergio Perez insists that McLaren’s chances of winning the world championship this year will not be compromised by the technical staffing shake-up caused by Paddy Lowe’s planned departure. Lowe has been moved away from McLaren’s F1 efforts for the remainder of the year ahead of an expected move to Mercedes in 2014.

Lauda insists Lowe no threat to Brawn

February 26th, 2013

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Lauda insists Lowe no threat to Brawn

Ross Brawn’s immediate future as team principal at Mercedes is not in doubt, insists its chairman Niki Lauda, despite Paddy Lowe planning to switch from McLaren. Speculation that Brawn will be stepping down from his role sooner rather than later grew after it emerged that McLaren technical director Lowe has agreed to join Mercedes at the start of next year.

Rosberg encouraged despite failure

February 5th, 2013

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Rosberg encouraged despite failure

Nico Rosberg has faith that Mercedes has delivered a step forward with its new W04 , despite his running being cut short on the opening day of Formula 1 pre-season testing. The Brackley-based team was forced to abandon its efforts for the day after just 14 laps on Tuesday, because modifications to its wiring loom are needed overnight after an electrical problem stopped the car out on track. But although the reliability issue was a setback for Mercedes, Rosberg says early impressions of the car are encouraging

Mercedes’ new W04 makes debut

February 4th, 2013

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Mercedes’ new W04 makes debut

The Mercedes team unveiled on Monday morning the car with which it will compete in during the 2013 season Formula 1 season. The W04 took to the Jerez circuit for the first time for a few early laps ahead of its official launch in the afternoon.

Brawn: Hamilton wins still aim for 2013

December 3rd, 2012

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Brawn: Hamilton wins still aim for 2013

Mercedes boss Ross Brawn is hopeful he can prove Lewis Hamilton wrong and give the Briton a car that is capable of fighting for victories in 2013. Hamilton is leaving McLaren at the end of the year after a six-year spell at the Woking team to race alongside Nico Rosberg at Mercedes from next season.

Mercedes could ditch double-DRS

October 31st, 2012

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Mercedes could ditch double-DRS

Mercedes has conceded that it may elect not to race with a passive double-DRS next season, thanks to the difficulties it has experienced in getting the system to work so far this year. The Brackley-based team has tried the concept during Friday practice at several recent races , but has already ruled out racing it in the final three grands prix of the year

Mercedes ‘didn’t offer more money’

September 28th, 2012

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Mercedes ‘didn’t offer more money’

Mercedes did not break the bank to secure Lewis Hamilton’s services, claims its team principal Ross Brawn. Hamilton’s move from McLaren to Mercedes came amid suggestions that the Brackley-based outfit was offering him a higher retainer than his current team – as well as greater commercial freedom to find personal sponsors. However, Brawn says that Hamilton’s motivation to move teams had nothing to do with money – and was instead about finding a new challenge in his career

Mercedes upgrades get green light

September 18th, 2012

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Mercedes upgrades get green light

Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg’s hopes of a step forward in form from Mercedes have been lifted with their team poised to race its new Coanda-effect exhausts at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, AUTOSPORT can reveal. The Brackley-based outfit tested a heavily revised exhaust layout on its W03 during last week’s young driver test at Magny-Cours – making use of the concept that has been put to good use by a number of teams this year including Ferrari, McLaren and Sauber. The developments completed more than 1000 kilometres during the three days of testing in the hands of Sam Bird and Brendon Hartley – and team sources suggest the outfit was hugely encouraged by the performance boost they brought to the car.

Hartley hopes F1 test leads to more

September 14th, 2012

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Hartley hopes F1 test leads to more

Brendon Hartley hopes that a solid return to Formula 1 action with Mercedes this week is enough to secure him further opportunities in the future. The New Zealander drove for the Brackley-based team on the final day of this week’s Magny-Cours young driver test – which was his first proper time back in an F1 cockpit since he was dropped by Red Bull in 2010.

Bird encouraged by Mercedes updates

September 13th, 2012

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Bird encouraged by Mercedes updates

Mercedes has reason to be encouraged by the progress that it has made with its revamped car at this week’s Magny-Cours test, reckons Sam Bird. Although the team still needs time to analyse the data from the test , where the W03 featured Coanda-effect exhausts and a new double-DRS , Bird thinks that it can be satisfied with the progress it has shown this week. “It was very productive,” said Bird, who has handed over the car to Brendon Hartley for the final day

Hartley ‘better prepared’ for F1 chance

September 11th, 2012

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Hartley ‘better prepared’ for F1 chance

Brendon Hartley believes he is much better prepared for a return to the Formula 1 cockpit now than he was when he got his first chance with Red Bull. As AUTOSPORT revealed earlier this week, H artley will drive for Mercedes at the Magny-Cours young driver test on Thursday if the Brackley-based outfit is able to complete all the work it needs to in the first two days with regular test driver Sam Bird.

Mercedes: Set-up could explain slump

September 4th, 2012

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Mercedes: Set-up could explain slump

Mercedes is investigating whether a wrong set-up direction with its W03 is to blame for its recent drop of form.

Magny-Cours test to go ahead

August 23rd, 2012

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Magny-Cours test to go ahead

Formula 1′s young driver test at Magny-Cours is to go ahead next month, AUTOSPORT can reveal. A number of teams had been looking for an alternative venue after Silverstone’s test in July was reduced to two days, because they were not keen to run at Yas Marina in November.

Mercedes ‘needs to find half a second’

July 24th, 2012

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Mercedes ‘needs to find half a second’

Mercedes is lacking around half a second of laptime compared to the frontrunners, and must find that performance if it is to return to winning ways. That is the view of Mercedes-Benz motorsport boss Norbert Haug, who thinks that while the Brackley-based outfit has made considerable progress this year it is still not at the level it needs to be.

Schumacher decision due in six weeks

July 3rd, 2012

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Schumacher decision due in six weeks

Michael Schumacher’s future in Formula 1 will be sorted out within the next six weeks, with his Mercedes team now preparing to make a decision on what it wants to do with its drivers for next year. The seven-time champion’s contract with the Brackley-based team runs out at the end of this season, and both he and the team have been open-minded about whether they will continue or decide to call time on his career. Speaking at the FOTA Fans’ Forum at the Williams factory on Tuesday night, Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn said he expected a decision before the end of the summer break about Schumacher’s future

Schumacher positive for European GP

June 15th, 2012

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Schumacher positive for European GP

Michael Schumacher says he and Mercedes are heading to the European Grand Prix in an optimistic mood, despite a disappointing outing in Canada last weekend. The Brackley-based outfit had been singled out as one of the favourites for victory in Montreal, but it did not manage to unlock its full potential – and Schumacher’s race ended with a rare DRS failure that left his wing flap open.