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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.

Canada qualifying quotes: Marussia

June 8th, 2013

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Jules Bianchi – 20th: “It has been a frustrating day as I think we were looking strong yesterday in the dry and in anticipation of a dry race tomorrow.

Hamilton: brake issues mine to solve

June 7th, 2013

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Lewis Hamilton says the onus is on him – and not his Mercedes team – to sort out the brake problems that are hampering his form. The Mercedes driver has admitted that for the first time in his career he does not have the confidence he needs with the braking characteristics of his car.

Grosjean shrugs off Monaco accidents

May 25th, 2013

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Grosjean shrugs off Monaco accidents

Romain Grosjean insists that his confidence has not been rattled by the two separate trips into the wall at Sainte Devote he has taken so far in the Monaco Grand Prix weekend. The Lotus driver hit the wall for the first time on Thursday during free practice two, before repeating the effort on Saturday morning in the final minute of the third practice session. The team managed to repair the car just in time for Grosjean to take part in qualifying, where he locked down 13th on the grid

Monaco practice quotes: Lotus

May 23rd, 2013

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Kimi Raikkonen – 11th/6th: “I was much happier at the end of today than this morning. We spent the first session getting the steering right as it wasn’t great at the beginning, then we changed a few things on the car and it felt far better. We’ve still got a few other areas to improve, but it was getting stronger with every run today.

Perez vindicated by Bahrain showing

April 29th, 2013

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Perez vindicated by Bahrain showing

Sergio Perez believes his drive to sixth in the Bahrain Grand Prix is proof he can be successful with McLaren. The Mexican struggled in the first three races of the season, and admitted after China that he had been amazed by the amount of criticism he had attracted.

Marquez admits expectations exceeded

April 22nd, 2013

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Marquez admits expectations exceeded

Marc Marquez admits his opening to his rookie MotoGP campaign has exceeded all his expectations. The 20-year-old followed up a podium on his grand prix debut with victory at Austin , in the process becoming the youngest winner in the sport’s history. He also moved into a share of the championship lead, level on points with last year’s champion Jorge Lorenzo

Troubled Grosjean gets new chassis

April 18th, 2013

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Troubled Grosjean gets new chassis

Romain Grosjean will get a new chassis for this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix as he continues to try to get on top of his problems. The Lotus driver has struggled with the handling of his car and has been unable to match the pace of his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, especially in race conditions, where Grosjean is finding it very hard to make his tyres work properly. In order to rule out any car problems, AUTOSPORT has learned that Lotus has decided to bring a new chassis for Grosjean at Sakhir

Perez admits confidence low after errors

April 12th, 2013

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Perez admits confidence low after errors

Sergio Perez admits his two Chinese Grand Prix practice crashes, coupled with the inconsistency of McLaren’s MP4-28, have upset his confidence in the car. The Mexican provided a bizarre end to first practice when he locked up and slid into the barriers at the pitlane entry, while he spun across the gravel trap and nudged the Turn 8 barriers in the second session

Kubica confident ahead of WRC debut

April 11th, 2013

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Kubica confident ahead of WRC debut

Robert Kubica says his confidence is rising ahead of his World Rally Championship debut on this weekend’s Rally of Portugal. The Pole will drive a Citroen DS3 RRC in the WRC2 category, competing for the first time on gravel

Lorenzo: no room for complacency

April 8th, 2013

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Lorenzo: no room for complacency

Jorge Lorenzo says Yamaha cannot afford any degree of complacency despite a ‘perfect start’ to the season after he led team-mate Valentino Rossi home in Qatar. While Rossi had to fight his way through to second, Lorenzo dominated from the outset, leading away from pole and extending his advantage every lap.

Kubica tops Canaries Rally shakedown

March 21st, 2013

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Kubica tops Canaries Rally shakedown

Citroen driver Robert Kubica has set the fastest time in this morning’s Canaries Rally shakedown stage. Kubica posted a time of 1m26.5s for the stage, with two-time event winner Jan Kopecky listed as six tenths of a second slower than the former grand prix winner.

