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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.

Bahrain practice quotes: McLaren

April 19th, 2013

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Jenson Button – 6th/11th: “Today’s sessions were very productive for us. We completed some useful investigative work this morning before focusing on longer runs this afternoon. “It’s very difficult to know exactly what to do with set-up.

Bahrain practice quotes: Sauber

April 19th, 2013

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Nico Hulkenberg – 15th/17th: “We were able to run our practice programme as planed today. Everything went quite smoothly

Extra Le Mans test Audi for 2014 work

April 19th, 2013

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Extra Le Mans test Audi for 2014 work

The additional car Audi has entered for the Le Mans test day in June will be used to gather data to help Michelin develop tyres for the next generation of LMP1 prototype. The fourth Audi R18 e-tron quattro, which is not participating in the 24 Hours two weeks after the test on June 9, will be set up to simulate the aerodynamic and axle loads of an LMP1 car built to the 2014 rulebook. The Audi will be equipped with measuring equipment to provide data for the development of the 2014 Michelins, which will be two inches narrower and slightly smaller in diameter than the current tyres by regulation

China qualifying quotes: Marussia

April 13th, 2013

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Jules Bianchi – 19th: “I am happy with where we ended up on the grid for tomorrow’s race, but I am a little disappointed with my lap to be honest.

China practice quotes: Ferrari

April 12th, 2013

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Fernando Alonso – 5th/3rd: “By the end of the day, the overall feeling is positive.

China practice quotes: Sauber

April 12th, 2013

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Nico Hulkenberg – 14th/17th: “I think overall the day wasn’t too bad. We got quite a lot of testing done and pretty much got through all that we wanted to try

China practice quotes: McLaren

April 12th, 2013

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Jenson Button – 6th/6th: “We can’t yet conclusively tell if the upgrades we brought to this race have improved the car. They’re perhaps not as big a step forward as we’d expected – the issues with the car are still there – but the car does feel a little bit better

China practice quotes: Force India

April 12th, 2013

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Adrian Sutil – 8th/8th: “I’m feeling happy with how things went today. There were no major issues and we managed to test a lot of different things on the car, especially on the aero side

China practice quotes: Toro Rosso

April 12th, 2013

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Jean-Eric Vergne – 12th/15th: “Last year, the Chinese weekend did not go so well for us and I can say we have made a better start this time round. Daniel and I ran slightly different programmes today as we had a lot of items on our job sheet to work through, so it made sense to split the workload between us.

Williams pins hopes on Barcelona update

April 8th, 2013

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Williams pins hopes on Barcelona update

Williams is pinning its hopes of turning its fortunes around early in the season with a big upgrade package that will be introduced at the Spanish Grand Prix. Williams, which returned to winning ways last year thanks to Pastor Maldonado’s victory at Barcelona , has struggled with an uncompetitive car in the first two races of 2013.

Di Resta: winter approach paying off

April 1st, 2013

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Di Resta: winter approach paying off

Force India has been vindicated in its decision to devote so much of its pre-season preparation to tyre work, reckons Paul di Resta. The team did not stand out during the winter, but has begun the 2013 Formula 1 season as the fifth-quickest, behind only Red Bull, Ferrari, Lotus and Mercedes. Although Force India’s Malaysian Grand Prix was wrecked by a wheelnut issue , it led in Melbourne with Adrian Sutil and has been a consistent top-10 factor

Sauber: Hulkenberg drive proves quality

March 28th, 2013

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Sauber: Hulkenberg drive proves quality

Sauber boss Monisha Kaltenborn believes Nico Hulkenberg’s drive in the Malaysian Grand Prix was the kind of performance that shows the team was right to hire him. The German put on a strong showing at Sepang to score his first points with Sauber after finishing in eighth position , ahead of the McLaren of Sergio Perez and right behind the Lotus duo. Hulkenberg had been unable to start the season-opening race in Australia because of a car problem

Tarquini fears Honda went backwards

March 26th, 2013

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Tarquini fears Honda went backwards

Gabriele Tarquini admits Honda must improve after what he deemed to be a backward step in the 2013 World Touring Car Championship opener at Monza .

Saturday press conference – Malaysia

March 23rd, 2013

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DRIVERS 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing) 2 – Felipe MASSA (Ferrari) 3 – Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari) TV UNILATERAL Sebastian, a late call for a second set of intermediate tyres in Q3 and it worked out well for you. Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, I think generally an interesting qualifying session. We knew that rain was the on the way and then..

Malaysia qualifying quotes: Pirelli

March 23rd, 2013

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Paul Hembery – motorsport director: “We saw an interesting variety of strategies right from the beginning of Q1, with a mix of teams going out on the hard and the medium tyre. Unusually for Q1, some of the top teams also used the softer compound, in order to save new tyres for the race.

Alonso: Massa form a boost for Ferrari

March 23rd, 2013

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Alonso: Massa form a boost for Ferrari

Fernando Alonso believes increased competition from Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa is a boost for the whole team. Massa continued his return to form by outpacing Alonso for the fourth consecutive qualifying session to qualify second for the Malaysian Grand Prix

Malaysia practice quotes: Ferrari

March 22nd, 2013

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Fernando Alonso – 4th/4th: “Today, the car worked well in all conditions and that is very good news for us. This circuit is more representative than Australia for evaluating the car’s performance and so it was important to understand here today if the positive feelings from the winter were not just an illusion. On my lap on the Medium tyres, I did not have the right balance, otherwise I could have managed to improve, as I did on the Hards and I could probably have been on the “front row.” Now we must see how tomorrow goes, when it could rain at any moment and on a track where tyre degradation is much higher than in Melbourne

Malaysia practice quotes: Williams

March 22nd, 2013

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Pastor Maldonado – 12th/16th: We didn’t have the pace today unfortunately.

Malaysia practice quotes: Pirelli

March 22nd, 2013

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Paul Hembery: “The teams experienced high ambient temperatures for the first time this year with our tyres, which was extremely useful as these are also the conditions that we would anticipate for the rest of the weekend. That includes the high risk of rain showers, as we saw halfway through FP2. “As the circuit dried towards the end of FP2, this allowed the teams to assess the crossover points between the intermediates and the slicks

Malaysia practice quotes: Toro Rosso

March 22nd, 2013

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Jean-Eric Vergne – 17th/15th: “I think this was a positive day, including the reliability front which is important.