Hirvonen certain Mexico will be better

March 1st, 2013

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Hirvonen certain Mexico will be better

Citroen team leader Mikko Hirvonen is adamant he can make up for his troubled start to the 2013 World Rally Championship in Mexico next week. The Leon-based event will be the first rally the factory Citroen team has contested without Sebastien Loeb since Rally New Zealand in 2002.

Vautier encouraged by testing pace

March 1st, 2013

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Vautier encouraged by testing pace

IndyCar rookie Tristan Vautier says he has been encouraged by his strong performances in pre-season testing. The 23-year-old, who completes Schmidt Peterson Motorsport’s expanded two-car line-up alongside compatriot Simon Pagenaud this year, was quickest in the recent test at Sebring, and unofficial times again put him at the top of the sheets at Wednesday’s Sonoma test. But despite the promising early signs, Vautier cautions that he still has a lot of work ahead to prepare for his debut in the season-opener at St Petersburg.

DeltaWing led to Nissan Le Mans return

February 27th, 2013

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DeltaWing led to Nissan Le Mans return

Last year’s Nissan DeltaWing project proved crucial in the Japanese manufacturer’s decision to return to the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2014 with an experimental electric car. Nissan global motorsport director Darren Cox, the architect of the brand’s involvement with the DeltaWing, said that last year’s project was vital in proving the value of the ‘Garage 56′ grid spot reserved for cars showcasing environmentally-friendly technology. “This wouldn’t have happened without DeltaWing; we wouldn’t have had the confidence to go into this project and people wouldn’t have realised the value of ‘Garage 56′,” said Cox.

Caterham: Change of line-up is healthy

February 18th, 2013

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Caterham: Change of line-up is healthy

Caterham chief Cyril Abiteboul believes a fresh start with the team’s driver line-up is healthy, despite Charles Pic and Giedo van der Garde lacking predecessors Heikki Kovalainen and Vitaly Petrov’s experience. Last year’s Caterham team-mates had seven years in Formula 1 between them, whereas the 2013 line-up can only boast Pic’s single season at Marussia.

Red Bull ‘in better shape than last year’

February 6th, 2013

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Red Bull ‘in better shape than last year’

Mark Webber believes Red Bull has made a more satisfying start to the 2013 Formula 1 campaign than it did to last year’s title-winning season. The Australian said the reliability of the RB9 was especially pleasing, having racked up 101 laps – the most of any driver – on the second day at Jerez. After two days of testing last year, Webber’s RB8 was the fastest of the new cars, although he was delayed by three hours on the first day waiting for new parts.

Lotus says drivers its trump card for ’13

January 31st, 2013

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Lotus says drivers its trump card for ’13

Lotus technical director James Allison believes his team’s driver line-up will prove to be its “trump card” in 2013. Lotus unveiled its striking new E21 challenger at Enstone on Monday and Allison is certain that Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean will do the new machine justice. “By far and away the biggest trump card we have to play this year is that we have got two drivers who start the year [in strong shape],” Allison told AUTOSPORT

McLaren pleased with Perez so far

January 17th, 2013

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McLaren pleased with Perez so far

McLaren says it has been encouraged by its early impressions of Sergio Perez, after the Mexican got down to work with the team last week. Perez has spent the last few days meeting with the engineers to get acquainted with his new surroundings, having spent the last two seasons at Sauber

Rosberg: Mercedes progress ‘massive’

December 22nd, 2012

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Rosberg: Mercedes progress ‘massive’

Nico Rosberg is adamant that Mercedes made ‘massive’ progress across the 2012 Formula 1 season and insists his confidence has not been shaken by its lacklustre finish to its campaign. The German mixed scoring his breakthrough grand prix victory in China with a barren six-race pointless run at the end of the year as Mercedes dropped down the competitive order.

2013 will be hardest year yet – Ferrari

November 30th, 2012

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2013 will be hardest year yet – Ferrari

Ferrari is bracing itself for what it believes will be the ‘toughest year’ in Formula 1 history next season, as teams get ready for new regulations in 2014. With the outfit determined to make amends for the weaknesses that cost it this year’s world championship, Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali says he is under no illusions about the size of the task his outfit is facing if it wants to triumph. He reckons that the challenge posed by new car and engine rules for 2014 is already immense, and that having to also keep pushing with its 2013 challenger will be tough.